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Supermarket chain Aldi has lodged plans for its fourth store in Aberdeen. Aldi is hoping to build the 14,000sq ft supermarket at the junction of Wellington Road and Hareness Road on the site of the former City Gate offices of oil and gas firm Amec Foster Wheeler.

Councillors have approved plans for 37 new homes to be built in the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum, with land to be set aside for 12 affordable homes as part of the application.

Developer Modern Spec Ltd has been given the green light to build 138 new homes at the site of the former Carskeoch caravan park in Patna. Buyers will have the option to choose from bungalows and two storey homes at the new development.

A continuous off-road route between Dundee and Monifieth could come a step closer next week as councillors are asked to approve a number of elements of the plan.

Work to improve housing in Govanhill is to continue with an additional £7.66 million of funding from the Scottish Government.

Edinburgh’s growing status as a hub of innovation and the quality of life it has to offer places the city among the world’s most aspirational future urban hotspots, according to Knight Frank’s latest Wealth Report.

New research published by audit firm RSM has revealed that the pandemic and Brexit could both be acting as catalysts for rebalancing the traditional order of returns in real estate, with Scotland being cited by over three-fifths of respondents to achieve the greatest residential yields in the next f

Minister for business, fair work and skills Jamie Hepburn has joined training providers the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) in saluting Scotland’s employers for continuing to support young talent during COVID-19. The industry b

Terra Firma Chambers is launching a spring webinars series with two events looking at the ways in which communities can now use the law to require the transfer of land and other property to them. There are an increasing number of community groups making applications under these provisions, which rai

Road maintenance giant BEAR Scotland has launched a scholarship for civil engineering students at Edinburgh Napier University in memory of former chairman Bill Taylor. From the academic year 2021/22 onwards, the Bill Taylor Scholarship (BEAR Scotland) will provide £3400 to support an unde

Squarestone Asset Management has sold a prime industrial investment at Glasgow Airport Business Park to Tilstone, on behalf of Warehouse REIT, for £5.3 million.

Heriot-Watt University has joined forces with Brewster Bros to create new materials from the residual waste left over during the recycling process.   Recycled clay can account for up to 25% of the output produced when excavation waste is recycled via a washing process. This by-product comm

Lee Marley Brickwork Ltd (LMB) has taken another step in its national expansion plan with the launch of a new Scottish scaffolding division in Glasgow and the appointment of Billy Dolan as operations manager. Having worked for a spectrum of multi-national, national and local businesses ove

Structured House (Merchant Point) Ltd has submitted new plans to build an 11-storey build-to-rent apartment block with commercial space in Glasgow city centre following a change of architect from previous proposals.

Independent multi-utility infrastructure provider Phoenix Utilities Ltd has appointed John McLuskey as its new executive director. With 30 years’ experience in the utilities sector, John joins Phoenix Utilities from Energy Assets where he was head of pipelines for its Independent Gas Tran