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Thousands of people who flocked to a rural South African village in search of diamonds have left disappointed after the gems turned out to be worthless quartz.

A major milestone for the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project has been reached as Scottish Ministers have given their go-ahead for Aberdeen City Council to progress with the compulsory purchase order for the project. Transport Scotland is writing to people and organisations which took part in a pu

More than £26 million is being invested in a major initiative in Aberdeen to accelerate the energy sector’s transition to net-zero emissions. The Energy Transition Zone, which will be located adjacent to the city's new £350m south harbour development, is expecte

Buccleuch Property has brought forward proposals for the construction of an employment development with ancillary uses in Dalkeith.

An independent housebuilder is entering its fourth decade with a major rebrand exercise designed to redefine how developers engage with their customers.

A public consultation has started regarding plans to Amber Real Estate Investment (Amber REI) to deliver a newly upgraded poultry processing facility at Coupar Angus, the primary poultry processing plant in Scotland.

Wolfcraig Distillery has signed a new land deal with Ambassador Group that will result in the £15 million development of a new Scotch Whisky distillery and visitor centre being located at the Craigforth Campus in Stirling.

Apprentices were warmly welcomed by City Building this month as work began on the Glasgow construction firm's new training college. Boasting one of the UK’s most successful apprenticeship programmes, City Building train apprentices in a variety of disciplines, including painting

Shepherd and Wedderburn has appointed Euan Murray as a partner in its construction and infrastructure team.  Mr Murray brings to the firm and its clients 16 years’ experience advising on the procurement, construction and operation of energy and infrastructure projects across the UK.

Chartered surveyor DM Hall has boosted the strength of its operations in the west of Scotland with the appointment of two more new property surveyors. Chartered surveyor Martin Fleming joins the firm’s Hamilton office as a residential surveyor while Christopher Pidgeon has been appointed

Building work to deliver a major mixed-use development including affordable housing at NHS Lothian's former Sick Kids site is under way after the building was formally handed over to its new owners Downing.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just completed its first Passivhaus development in Garelochhead. The completed new build at Linn Way, Garelochhead.

Homes warranty and insurance provider NHBC has announced this year’s winners of its flagship Pride in the Job Awards.

An exclusive-use castle in Moray is set to open its doors to the public following the completion of a significant refurbishment, enabled by a £550,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The first of two export cables, each 37 kilometres in length, has been installed at the nearshore of Thorntonloch Beach as part of construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm. These electricity transmission cables will connect NnG’s two offshore platforms to its onshore subst