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A £60 million regeneration programme has transformed Campbeltown town centre into a more vibrant, attractive place to live, work and visit, a new report has found.

Mactaggart & Mickel is helping people find their feet, and their green fingers as the popularity of gardening and growing vegetables has exploded, thanks to a partnership with Goody Foody Gardens. The idea of owning a thriving veg patch and just nipping out the back door to pick some lettuce, ma

Wolverhampton-based Thermal Recycling has opened the world’s first plant of its type providing a socially and environmentally responsible alternative for asbestos disposal. The company diverts asbestos away from landfill, converts it into a new material that does not contain asbestos, and prod

A long-running planning saga regarding the redevelopment of a key development site on Leith Walk looks set for a successful conclusion for Drum Property Group. The company’s latest proposals for Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk, were today approved by the City of Edin

A mixed-use sustainable expansion to the city of Perth including around 1,500 new homes has been approved by Perth & Kinross Council.

Peel Land and Property's Peel NRE division is planning to develop its second waste plastic to hydrogen facility at Rothesay Dock on the north bank of the River Clyde.

McLaughlin & Harvey has launched a new, dedicated, fit-out led division to enable the construction firm to cater for "full spectrum of projects" throughout the UK and Ireland. With an initial project pipeline of £12.7 million already secured, WorkSpace will offer clients a range of service

Theme park operator Flamingo Land is to return to its proposed leisure development at the southern end of Loch Lomond with a pledge to dramatically alter its previous plans.

Landscape architect and urban designer firm HarrisonStevens has made two key promotions at the Edinburgh-based studio. Liz Leech and Neil Bancroft, both former senior landscape architects, have been named as associates following successful project wins and a healthy portfolio of work leading in

Mosaic Architecture + Design has submitted plans on behalf of HMH One Clyde for an £18 million bespoke hotel development on the site currently occupied by Oswald House and the adjacent vacant site on Glasgow’s Broomielaw.

East Lothian Council’s planning committee met remotely yesterday to consider a number of applications including a new secondary school at Wallyford and 105 new houses as part of the greater Wallyford development.

Andrew Tolmie and Stefanie Johnston outline the current legal landscape in Scotland regarding who pays the remedial works necessary to bring residential buildings into line with new fire safety standards. On 14th June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in west London, causi

New research has revealed that optimism in Scotland’s civil engineering sector has reached a six-year high but warnings remain that a shortage of materials could hamper its recovery from the pandemic. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) said that while infrastructure stan

Caledonia Housing Association has welcomed a £30 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to support new housing developments across Scotland.

Engineers at consultancy Will Rudd Davidson consultancy have hailed investment in construction projects in Glasgow for having led to a positive start to 2021 for the firm. The Glasgow team is working to complete three major projects within the city in contracts totalling close to £125 million.