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The developer behind proposed new homes at Westfield in West Lothian has said it hopes the submission of a planning application for improved access will help construction begin this year. Alba Developments has submitted a planning application to West Lothian Council to allow access to its site at We

Allia C&C has issued a loan of £12 million through the Scottish Government’s charitable bonds scheme to enable Blackwood Homes and Care to deliver 160 highly accessible homes across Scotland.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has started work on the first phases of two new developments in Edinburgh which will provide 510 new homes.

Work is being undertaken to remove asbestos from 160 council-owned homes in Aberdeenshire. The substance was found as Aberdeenshire Council initiated a modernisation programme for the homes.

The Redhurst Hotel in Giffnock has closed to allow a massive refurbishment programme to take place.

Gaming firm Atari has announced a deal with innovation and strategy agency GSD Group to build video game-themed Atari Hotels in the United States.

Ogilvie Construction has appointed Andy Day as construction director. Mr Day will oversee the day-to-day operations across Scotland with a focus on projects in the west and central regions.

Fife-based timber merchanting business James Donaldson & Sons (JDS) has expanded yet again with the acquisition of two more businesses.

Multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks has restructured its European Life Sciences division to joins forces with its UK operation as a single business.

Work has been completed to deliver a new annexe adjacent to Bun-Sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis, the Gaelic Primary School in Inverness, with pupils moving in last month.

With 2020 marking the 20th anniversary of trade body Homes for Scotland, chief executive Nicola Barclay considers the changes that have (or more significantly haven’t) taken place on what is her own 4th year anniversary in the job. 2020 is set to be a year to remember for the Scottish home bui

Link Group has appointed Nick Pollard from Kingdom as its new group finance director. Currently director of finance and digital at Kingdom Group, Mr Pollard will take up his new role in April 2020 where he will be responsible for Link’s financial affairs, raising funding for its development pr

Govanhill Housing Association is seeking approval to deliver 24 flats on the site of a former drill hall.

A group of heritage bodies will gather in Glasgow this month to “kick-start productive discussions” on the future of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s Egyptian Halls.

Jon Pickstone, deputy director of regional economic development at the Scottish Government, has been elected to the board of the Institute of Economic Development (IED). The EID is the UK’s leading independent professional body for economic development and regeneration practitioners working fo