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Kevin Stewart The average time for a planning decision to be made on major developments has fallen by 17 per cent on the previous year, according to new Scottish Government figures.

BAM Construction has successfully handed over the new £21.5 million Windmill Community Campus in Kirkcaldy. The school is the final project to be built under the Building Fife’s Future Framework which delivered Dunfermline High School in 2012 and Auchmuty High School in 2013.

Real estate professionals in Scotland will gather tomorrow to discuss recent high profile legal cases involving disputes over the dilapidation of commercial properties and receive legislation updates from legal experts. Hosted by DLA Piper's Real Estate practice, the breakfast seminar will take plac

Lesley Palmer, chief architect at Stirling University’s Dementia Services Development Centre, considers the importance of the ‘Older Persons' Walkable Neighbourhood’ when considering Housing Land Audits and the allocation of development sites for older people housing. As an Architect with a Ma

The winning MMS team from the competition's energy heat Business Fives has launched Scotland’s first ever national business 5-a-side tournament.

Green light for Achiltibuie school transformation into two affordable homes An empty schoolhouse in Wester Ross will be transformed into two affordable dwellings thanks to an innovative funding package secured by The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) and the Coigach Community Develo

Edinburgh’s iconic red public telephone boxes are about to be given an interesting makeover. New York based company Bar Works operates a growing chain of co-working spaces aimed at entrepreneurs who are looking for affordable convenient work space in attractive locations.

The Topgolf facility in Las Vegas Prominent sites in and around Scotland major cities could soon be home to Las Vegas-style golf complexes.

A potential site is being considered for a new justice centre in Inverness after plans to develop another location were dropped. The former Stagecoach depot in Burnett Road could be transformed into a facility with new courts and offices, replacing the existing premises at Inverness Castle.

Angela Clarkson Paisley-based construction firm CGC Construction has welcomed a new member to its growing team.

McLaughlin & Harvey has become the first construction company in Scotland to be awarded BRE Global BIM Level 2 Business Systems Certification. Operating throughout the UK and Ireland, building, civil engineering and facilities management contractor McLaughlin & Harvey has joined the growing

The only long-term solution for Scotland to help its struggling first time buyers is to build vastly more affordable, quality housing in the places where people want to live, a new report has found. A study into Scotland’s economic outlook in the aftermath of Brexit by accountancy firm PwC, descri

Audrey Gilmour, Morgan Sindall design manager (centre), with a members of The Association of Women in Property Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall hosted a group from The Association of Women in Property (WIP) on a tour of the £107 million Marischal Square development in Aberdeen

The Scottish Government’s ambition of delivering 30,000 apprentices a year by 2020 could be a tougher challenge than it imagined due to an image problem north of the border. A new YouGov survey commissioned by employment firm Reed in Partnership and qualifications body NCFE suggests that apprentic

Work begins on new Fort William homes for rent Work has begun on a project to turn a former medical centre in Fort William into accommodation for rent.