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Legislation to support people who struggle to pay their fuel bills, targeting those who need help the most, has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish Government is on track to hit its ambitious target of 50,000 affordable homes by 2021 after new figures revealed a large increase in the total number of affordable and social rented homes.

The construction industry has come together to develop a mandatory licensing scheme for all UK construction companies to transform the sector into a high quality and professional industry, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has announced. A new Construction Licensing Task Force, supported by a

Linthouse Housing Association has started a £1.1 million project to extensively remodel a building that formerly housed a very sheltered housing complex in Govan.

Builders on one of the biggest developments currently underway in Bristol will be adding a green tick to their environmental credentials thanks to an innovative partnership with Brompton Bike Hire. Construction workers at the landmark Assembly Bristol project will saddle up on eight iconic Brompton

Temporary agency workers at a Robertson housing site in Dundee have been moved to PAYE following complaints by the Unite union.

Overall performance of the Scottish construction industry deteriorated during the first quarter of 2019, recording an annual decline of more than £1 billion, according to new data.

It will take nearly 200 years before gender equality is achieved in the construction industry, according to analysis from the GMB union.

Construction has commenced on the development of three retail units which form part of moves to address increasing demand from recent residential developments in the south western area of Forres.

Plans to install a huge "super battery" on the site of the UK's largest wind farm have been approved by the Scottish Government.

The first female RICS president has been honoured in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Louise Brooke-Smith FRICS receives her OBE for services to the built environment and for her activities promoting diversity and inclusion.

The transformation of Aberdeen’s historic Provost Skene’s House (PSH) into a new visitor attraction is to start this summer after Aberdeen City Council’s in-house building team was appointed to oversee the work. Last week SCN reported that the renovation of the 16th Century bu

Tulloch Homes chief executive George Fraser has welcomed six new local apprentices to the housebuilder, continuing the firm’s commitment to local recruitment and training.

Proposals to demolish a dilapidated pub have been submitted to Dundee City Council for a fourth time.

Housebuilder Barratt Homes is targeting key cities and towns in 2019 in which to install innovative swift bricks into its homes.