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A private developer of luxury retirement housing is considering banning residents from smoking in the privacy of their own homes – even though they’ve bought the property. Castle Retirement Living (CRL) has justified the proposal at its new flagship scheme, Castle View Windsor, on the grounds of

Scotland’s newest M&E Service contractor is set for a busy 2017 following its launch in May 2016. Arc-Tech, based in Cambuslang, has provided specialist building services solutions for a wide variety of clients since its launch including Park’s Motor Group, SSE and Glasgow Airport.

Ken Pattulo Businesses in Scotland’s construction and property sectors are among those to have emerged from the “troughs” of financial uncertainty seen in late 2015, according to new data.

Plans that could lead to a major new development to replace the existing Monklands Hospital moved a significant step closer last week. The Board of NHS Lanarkshire has approved an Initial Agreement (IA) to rebuild the hospital or conduct a substantial refurbishment at the existing site.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has retrospectively approved planning applications for an access track at Cairngorm Mountain and tourist accommodation projects at Inshriach near Kingussie. The developments were approved by CNPA at a meeting in Boat of Garten last week, despite the Auth

The collapse of a road in Clydebank has been attributed to historic mine workings buried deep underground, specialist engineers have confirmed. West Dunbartonshire Council called in the Coal Authority after a large deep hole appeared on the Kilbowie Road earlier this month.

Construction businesses in Scotland are being encouraged to sign up for free waste prevention support from the Resource Efficient Scotland advice and support programme, delivered by Zero Waste Scotland. The programme helps small and medium sized enterprises across all parts of the industry to identi

SSE’s new Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre welcomes its first visitors - Video Pitlochry’s newest and most dramatic visitor centre opened its doors to the public for the first time today.

Leading artists including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Simon Starling have used material from the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art to create new work and raise funds, the BBC has reported. Twenty-five international artists were sent debris from the Mackintosh library, which was gutted by f

Keith Brown A contract notice worth up to £50 million to upgrade the A96 has been published.

A bookkeeper at a Glasgow construction firm has admitted to embezzling more than £370,000 and causing some colleagues to be made redundant as a result. Kerryanne Clarke, 38, pled guilty to transferring the money from Elmwood Construction Services in Port Dundas to four personal accounts more than 3

Kingshill Commercial Park – Units 1-4 Commercial property developer Knight Property Group is pushing ahead its investment within the North East with the development of Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill.

Artist’s impression of the proposed homes courtesy of John Gilbert Architects Rural Stirling Housing Association has responded to claims that its plans to build affordable homes on the banks of Loch Lomond will “devastate” the famous West Highland Way long-distance walking route.

Craig McLaren Craig McLaren, director of RTPI Scotland, outlines his take on the planning debate in Parliament yesterday.

David Ritchie Interior fittings firm Havelock Europa has said that actions to “rightsize” and simplify the business have delivered significant benefits and enabled its continued recovery during 2016.