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Work is underway on a “game-changing” transformation of former Inverness school buildings to give the Highlands its first creative hub. The initial £1.2 million project is the first phase of a wider £5.7m scheme to transform the Midmills buildings (once part of the Inverness Royal Academy and

Keith Brown at opening of the new M8/M73/M74 Cabinet secretary for economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown, looks back on transport investment over the last ten years and looks to 2018.

Rudi Klein The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) is calling on government and industry to focus on procurement, payment and professionalism in 2018.

Jarvie Plant's KX61 3-tonne excavator on site at the Social Bite Village in Granton Work is well underway at Scotland’s first homeless village at West Shore Road in Edinburgh’s Granton district and independent plant hire business Jarvie Plant is playing a crucial role.

A housing manufacturer has struck a deal with Scottish Land and Estates to offer Scottish landowners the chance to boost rural incomes, deliver affordable housing, and sustain local communities though its new affordable homes programme. Clyde Homes Limited delivers factory built affordable homes for

Drone image of the River Teviot through Hawick Hawick Flood Scheme gains final approval

View from City Hall The City of London is getting taller. With 13 new schemes consented, under construction or due to start construction in its eastern cluster, the pipeline means that the City skyline will look a lot different in ten years’ time.

An overview of the Maybole Bypass Prospective bidders to build the £30 million Maybole bypass project have been shortlisted and invited to participate in the next stage of the procurement competition.

Detailed plans have been released for a £500 million waterside quarter development close to Edinburgh city centre. Built around a purpose-built marina, the Edinburgh Marina masterplan proposes a mix of leisure and accommodation, establishing the city as a viable alternative to established west coas

Scottish Borders Council has agreed to proposals to build an intergenerational learning campus in Jedburgh and formally close the existing nursery, primary, secondary and specialist provision in the town. Stallan-Brand Architects, working alongside the council, hub South East, BAM and

Humza Yousaf A contractor has been selected to take forward ground investigations as part of the work to build a flyover on the busy Sheriffhall junction on the Edinburgh City Bypass.

Alan Brown The chief executive of CALA Group has highlighted the “exceptional progress” the business has made in transforming its size and scope as it looks ahead to deliver another year of growth in 2018.

Kevin Stewart Housing minister Kevin Stewart on why the Scottish Government is giving both property factors and homeowners the opportunity to respond to its consultation on a draft revised Code of Conduct.

Plans have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council to turn a former Inverurie care home into affordable housing, the Evening Express has reported. The proposal would see the 37-bedroom former Blythewood Care Home in Port Elphinstone converted into flats.

Archie Waters Archie Waters from The Dispute Centre provides a piece for the Scottish Alliance for People and Places about the potential role of mediation in the planning system.