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The countdown to Glasgow’s biggest ever football event continued today, as plans for a major city centre Football Village for UEFA EURO 2020 were unveiled.

Sir Alex Ferguson has won a planning battle to stop a “poorly designed” three-storey mansion being built next door to his home. The former Manchester United manager objected “in the strongest terms” to plans for the new property in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

The development of a 20-floor hotel complete with a sky bar overlooking the River Clyde in Glasgow has been given the green light to progress after Scottish Ministers opted not to intervene in the planning application.

Bloc Hotels is to press ahead with a new Glasgow development having acquired Dale House on 21 West George Street from Legal & General.

Bellway’s Scotland West division has announced plans to build close to 1,000 additional new homes. The housebuilder is investing in eight new sites creating a further 887 private new homes and 66 affordable new homes.

Beer brand Innis & Gunn has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance the building of “the largest major brewery in Edinburgh for over 150 years”.

Utility network construction firm Energy Assets Utilities (EAU) has invested in a new base in Scotland to support its expansion plans. Steven Lynch, managing director, Energy Assets Utilities (Scotland), cutting the ribbon to open the company’s new Stirling facility, accompanied by Brian Ward,

Urban Union has grown its staff base as it prepares for the launch of its fourth site in Scotland later this year. Caroline Wallace and Vivienne Holland are welcomed back to their roles in the commercial department following a period of maternity leave.

A national tech company which specialises in gas compliance software for the housing market has made a key appointment to its team as it looks to grow its presence north of the border. John McLaren joins Gas Tag from Capita and has over 30 years experience in the housing sector, working in a range o

BDP architect Lindsey Mitchell on the importance of designing education spaces which inspire and provide a year-round community asset. Like many who grew up in the 1980s, school for me was the building where I attended each weekday, was moved along corridors by prefects and herded by teachers into c

One of Scotland’s most revered electrical associations is marking its 100th anniversary as it seeks an injection of new blood from the industry’s younger professionals. The centenary celebrations of The Edinburgh Electrical Society will take place on 12 November at the Charwood restauran

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build 49 new homes on the site of a former B&Q store near Hogganfield Loch. The development at Cumbernauld Road will consist of 18 cottage flats, 18 detached houses, 10 semi-detached houses and three terraced houses. Space will also be allotted to alloc

Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) has unveiled its latest development of new homes in Doune. The development of six properties costing almost £1 million at Woodyard Court has been built in a location where a timber sawmill once stood.

Edinburgh and Aberdeen are among the best places to live and work in the UK, according to the Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index.

Pupils from Netherthird Primary School and Early Years Centre have taken part in a competition organised by GRAHAM to showcase their artistic flare. GRAHAM site manager Gareth Minnis with Kayla Chalmers, primary six, Kali Phillips, primary three and nursery pupil Lacey McCreadie