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Repairs and maintenance contractor Home Fix Scotland (HFS) is creating new opportunities for people in the construction industry.

Sainsbury’s will open a new store at Aberdeen’s new town of Countesswells. 

A construction worker got the shock of a lifetime when he stumbled across what appeared to be a brain while on a leisurely walk along the beach. Jimmy Senda was walking along Racine Beach in Wisconsin earlier this month when he spotted the 'organ', which had been placed inside of a square

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has indicated that rule breaches have been discovered in its investigation into KPMG’s audits of collapsed contractor Carillion.

The UK Government's plans to ensure trade can be carried on unhindered in each of the four home nations once the UK severs its ties to the EU will weaken Scottish building standards designed to prevent Grenfell-like disasters, a leading architect has warned. Peter Drummond, a senior member of the Ro

A surge in pent-up demand has enabled the Highlands’ largest housebuilder to take its 150 employees fully off furlough and bring back its local sub-contractors. Tulloch Homes has reported that sales for the past eight weeks are now 28% up on the same time last year.

Work has commenced on Glasgow's City Garden Apartments development as demolition begins at the site on St Georges Road.

East Ayrshire Council has pledged to "constructively challenge" a ruling by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) which identified areas of ground earmarked for development throughout the region as being at risk of flooding.

The Scottish Government must issue a clear statement of intent on the need to deliver 25,000 new homes of all tenures each year and mandate public agencies to work in partnership with developers across sectors to achieve this, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The trade body said this would gen

Housebuilder Avant Homes has appointed Holly Richardson to the newly created role of area marketing manager as it looks to further strengthen its marketing function across its five regions. Holly Richardson joins the company with more than 18 years’ experience in marketing across a mixture of

Glasgow-based residential architecture start-up HOKO, is set to begin an ambitious UK expansion plan after securing £400,000 from investors. The funding will allow the technology-enabled architecture platform to begin a major recruitment drive in a struggling sector.

The ground has been broken on South Lanarkshire Council’s latest new-build housing site in Cambuslang.

Fraser Mitchell writes about proposed technical changes to Scottish Planning Policy and the relevant Scottish Government consultation. In July, the Scottish Government published a consultation on what it describes as a “technical amendment” to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consulta

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats in Cathcart in Glasgow's South Side. An application has been submitted to Glasgow City Council seeking permission in principle to build the flats at the junction of Newlands Road and Tankerland Road.

Councillors in Aberdeen have approved plans to convert empty floors of a Union Street building into flats. Developer First Flat will deliver seven flats, with a mix of two and three bedrooms, on the upper floors of 156 Union Street, replacing the existing roof to add an extra storey at the