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West Lothian Council will spend over £154 million over the next five years improving and increasing its council housing stock. Approved at a meeting of the local authority on February 13, the investment will see over £79m spent on increasing the housing supply over the course of the next five year

Keith Kilburn Keith Kilburn outlines 10 issues for employers, professionals and the supply chain to consider in the event of the insolvency of a main contractor.

Developers building new residential buildings near music venues will be responsible for taking appropriate measures to ensure local people are not disturbed by noise under new planning guidance published by the Scottish Government. Housing minister Kevin Stewart said today that new guidance on this

New Aberdeen path opened for more connectivity with Diamond Bridge A new path has opened connecting an Aberdeen community to the benefits of the £22.3 million Diamond Bridge after local residents requested it as an addition to the already extensive pedestrian and cycle path infrastructure created i

Architects at MVRDV have unveiled plans for an office block with an interactive mirrored facade and open geometric core designed to display back images of its location and surrounding landscape. Dubbed the "crystal rock" by the Dutch architecture firm, the facade of the Milestone building in the cit

Residents campaigning against plans to deliver more than 400 homes on the University of Strathclyde’s former Jordanhill campus have lost their legal action to stop the proposal at the Court of Session. CALA Homes (West) gained planning permission from Glasgow City Council&n

A significant package of capital investment in council housing and schools totalling more than £220 million is set to be delivered by East Lothian Council over the next five years. Almost £93m will be spent on new affordable council housing in addition to almost £60m on the modernisation of exist

Developers have unveiled £12 million plans for a hotel and retail project near to the Borders Railway terminus in Tweedbank. Edinburgh-based New Land Assets (NLA) said the development at the corner of Tweedbank Drive and the main A6091 road would include a supermarket, coffee shop and petrol s

Newell McGuiness The wave of uncertainty which rocked the construction industry in the wake of the collapse of industry giant Carillion has led to renewed calls for increased regulation regarding payment security from Scotland’s largest trade association.

Jeff Fairburn Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn has decided to give a “substantial” amount of his £110 million bonus away through a charitable trust after he said that he never wanted to receive the money.

The Falls of Shin visitor centre in Lairg has been shortlisted in three categories Twenty seven of the most innovative and community beneficial property projects from across Scotland are set to go against some of the region’s best in this year’s RICS Awards 2018, Scotland.

CCG has been appointed to a new kitchens and bathrooms framework managed by national provider Procurement for Housing (PfH).

The former director of an Edinburgh-based company that supplied security personnel and CCTV facilities to the construction industry has been disqualified for 10 years. Ryan Maginess, 28, who was the sole director of Camereye Contracts Limited, has been banned from acting as a director of a limited c

Scottish timber processing and distribution company Thornbridge has merged with North Yorkshire Timber (NYTimber) to form an enlarged timber group. Supported by further investment from Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP, the two businesses said the transaction is the next step in the strategy to consoli

CALA Homes (West) hit an important construction milestone as its 21 Mansionhouse Road development in Glasgow reached its full height of 12 metres. The moment was marked with a traditional topping out ceremony, helped along by a trio of the city’s tallest stars from Glasgow Warriors.