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Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity CEO Bill Hill speaks about the current pandemic and how the government should be doing much more to support our construction workforce. In an industry where two construction workers take their own life every single working day and where 20% of all work absenc

Housebuilders could soon be asked to make a financial contribution to health and social care facilities when planning permission is granted for new developments in Fife. With the increased pressure new housing can place on GP practices, councillors have agreed consideration should be given during re

The Santon Group is seeking planning permission in principle for a residential development at Davidson’s Mains in Edinburgh.

Construction work on 200 new homes on the old golf course in the village of Gretna could begin as early as this year after the submission of a detailed planning application by Alba Developments.

Dundee City Council has approved capital grant for a second phase of redevelopment works at Discovery Point. A city development committee report has been approved to pay Dundee Heritage Trust £50,000 capital grant funding to enhance the visitor experience at the tourist attraction.

Lyn Calder, a managing partner of Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), has called on the government to implement a series of wide-reaching measures aimed at helping businesses to survive the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lyn Calder, who is also the firm’s head of deals f

The UK construction industry suffered a sharp fall in output even before the coronavirus lockdown took hold of the sector, new data published today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has set up a Facebook support page for furloughed workers in the building services sector.

Whilst Scottish surveyors were upbeat about the outlook for the housing market before last month, it is now clear that the current lockdown situation will have a significant impact for the rest of the year, according to the March 2020 Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Char

Bellway has been awarded a 5-star status from the Home Builders Federation for a fourth year.

Aberdeen’s office market enjoyed a healthy start to 2020 with a total take-up of 170,500 sq ft for the first quarter, representing a 362% increase on the Q1 2019 figure and a 72% increase on the five-year average for Q1, research by CBRE has revealed. There were a total of 19 deals, averaging

Office take-up in Edinburgh showed resilience in the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, according to analysis from Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy reported 124,004 sq. ft. of office space was leased across Edinburgh between January and March, with mo

Interserve Construction will today complete the new Nightingale Hospital Birmingham supported by 60 Gurkhas who are providing essential labour and distribution delivery, as well as helping to put the beds in place.

Property and investment firm Osborne+Co has submitted plans to create a mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre which would include the refurbishment of the Met Tower to create 120,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and a new 260-bed hotel.

Morgan Sindall has stopped work on its Sighthill project in Glasgow after the Scottish Government ordered the immediate closure of sites unless they are supporting crucial work during the coronavirus pandemic.