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Alasdair McKee, chief executive of Glen Oaks Housing Association, adds his name to the list of high profile names in the sector to congratulate Scottish Housing News on its 20th anniversary. “Congratulations to Scottish Housing News on reaching this impressive milestone. Twenty years

The opening of a new £50 million Scottish Government fund to help transform thousands of hectares of vacant and derelict land across Scotland signals a commitment to tackling the legacy blighting communities, according to the Scottish Land Commission. Scotland has almost 11,000 hectares of vac

Keys have been handed over this week to community benefit society Common Ground Against Homelessness (CGAH) for a property in Peffermill, which will become a second homes-for-life development in the capital. (from left) Francis Barkey, board member, CGAH; Helen Carlin, founder, CGAH; Tom M

BAM Nuttall and design consultants Sweco have won a tender for a new ten-year partnership to take forward an ambitious programme to modernise the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research stations. Commissioned by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), this new partnership provides the framework

A property development firm has failed to establish that it was entitled to a reconveyance of a tram line route sold to its predecessors in title that was subsequently re-acquired by the local authority that originally sold it under a compulsory purchase order.

Govan Housing Association's plans to deliver new affordable homes at Water Row in Govan have been submitted for planning.

An interim assessment of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum’s (CLF) long-term Recovery Plan for the sector is showing steady and consistently-improving progress. The Forum, a collaboration between Construction Scotland, industry partners, the Scottish Government and other industry stak

The latest director disqualifications are a reminder to every company in the construction sector of the importance of ensuring that staff understand what conduct will expose their firm to prosecution, writes Jamie Dunne. In the last few weeks, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sec

Construction work on Moda’s Holland Park neighbourhood, which saw Ryder Architecture appointed following planning approval, is well underway.

A study developed to help establish Scotland as an attractive location for green datacentres and to accelerate inward investment from the datacentre sector has identified twelve sites across the country which are primed for consideration.

Glasgow-based multi-utilities business Arc-Tech MU Ltd has commenced works at a former primary school site that is set to become a new development of affordable homes.

Glenrothes-based manufacturer Sips Eco Panels has revealed ambitious plans to double its workforce over the next two years as part of a major investment. Sips Eco Panels designs, engineers, manufacturers and constructs homes for developers, contractors, local authorities and self-builders as well as

Balfour Beatty has teamed up with higher education institutions to create a carbon calculation tool for the construction and infrastructure industry - offering a consistent, practical solution for the measurement of embodied carbon. 

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed a call by housing minister Kevin Stewart for the reduction of VAT on repairs and maintenance. The industry collective has backed a letter which the minister sent to the UK secretary to the Treasury, pressing for a reduced rate on

The Scottish Government’s chief planner and housing minister have issued published a letter that provides an update to stakeholders on how the planning system is continuing to work through the pandemic and updates on recent progress on planning reform. In the letter, John McNairney and Ke