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Scotland’s small building firms have fared better than their UK-wide counterparts with a strong start to 2019, according to FMB Scotland. The FMB’s quarterly assessment of the UK SME construction sector found that workloads declined for the first time in six years across the UK as more r

Planning applications have been lodged for three new early years facilities in East Dunbartonshire. Holmes Miller has submitted plans on behalf of the local authority and its delivery partner hub West Scotland for the centres in Milngavie, Kirkintilloch and Bearsden.

A £40 million roads and footways investment which is set to benefit every community in Renfrewshire has been outlined by the local authority. The five-year programme forms part of the biggest ever sustained investment in the region’s roads network, with more than £8m set to be inve

The Scottish Government has made an additional £80 million available over the next two years to help councils deliver affordable homes. In 2019-20 council areas will benefit from an extra £42m on previously announced funding for affordable housing. In 2020-21, councils wil

Affordable homes are to be developed in Aberdeen city centre after offices at Exchequer House were acquired by developer Swan Group. Previously used as commercial offices, the four floors above the currently occupied ground floor has recently received planning permission for a 37-unit development.

Construction work has started on the £40 million leisure development at St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. Set to add 30,000 sq ft to the centre, bringing the overall space to 880,000 sq ft, the revamp will introduce a nine-screen Vue cinema, nine restaurants as well as new retail and

Plans to transform a former Fife maternity hospital into housing have been approved by councillors. The site of the Forth Park Hospital in Kirkcaldy, which has lain empty since it closed in January 2012, will be given a new lease of life in the form of 41 homes and the conversion of existing buildin

Scotland’s minister for energy, connectivity and the islands Paul Wheelhouse MSP will be visiting the inaugural Dcarbonise exhibition and conference and All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference, on May 16. Mr Wheelhouse will deliver a ke

Paisley construction firm City Gate Construction (CGC) went back to school this week to deliver two days of learning about joinery. The company’s carpenter Andy Watson praised pupils at the town’s Gleniffer High School for their enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

The Union Canal at Linlithgow has fully reopened to public access following the completion of engineering work to reinforce its embankments. The £1 million improvement works, which began in November 2018, involved closing the section of the canal to navigation and pedestrians to allow Scottish

The civil engineers of the animal world are now a protected species in Scotland. From today, shooting beavers will only be allowed under licence, which will be managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). All licenses will be issued in accordance with the law on European Protected Species.

Bancon Construction is to begin work on a major redevelopment of Aberdeen Science Centre following the award of a £3 million contract. The Banchory firm will get under way immediately to transform the old granite Tramsheds on Constitution Street, formerly known as Satrosphere, into a new home

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has appointed Fionna Kell to the position of director of policy. Responsible for developing and driving forward the organisation’s wider policy objectives as set out in its recently published five-year strategy, her initial focus will be on the Scottish Government&rsqu

Interserve has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer Mark Whiteling. Mr Whiteling, who joined the company from Premier Farnell PLC in October 2017, will leave to pursue a career as a non-executive director, the firm said.

Ogilvie Construction has started work on a redevelopment of the Borders College Hawick Campus Innovation Hub. The firm will undertake internal works to extend the upper floor of the hub, creating flexible space for businesses and individuals to meet or undertake training and development sessions.