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Balfour Beatty has paid down half of its debt following the completion of a £252.7 million convertible bond repayment.

GVA has appointed two new regional senior directors to lead the business in Scotland. Alison Taylor and Stuart Agnew will assume their new posts as regional senior directors for Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively from 1 January 2019.

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats at Dundee’s City Quay. Victoria Dock (Dundee) Ltd (VDDL), which is headed up by various individual developers, wants to build 122 apartments in two separate blocks, including car parking and a ground floor convenience store, on what is curren

An application for planning permission in principle for new private and affordable homes in Kilmacolm has been submitted by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland. The site is adjacent to an established residential area, bounded to the east by Finlaystone Road and to the south by Quarry Road. The housebuilder

Stewart Milne Timber Systems is continuing to share specialist knowledge and industry expertise through a strategic and collaborative partnership with housebuilder Barratt Developments. The two companies have partnered to help address the UK housing crisis by adopting offsite manufacturing (OSM) met

Ryden has appointed Greg Limb to join forces with existing partner David Fraser for the launch of the firm’s new residential investment & development department. Previously responsible for establishing and jointly heading the Scottish operations at Gladman Developments Ltd, Greg has 30 yea

Craig McLaren outlines how RTPI Scotland is influencing the Planning Bill. In July I blogged on the ambitions that RTPI Scotland had on the Planning (Scotland) Bill. At that time the Bill was about to be considered in the Scottish Parliament with its Local Government and Communities Committee scruti

Property investment and development firm Northern Trust has announced the start of work on the second phase of its a new £3 million commercial development at Grangemouth. In total the new development will total over 25,500 sq ft; with Barons Court covering 18,205 sq ft of modern industrial and

Ways in which Scotland can successfully harness land value capture to create places where people want to live are being explored by the Scottish Land Commission. Focus on how to capture the increase in the value of land due to publically created uplifts such as improved infrastructure, planning perm

Vertical transportation and façade access consultancy TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman has made a senior appointment in Glasgow to strengthen its management team and support organic growth for the business. Scott Barclay joins as regional director for Scotland, Ireland & North East Engla

A major new office development has been handed over to Clyde Gateway ahead of the first SMEs moving into the building later this year. Robertson has officially completed work on the Red Tree Magenta development, following a construction programme which began in April last year.

With two construction workers taking their own life every single working day and stress, anxiety and depression currently accounting for a fifth of all work-related illness, a new partnership is set to offer support to those who may be affected. A collaboration between the Lighthouse Construction In

Clark Contracts has been working with social enterprise CCI Scotland to support individuals with a range of support needs. Incorporating a charity that delivers person centred programmes to people with various support needs, CCI Scotland is a professional company that delivers a range of landscaping

Groups of young trainees from across Glasgow and Lanarkshire have been given the opportunity to get hands-on experience during visits to a Bathgate housing site. Lovell welcomed the groups to its Wester Inch development where it is currently building 86 new homes on behalf of West Lothian Council. T

Scottish businessman Stewart Milne alongside colleagues from Stewart Milne Group and Aberdeen Football Club will join the world’s largest sleep out in support of Social Bite’s nationwide effort to end homelessness in Scotland.  The AFC chairman made a passionate appeal to his employ