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House prices across Scotland rose by 8.8% on average throughout 2021, more than the UK average of 6.2%, according to the latest figures released by Bank of Scotland.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Cinnamon Sledge LLP.

Five 1960s high rises in Aberdeen have had their A-list rating confirmed after the Scottish Government rejected appeals from the local authority. In January 2021, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) listed Gilcomstoun Land, Seamount Court, Porthill Court, Marischal Court, Virginia Court, Thistle Cou

Scottish housebuilder Miller Homes is being acquired by a fund managed by Apollo from fellow private equity giant Bridgepoint Group.

An American businesswoman who built a £200,000 eco-home in the Highlands has been ordered to tear it down.

Odysseus Capital Management has secured planning permission for the redevelopment of Edinburgh One at 60 Morrison Street.

As Scottish Construction Now publishes the last edition of 2021 today, we round up what has caught the attention of our readers over the last 12 months.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has dismissed an action by the defender in a settled action seeking right of relief from a third party to the case following the grant of absolvitor in their favour.

The restoration of Millport’s famous Town Hall has received a major boost.

This week Christmas came early to Springburn in Glasgow, as the McDermott Group and M-Four presented over 100 gifts to the children and residents at ng homes’ Balgrayhill multi-storey flats. Recently, tenants in the Balgrayhill multi-storey flats benefited from a newly installed district heati

Work to upgrade platforms at Drumry station will begin in January.

Balfour Beatty is to pay more than $65 million in fines and restitution after it pleaded guilty to one count of fraud related to maintenance work at military housing installations in the United States.

The development of a new home of Beatlie School Campus in Livingston has moved to the planning application stage.

UK law firm Shoosmiths has been appointed to Taylor Wimpey’s Scottish legal panel. Shoosmiths is the only firm to secure a place on the housebuilder’s legal roster in Scotland, and England and Wales following the conclusion of Taylor Wimpey's latest panel review.

With the arrival of the highly infectious Omicron variant and the resulting rapid increase in infections, all construction businesses are being asked to strengthen compliance with protective measures.