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Andrew Hill, lease advisory partner at Knight Frank's Edinburgh office, details the importance of collaboration between landlords and tenants during the coronavirus crisis. Times of extreme economic pressure tend to place a strain on business relationships. In the COVID-19 crisis we currently face,

Plans have been submitted for 73 new homes forming the latest phase of the Abbey Quarter masterplan in Paisley.

North Ayrshire Council has continued its social housing push with plans on the Isle of Arran.

An engaging animation by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has proved such a success that it has been adapted and released by other major organisations across the UK and Europe.

The number of people embarking on a career in surveying continues to rise during UK lockdown, according to the latest data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In the institution’s 152-year history, assessment interviews for the Assessment of Professional Competency (APC)

New kid on the block in the first-time buyer market - Living by Robertson - has sold out at its first development during COVID-19 emergency measures, after launching only 21 months ago. 

Plans have been revealed for a “sustainable, world-class” theme park in London, which has been dubbed the ‘UK's Disney World’.

An independent review into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has found that while it now offers a high quality healthcare setting, the initial design didn’t adequately take into account the needs of some vulnerable patients.

A new hotel development has been given the green light by Glasgow City Council.

Infrastructure projects in Scotland should now be built using less new materials and significantly more secondary and recycled materials as the first choice, according to some of the sector’s biggest leaders.

A multi-million-pound fund has been set up by the Scottish Government to help the energy sector recover from the dual economic impacts of coronavirus and the oil and gas price crash.

Veteran banker Sir Angus Grossart has nearly doubled his stake in Elgin-based Springfield Properties after buying £1 million of shares from its chairman Sandy Adam.

A proposal to turn Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls into a Museum of Slavery has won a public vote.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has extended its wide-ranging consultation on the future of the sector to the whole Scottish construction industry.

The UK Government has written to elected mayors and local business leaders in England to call for "shovel-ready" project ideas to enable short-term job creation and kick-start the economy.