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Accountant Iain Masterton outlines key changes to VAT rules, details why they’ve been introduced and reveals what building contractors must do to ensure they are compliant. Forthcoming legislation changes could have a major impact on any building contractor business which is registered for VAT

Hundreds of homes at Ferguslie Park in Paisley have been upgraded sustainably with high performance PVCu windows and doors manufactured and installed by CMS Window Systems. Properties at Ferguslie Park in Paisley

A £25 million Rural Housing Fund established to provide 500 new homes by 2021 has resulted in only 80 approvals and 23 completions to date, according to reports.

By Malcolm Thomson, sales director at Scotframe With the UK and Scottish governments keen to tackle the housing crisis – and setting stretch targets for the number of new homes - institutional investors have pricked up their ears to the potential earnings from offsite construction.

A more stable trend is now emerging in the Scottish housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.  Although anecdotal commentary from respondents remains mixed, contributors reported a rise in buyer demand whilst newly agreed sales also gained a

Aico, the UK’s market leader in mains powered domestic Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, is pleased to be supporting South Lakes Housing (SLH) with its 3000 Series Alarms to provide protection to tenants across a range of properties, including blocks of flats and twelve sheltered housing schem

Today marks 30 days to go until P&J Live – the multi-million-pound new events venue in Aberdeen – opens to the public for the first time.

A new home for bees, as well as people is on offer from Lovell as the developer prepares to give away a free bee nesting block to anyone who reserves a new home at one of its developments in Fife next week.

Morgan Sindall Construction has handed over a new 484-place primary education campus for North Lanarkshire Council.

Prefabricated modular home designer nHouse is coming to Scotland following the appointment of Scottish property expert Graham Scott.

PVCu windows and doors supplier Scotia Double Glazing Ltd welcomed secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity Michael Matheson MSP to formally open its new Kilmarnock manufacturing plant.

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has said that it expects annual profit to beat market forecasts after it delivered a record number of home completions and improved margins. In a trading update for the year ended June 30, the company said pre-tax profit would be around £910 million, up from &

Output in the UK construction sector increased by 0.6% in the month-on-month all work series in May 2019 but flatlined on a three-month on three-month basis.

The University of St Andrews has commissioned Portakabin to deliver a purpose-built modular complex following a devastating fire at its Biomedical Sciences (BMS) building earlier this year. February 10 saw fire rip through two labs in the BMS building on the North Haugh.

Places for People has been cleared to start work later this year on the first phase of a vibrant new extension to the village of Longniddry after East Lothian Council approved detailed designs for 98 new homes.