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A man has appeared in court after he climbed the outside of the 13-storey Aberdeen Royal Infirmary car park while blindfolded.

Barratt Developments Scotland has continued its drive to increase new home completion rates in line with demand with the acquisition of 16 new sites for development. During the first nine months of the year, the housebuilder, which includes both the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, acqui

Ayrshire Housing Association has submitted a planning application for 40 flats on Ayr's harbourside.

Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group Limited has appointed Fife-based Muir Construction to build a new 60 bedroom nursing home in Livingston.

CALA Homes (West) has started essential preparatory works for the development of around 400 homes in Jackton. Outline planning permission has been obtained from South Lanarkshire Council for the creation of a residential-led development which will deliver approximately 1,950 homes from a consortium

Maxi Construction has secured a place on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) construction works and associated services framework, the first government-led construction agreement which can be used by the whole public sector.

Emtec Core & Protect has been appointed by Sharkey to undertake diamond drilling and sawing, and passive fire protection works at Commercial Quay in Edinburgh.

Interserve Group has today appointed Ben Edwards as commercial director of the company’s UK construction business. Mr Edwards succeeds Andrew Jarman, who joined the company in 1990 and is retiring.

Housing supply growth has varied across Scotland and a number of challenges and opportunities await the industry in coming years, according to new research from Homes for Scotland (HFS). The trade body, which represents over 200 organisations delivering the majority of the country’s new homes,

With the Scottish Land Commission being asked to advise the Scottish Government on the establishment of regional land use partnerships, chief executive Hamish Trench looks at what the body will need to consider. The Scottish Land Commission is shaping a coherent programme of land reform spanning urb

A specialist engineering solutions provider which fell into administration earlier this year has set its sights on achieving a £6 million turnover within the next two years after a £750,000 funding facility was provided by Bibby Financial Services (BFS).

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP officially opened LAR Housing Trust's biggest housing development to date following work carried out by Clark Contracts. Westwood House in the west end of Edinburgh is housing charity LAR’s first commercial to residential conversion and its lar

Claire Anne Harkins, General Manager at McLaughlin and Harvey Workspace, was named the Rising Star of Scotland at the fourth annual British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen Awards. The awards dinner, which took place last night at The Porter Tun in London, was attended by the country’s top de

Glasgow-based brothers, Chris and Barry Neilson, have opened Neilson’s Joinery Superstore thanks to a £50,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. Neilson’s Joinery Superstore supplies a range of products including timber, doors and windows, in addition to landsca

The opening of a visitors centre in Galashiels which tells the story of Scotland through one of the world’s largest tapestries has been put back.