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Glasgow City Council has rejected plans to build 46 flats on a vacant site in Dennistoun. 

While lockdown is in effect, construction companies should continue to maintain their operations and also focus on what they need to start putting in place to prepare to a phased return to operations, writes Simone Young. During his announcement on Sunday evening, the Prime Minister outlined how res

Home Group has successfully issued £100 million retained bonds in a deal which saw the lowest interest rate that the housing association has ever achieved in a long-term fixed rate transaction.

Glasgow-based David Williamson has submitted plans to build seven homes and a Co-Op on vacant land on Strawberryfield Road in Aberdeenshire's Westhill.

Gosal Properties has submitted revised plans to convert an empty B-listed Glasgow city centre building into serviced apartments. 

Solicitors have reported that some house buyers are choosing to submit an offer after viewing a property virtually.

CALA Homes (West) has donated to a small business in Glasgow which is raising money to purchase vital PPE for key workers in the NHS.

The once-prevalent practice of constructing copycat architectural clones like Thames Town on the outskirts of Shanghai has been banned by the Chinese government. Having taken off in the early 1990s, the knockoff architecture trend, which also mimicked the likeliness of Parisian landmarks and Le Corb

The largest construction business in Oban has fallen victim to severe cash flow problems stemming from the current coronavirus restrictions.

Housebuilders will be able to apply for short-term loans of up to £1 million from the Scottish Government to support them through the coronavirus outbreak. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with liquidity issues due to the temporary closure of the housebuilding sector will be able to a

The collaborative organisation fighting to save the construction industry has urged the Scottish Government to adopt a five-point plan to assist contractors through the worst of the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government, housing and planning, the Constructi

Moxon Architects has completed the restoration of two central civic buildings in the fishing port of Fraserburgh to form a single unified headquarters building for Aberdeenshire Council.

Aberdeenshire housebuilder Bancon Homes is targeting more new business in the Central Belt after unveiling plans for its first development outwith the North East of Scotland.

All non-essential traffic should be permanently banned from Edinburgh city centre and public transport operated free of charge, according to one of the city’s leading architects.

Donald MacKinnon, group legal director at employment law and HR firm Law At Work, advises on the steps businesses can take to limit losing staff and lays out the considerations which must be made if employers are forced into the last resort. The announcement by British Airways that it will cut