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Consultation on the Dumbarton’s new waterfront walkway Residents are being invited to view proposals for the new waterfront walkway linking Dumbarton Town Centre to Dumbarton Rock.

New Brunstane Plans have been submitted to build more than 1,300 homes on greenbelt land separating Edinburgh from Musselburgh.

The UK construction industry output held “steady” during the first full month after June's Brexit vote with new orders and house building also increasing on the previous quarter, new figures have revealed. After a 1.0 per cent drop in the sixth month of the year, construction output in July was

A charity that runs a watersports centre for children has lost a £135,000 VAT case to HM Revenue & Customs in a decision that could have significant implications for the rest of the charity sector. The charity built a new commercial property and incurred VAT on the construction costs. It believ

Architectural practice Sheppard Robson has announced the completion of an office, academic, business and research hub in Inverness for the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). An Lòchran Enterprise & Research Centre is located on Plot 10 on the Inverness Campus, a major educational an

Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre The Home Office has announced plans to close Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre and build a new detention facility in Glasgow.

Billions of pounds worth of engineering contracts are available to Scottish businesses on the High Speed 2 (HS2) project, according to the UK government minister overseeing the project. Speaking at the HS2 Scottish supply chain conference in Aberdeen on Tuesday, UK transport minister Andrew Jones sa

Lend Lease has officially started work on West Dunbartonshire Council’s new offices in Dumbarton town centre. The council plans to relocate 500 staff currently based at Garshake to the offices at the site of the former Dumbarton Academy building in Church Street.

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Aberdeen City Council and Hilton have signed a franchise licence agreement to open a 200 room Hilton Hotels & Resorts property at the new Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC). Hilton Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, set to be the fourth Hilton property in the city, will

£1m Castlemilk community centre gets go ahead A new youth and community centre costing just short of a million pounds is coming to Castlemilk after a campaign led by Thenue Housing.

Housebuilder Cruden Homes has launched a unique new home viewing experience which it hopes will revolutionise Scotland’s housing market. In a first for the country, Cruden is now offering virtual reality (VR) tours of its new Baron’s Vale development in Glasgow’s East End. From the comfort of

The Queensferry Crossing is on target to be opened by May next year and remains within its £1.35 billion budget though adverse weather could still bring delays to the project, Transport Scotland has said. Project director David Climie warned MSPs that bad weather could still make it “challenging�

David Thomas Barratt Developments has said it remains so far unscathed by the Brexit vote with the housebuilder reporting a 20.7 per cent rise in pre tax profits and its highest completion volumes for eight years.

East Lothian Council has approved a plan which sets out how it will deliver over 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years. The finalised Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP), which was given the green light by councillors this week, sets out the council’s planning strategy, sites and policies to g