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Pupils visit Robertson Partnership Homes' Parkgrove Terrace site in Edinburgh as part of the JET programme Hundreds of young people took part in Scottish Apprenticeship Week events led by Robertson Group.

Champions Graham Pest Control Business Fives winter season reached a thrilling climax as the Grand Final was held in Glasgow.

Building surveyors to restore empty homes on historic Borders estate Independent property consultancy Galbraith has been appointed to bring six empty properties on a historic Borders estate back into use.

Crummock (Scotland) Limited is experiencing significant growth in 2017-2018. Turnover to March 2017 was near £24 million and the civil engineering company expects turnover to March 2018 to be around £34m. Managing director Derek Hogg, credits this growth in part to the company’s business strateg

A former police box in Edinburgh which is currently being operated as a crepe and coffee vendor has been put up for sale by its owners. The kiosk, which is located on George Square, can even be moved to another location if required.

Cadworks On-site work on the first speculative office building in Glasgow since 2015 is to commence this month.

The ongoing success of Kier Construction Scotland has contributed to an underlying growth in both profits and revenue in the first half for its parent company Kier Group. Announcing its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2017, Kier said it remains on course to deliver double-digit pr

Collapsed Inverness housebuilder Roy Homes owed more than £1 million to creditors when it ceased trading in January 2017, it has emerged. The self-build home business and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd ceased trading last year with the loss of 17 jobs.

Roger Devlin Roger Devlin has been announced as the new chairman at Persimmon where he will replace Nicholas Wrigley who resigned amid concerns over excessive executive pay at the housebuilder.

Developer and asset manager Canmoor has outlined “substantial investment” plans for Scotland’s largest fully enclosed industrial park after it completed the acquisition of the site for £40 million. The 135-acre self-contained Westway Park in Glasgow is home to numerous national and internatio

The City of Edinburgh Council’s development plans have been boosted with the acquisition of the former National Grid site in Granton. The local authority, which reached an agreement for the Waterfront site with National Grid on Tuesday, said development of this site is critical to its plans to del

Plans to build 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area are to be brought back before the local authority after it emerged councillors apparently voted through the development “by mistake”. Amended plans by Kirkwood Homes for the design and l

Philip Hammond Chancellor Philip Hammond’s announcement of a new consultation on late payment has given a cautious welcome by the construction sector.

Big civic projects such as regenerating the former docklands in Glasgow and Dundee must be led by the public sector, according to a new discussion paper. Commissioned to open up discussion about making more of Scotland’s land, The Delivery of Public Interest Led Development in Scotland is the seco

Professor David Adams Scottish Land Commissioner Professor David Adams looks at public interest led development in Scotland.