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David Thomas The UK's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments is forecasting a 20 per cent increase in full-year profits but warned that it could slow its pace of construction following the Brexit vote.

The first images have been unveiled of the proposed £17 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport in Dundee as the development is submitted for planning permission. Earmarked for a site at the city’s Caird Park, the centre will provide training and competition facilities for sports clubs and

House prices across Scotland have continued to rise following a sustained dip in the supply of new properties coming on to the market, surveyors have reported today. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said uncertainty fuelled by the EU Referendum, coupled with the higher stamp duty

Jamie Hepburn Employers will now be able to have their say on how Scotland should use its share of the funding from the UK government’s apprenticeship levy, minister for employability and training Jamie Hepburn confirmed yesterday.

Contractors Amey and Tarmac have managed to shave 19 hours off a 48-hour road surfacing operation on the M9. The project for Transport Scotland between Junctions 6 and 7 of the northbound carriageway saw Tarmac and Amey lay 2,460 tonnes of asphalt in just 29 hours – a significant time saving compa

Hardies helps bring building back to life as Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo HQ Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been instrumental in bringing 1 Cockburn Street back to its former glory.

Technology in the 21st Century is providing us with the means to communicate our thoughts and ideas across the planet in a way that would have been unthinkable, even 10 years ago. However good the technology is, it cannot pick up the subtleties of a language, the culture that underpins it, or even t

A woman was so impressed by a visit to Harry Potter Warner Bros studios she decided to embark on an ambitious project to transform her dining room into a scaled-down version of the Hogwarts dining hall – complete with wooden panelling, replica Hedwig, and a few original props from the Harry Potter

Simon Phillips Shareholders at Scottish-based Esh Border Construction were told this week that consolidation and investment were the key focuses in 2015 as profit at the firm fell but turnover remained steady.

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie Waste gasification specialist Energos, which is involved in an ongoing contract to deliver a recycling and renewable energy centre in Glasgow, has fallen into administration following contractual disputes with its two main contractors.

An outline of the block on Sauchiehall Street Gleeds has been appointed as project manager and cost manager on Formal Investments’ £75 million commercial redevelopment in the centre of Glasgow.

The University of Glasgow's Gilmorehill Campus is undergoing a £1bn expansion Almost a quarter of university buildings in Scotland have been found to be in a poor condition and in need of investment at a time of “significant cost pressures”, a new report has found.

Kate Houghton The last few weeks has seen plenty of top level discussion about the outcomes of the independent Planning Review. This blog kicks off a series in which RTPI Scotland will aim to open the discussion about some of the specific recommendations in the panel’s report.

National builders’ merchants group Grafton Merchanting GB has secured the entire supply of building, plumbing and heating, electrical and maintenance materials for a local authority in Scotland. The five-year contract with East Dunbartonshire Council, which is worth £2 million per year, will be h

Tammy Adams Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s response to the report of the independent planning review panel, praising its commitment to strengthening and simplifying the planning system to achieve positive outcomes for Scotland, including the delivery