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Network Rail workers rescued a dog from the tracks on sent him on board an engineering train to be reunited with his owners.

Fife Council's central and west planning committee has approved plans by NHS Fife for a new £33 million elective orthopaedic centre in Kirkcaldy.

Plans by brewery giant BrewDog to create new environmentally-friendly infrastructure at its Ellon headquarters have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. An application was submitted last year for an anaerobic digestion plant, water treatment plant, Co2 recovery plant and associated energy ge

An £80 million investment in quality homes forms a cornerstone of Queens Cross Housing Association’s new plan to make the area a better place to live and work over the next five years.

Ayrshire Housing has appointed Cruden Building to deliver a £7 million affordable housing development at Troon in Ayrshire. The development is due to start on site next month and will see 52 new affordable homes being built in Troon and contributing to a 600 plus new homes expansion maste

Plans have been submitted to build 200 new homes in Uphall, West Lothian, alongside retails units and a new park and ride facility at the local train station.

Work has recently started on a new Hillcrest Homes development of 39 affordable modern apartments in Perth.

Scotland’s real estate and property sector was particularly impacted by trading difficulties during the final quarter of 2020 with the number of firms showing early signs of financial distress increasing by 35% compared to the same period last year. According to the latest data publi

Sweeping reforms to the UK Government’s Prompt Payment Code have been welcomed by SELECT as a major milestone in its long-running campaign for fairer payment terms for small businesses. Under the new obligations announced this week, nearly 3,000 companies which are signed up to the Code w

The Scottish Government's Building Standards Division on the latest changes to sprinkler regulations.

The £5.8 million Fraserburgh 2021 regeneration scheme has entered its final year with plans to renovate Anderson House and create 26 new homes taking centre stage. The programme has already facilitated the revamp of Saltoun Square’s Faithlie Centre and work is ongoing on the creation of

Paul Denton, the head of Scottish Building Society (SBS), has welcomed a dramatic rise in house prices - but warned the impact of COVID-19 could prove a barrier to a generation of buyers getting on to the housing ladder. Yesterday's House Price Index released by the Land Registry and the Office

Investment in Scottish commercial property dropped to £1.2 billion in 2020 as lockdown measures and economic uncertainty curbed deal-making, according to the latest data released by Knight Frank. However, Scotland proved its resilience as the most popular UK destination for overseas investment

The latest research by global real estate adviser CBRE has revealed a positive end to 2020 for the Aberdeen office market, with a take-up of 155,926 sq ft for the final quarter. Whilst this is down 34% on the same period in 2019, it is 26% up on the five-year average of 123,307 sq ft for Q4.

An annual report from the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has revealed the pivotal role it played to help the construction community during the turmoil of 2020 as it responded to 2,399 families in crisis.