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Plans for a 150-bedroom hotel complete with a sky bar overlooking the River Clyde have been given the green light by council officials. The 17-storey building on the corner of Dixon Street and Clyde Street was a floor higher when plans were first unveiled in October last year.

Proposals for a new shopping centre on the outskirts of Cupar have been given the go-ahead by Fife Council. Six large units for food and non-food retail and including a takeaway are to be built next door to the Tesco supermarket on South Road.

Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland has said it is “extremely disappointed” with the Scottish Government’s proposals for changes in planning policy which it argues will only “exacerbate Scotland’s chronic housing shortfall”.

The office campus for Subsea7 designed by Michael Gilmour Associates A “gifted” architect and lecturer who won a number of awards for his buildings has died aged 73.

A proposed internet data centre in south-west Scotland could be given an extension to its planning consent, the BBC has reported. The plan for Peelhouses Farm, north of Lockerbie, first emerged in 2008. Planning permission was granted in 2010.

Output in the UK construction sector fell in February with a 7.3% decrease in infrastructure providing one of the main downward pressures, the latest figures reveal. Sharp falls in infrastructure and as well as new private housing saw UK construction output dip 1.7 per cent in February, its biggest

One Lochrin Square, Edinburgh Edinburgh’s office market returned a strong Q1 2017 as supply continued to hit fresh lows and demand from occupiers remained buoyant, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

The number of workers in Scotland employed in the low carbon and ‎renewables sector has risen to 58,500 in 2015 – up from an indicative 43,500 employed in 2014. The low carbon and renewables sector generated a turnover of £10.5 billion, 14 per cent of the total UK sector, the Office of National

Amanda McMillan, Glasgow Airport managing director with cabinet secretary for finance and the constitution, Derek Mackay CCG opens new £4m Glasgow Airport car rental centre

Event winners Simple Energy Scotland The construction housing and property heat of Business Fours took place at Dundonald Links yesterday, the host of this year’s Scottish Open venue.

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred contractor to deliver one of Scotland’s largest and most ambitious education projects through a two-stage design and build process.

Proposals to build a student housing development adjoining the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art (GSA) campus have been rejected by planners.

Ian Downie of principal contractor WM Donald, Laura Scott-Simmons of landscape architects Benton Scott-Simmons and Gordon Rendall of project managers Turner & Townsend at the new community of Grandhome, where more than 1,200 trees are being planted in the first phase of development. Major invest

A long-established blacksmith’s business in Hawick is forging ahead with ambitious new expansion plans and eyeing the construction sector after securing backing from Bank of Scotland.

Kier Construction Scotland and North East has scooped eight awards, six of which were for projects based in Scotland, at the Considerate Constructors Scheme National Awards at ceremonies in Edinburgh and Manchester.