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Glasgow councillors will this week consider a plan to spend more than £1 billion on 10,000 new affordable homes. Under the five-year scheme, the council would contribute £600 million and a similar amount would come from private investors.

Ed Monaghan Fourth-generation Scottish family housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Group have today announced their financial results for the year to 30 April 2017 showing a rise in profits for the fifth consecutive year with profit before tax up 22 per cent to £12.7 million (2016: £10.4 million)

Sean McGinness Newly converted dwellings that contain elements of existing residential property will fail to qualify for VAT zero-rating on disposal.

Resident Jakub Stojek at the Leith Fort develepment A partnership between Port of Leith Housing Association and the City of Edinburgh Council has delivered a new community of affordable homes in Leith.

Funding to redevelop Dumbarton’s Posties Park into a state-of-the-art sport hub has been approved by West Dunbartonshire Council. The £1.7 million redevelopment plans include creating a six-lane all-weather athletics track for use by schools and local clubs, with a grass football pitch constructe

L-R: Bill Chapman chairman of OTRA, Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart with Osprey Chief Executive Glenn Adcook with Liam Wilson and Chelsey McElroy with their one year old daughter Ariah(Photo: Newsline Media) Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has officially opened a flagship development

CALA Homes is donating £45k to deserving charities and community groups across Scotland, as part of its landmark community bursary scheme.

An air of confidence in Scotland's electrical sector has led to the fifth year-on-year increase in the number of apprentices attracted to the industry, according to SELECT, the industry's campaigning trade body.

Edinburgh has been ranked as having the second most sustainable transport network in the UK, and sits within the top 20 cities globally for the quality and effectiveness of its transport systems.

Maxi Construction awarded St Catherine’s Retail Park Phase 4 contract

Workmen on Perth & Kinross Council’s £35 million A9/A85 project recently uncovered a large carved stone whilst excavating part of the site. Contractors Balfour Beatty stopped works in the area to allow archaeologists from Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust and Culture Perth & Kinross to ins

Bob Doris After hearing from distressed homeowners, a Holyrood Committee is today calling for more homebuyer support – particularly for new build homeowners – in the event of building defects and poor build quality.

Members of the management team at Clydebank-based Marmac Services, a mechanical & electrical engineering and contracting service provider, have acquired the business. The deal, which will enable existing shareholders to exit the business, was led by managing director Brian Lofnes and contracts d

CALA Homes (West) has written an open letter outlining its approach to its proposed £100m development of the University of Strathclyde’s former Jordanhill Campus.

Lomond View care home, Falkland Fife-based care home operator Kingdom Homes is investing significantly in its care home portfolio with the development of a new nursing home in Leven and the acquisition of a new property in Anstruther, thanks to a £20m funding package from HSBC.