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TH Real Estate has announced its residential partners for the £1bn revamp of the St James Centre in Edinburgh. Native Land, the internationally recognised residential and mixed-use developer, and Scottish residential development firm Queensberry Properties, have teamed up to become TH Real Estate�

Irvine Anderson, Anderson Group CEO Sam Anderson (Newhouse) Ltd, part of the Anderson Group, has won a major contract to be the sole transport provider for Liberty House Group’s steel interests in Scotland.

Glasgow City Council has approved the disposal of 16 sites across the city to allow for the construction of approximately 750 new social homes. Areas to benefit from this decision include Baillieston, Barlanark, Bridgeton, Castlemilk, Cranhill, Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Kelvinbridge, Milton, Partick,

Deals have been agreed to build hundreds of much-needed new homes in Midlothian and the south east of Edinburgh. Shawfair LLP has confirmed that housebuilders Bellway Homes and Miller Homes, with the support of Midlothian Council, will deliver a mixture of up to 358 new homes for sale and affordable

JM Architecture unveils final designs for £12m Moray primary Edinburgh-based architects JM Architecture have revealed the final designs of a new £12 million primary school in Moray.

An Australian businessman returned to his home in Sydney to find his property had been demolished because builders targeted the wrong address, the BBC has reported. Steve Ballas said he received a call at work from a friend who told him: "They're demolishing your house."

Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay has called for an investigation into accusations that workers are being paid low wages on the Queensferry Crossing project. An investigation by construction union UCATT has claimed joiners for Portuguese sub-contractor Sosia Ltd were being paid £7.67 an hour and lab

An independent survey into the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has criticised the body for having “little or no impact on its primary mission of encouraging the provision of training” among the sector’s SMEs. Research released today by Hudson Contract found that only 9 per cent of

Hew Edgar Prior to the highly anticipated Planning Bill White Paper, RICS in Scotland has worked with ICE and RTPI to devise five shared priorities for planning in Scotland, writes Hew Edgar.

LAR chief executive Ann Leslie - image credit Mike Wilkinson A housing charity set up to help tackle a shortage of mid-rent homes across Scotland is issuing a fresh appeal to builders and developers in the Lothians to offer properties for sale to help it build up its portfolio of homes.

Alex Johnstone Alex Johnstone, the widely respected Scottish Conservative MSP, has died at the age of 55 after a short battle with cancer.

Two major projects to tackle flooding that has affected 47 properties in the Springburn area of Glasgow have been completed as part of Scottish Water’s ongoing £250 million upgrade to the city’s waste water infrastructure. The projects, which involved a total investment of more than £16m, will

The Scottish Government has announced changes to Modern Apprenticeships will it said provide more flexibility for employers, including those in the public sector, while also widening access for rural communities, people with disabilities and experience of care. The measures were announced today by m

Some of the D J Laing team at the Laing House headquarters in Carnoustie Architects have paid tribute to D J Laing Homes as the firm celebrated 30 years of building new homes in Dundee and Angus.

First-of-its-kind commercial regeneration partnership pays off A business park regenerated as part of a new public/private funding scheme aimed at creating urban jobs has welcomed three major new tenants.