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Ambitious design proposals for improvements to High Street and Market Square in Wick are to be showcased outside Caithness House. From August 24 to September 14, Wickers will have the opportunity to view, discuss and shape the initial proposals which have been developed in collaboration with the com

Motor racing driver Paul di Resta has taken the chequered flag in a battle to convert an office building into one of Edinburgh’s most ­luxurious homes.

Councillors have been recommended to reject a planning application to build a Holiday Inn hotel on the former Glasgow Garden Festival site at Pacific Quay.

Renewed planning consent is being sought for a £100 million retail destination on the banks of the River Clyde.

Uist Distilling Company has submitted plans for a £6.5 million distillery and visitor centre to bolster the whisky trail in the Outer Hebrides.

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee has written to Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) chair, Scott McKenzie, over the body’s “repeated failure” to engage with its work on the issue of ‘zero valued homes’. The issue

Budget supermarket Aldi will build its fourth outlet in Dundee after its planning appeal was upheld by the Scottish Government.

Stirling-based Avant Homes Scotland has reported a successful restart of construction work and sales activity on all 12 of its residential development sites. Since restarting its build programme and opening its marketing suites, the housebuilder said it has experienced a surge in prospective buyer e

A development plan which sets the strategic framework for investment in jobs, homes and infrastructure across Aberdeen City and Shire over the next 20 years has been approved by Scottish Ministers.

FM Conway and Kier Integrated Services Ltd have been reinstated to the Prompt Payment Code following an overhaul of their payment practices.

A new managing director has been appointed to Tayside Contracts. 

The Highland Council has agreed a one-year capital investment plan of £15.667 million to be spent improving its existing housing stock. A total of £1m of the funding will be specifically to fund aids and adaptations for disabled tenants.

Social housing tenants are being enlisted to help the Hyde Group with a range of jobs such as shortlisting and interviewing potential contractors.

The 12th caisson for Aberdeen Harbour’s expansion project arrived in Aberdeen today (Friday 14 August), following a 48-hour journey from storage in the Cromarty Firth. 

The world’s last Blockbuster shop has been transformed into a 90s themed Airbnb. The store in Bend, Orgeon, will be listed for three one-night stays in September and includes an unlimited movie marathon.