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Brian Manning Staff at Esh Group have paid tribute to chief executive Brian Manning, who has died after a short battle with cancer at the age of 60.

Plans to transform the former family Loudoun Castle theme park into a £525 million holiday and leisure destination have been rejected by East Ayrshire Council, though the door has been left open for future approval. Deemed to be ‘of national significance’ by council planners, phase one of the m

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Argyll and Bute Council has approved Link Group Ltd’s 'Dunbeg Development Corridor Masterplan' of 600 new homes.

The owner of Kilmarnock-based Blackwood Plant Hire has sold the business to the company’s management team. Tom Blackwood bought Blackwood Plant Hire from his father, Tom Sr, in 2001 and has now has now sold it on for an undisclosed sum to a management team led by sales director Paul McCormack and

Dalmore House Housing minister Kevin Stewart has today announced an investment of £8.35 million from the Scottish Government’s SPRUCE fund to support the refurbishment of vacant office space in central Glasgow.

Theresa Hunt Burness Paull’s senior associate Theresa Hunt believes the construction industry will be disappointed with the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce increased planning fees.

Brian Berrry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned that housing and infrastructure manifesto pledges will be “redundant” unless the construction sector has enough skilled workers post-Brexit.

(from left) Iliana Portugues, National Grid, Khadim Hussain, National Grid, Jamie Hepburn, MSP, Scottish Government minister for employability and training, Gregor Alexander, finance director of SSE, Craig McTaggart, SP Energy Networks, and Dave Gardner, director of transmission SSEN. Photo taken by

New M8 fully opens For the first time ever, Glasgow and Edinburgh are now fully connected with uninterrupted motorway.

A conceptual scheme by a team of South Korean designers calls for inserting towers within the hollowed-out trunks of giant sequoias in the western US, Dezeen has reported. Called Tribute: The Monument of Giant, the visionary scheme imagines buildings constructed within the empty trunks of giant sequ

The masterplan for a £150 million mixed use development in Aberdeenshire has been completed with the approval of a food hall, hotel and leisure facilities at Blackdog. Plans by Ashfield Land for a regional food hall that could be used by farmers and producers’ retail outlets, an 850-seat cinema a

Proposals to transform the old Boroughmuir High School to create 87 mezzanine apartments and 28 affordable homes have been rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillors on the city’s planning committee rejected advice from their own officials, who had earmarked the designs for approval, t

Plans have been submitted to build a hotel and student halls at the site of a former Dundee furniture store. The £20 million proposals for the former Robertson’s furniture store in Barrack Street will also include a licensed restaurant unit with associated facilities and ancillary works.

Environmental planning consultancy Atmos Consulting has secured planning permission for a 19.8MW gas peaking plant and 20MW battery storage plant in Glenrothes. In keeping with Sainc Energy’s commitment to promote sustainable energy solutions, the development also intends to launch a research and

A Proposal of Application Notice has been lodged to deliver a £50 million replacement building for Madras College at Langlands. Earlier this year, Fife Council's executive committee conditionally approved the Langlands site as the preferred location for a new Madras College.