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Oor Original was bought for £50,000 - the largest amount of any statue An auction of 70 colourful Oor Wullie statues has raised £883,000 to build two new operating theatres at a children's hospital in Dundee.

Miller Homes has announced it plans to continue its “substantial” land investment programme after the firm unveiled a 66 per cent rise in interim profits. "Buoyant" market conditions helped the Edinburgh-based group towards a profit before tax of £38.2 million for the six months to the end of J

Theme park operator Flamingo Land has been selected as the preferred developer for a £30 million holiday resort project in Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. The company was appointed by Scottish Enterprise to take forward proposals for its 20 hectare site at West Riverside in Balloch.

Plans for a hotel and restaurant on the outskirts of Peterhead have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. The Buchan Gateway scheme at the Invernettie roundabout was first mooted in 2003 when developers hoped the site would become a location for shops, including a supermarket and a petrol station.

Plans have been submitted to transform a 1970s Dundee office block into a hotel with serviced holiday apartments and a rooftop restaurant. Assurance Developments’ proposals for 5 Whitehall Crescent consist of 3 storeys of serviced holiday apartments, 2 storeys of hotel bedrooms and a rooftop resta

Elderpark Housing Association is to transform a former Govan school into new offices after the sale of the site was approved by Glasgow City Council. The local authority’s executive committee gave the green light to the £283,743 sale of the former Hill's Trust School in Govan from City Property (

Menno de Jonge Royal BAM Group has reaffirmed its plans to offer full services via a digital construction platform with the appointment of a director responsible for digital construction.

The UK’s construction skills crisis could severely worsen if the UK government fails to take steps to ensure access to a skilled workforce during its post-referendum negotiations, a coalition of professional bodies has warned. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Royal Institut

Improvement plans for Glasgow Road Four major regeneration projects prioritised by West Dunbartonshire residents are to receive a £7 million investment from the local authority.

New College Lanarkshire and Amey put young people on road to success A group of young people are taking their first steps on the road to success through a winning partnership between New College Lanarkshire and Amey.

A new piece of research has found that those working in the construction industry take less holidays from work than those employed in other sectors. A study by holiday provider Sunshine revealed the majority of those who do not use the most of their annual leave do so because they feel “too busy�

Peter Truscott Galliford Try has posted record annual profits of £135 million, a rise of 18 per cent over last year’s results after completing 5,204 new homes.

Innes Smith Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has seen profits rise 64 per cent to a record £5.1 million to May 2016.

A £40 million shopping development is set to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow after councillors approved plans this week. Members of Glasgow City Council's planning committee gave the green light to proposals by Forge Properties to build a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station a

Plans have been drawn up for a student housing complex on the derelict site in Aberdeen. Proposed by West Coast Estates, the development would see accommodation for up to 100 students built next to the Bobbin Mill pub at 500 King Street.