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London estate agents have begun to offer free cars worth £18,000, stamp duty subsidies of £150,000, plus free iPads and Sonos sound systems to kickstart sales in the capital’s increasingly moribund property market, The Guardian has reported. The once super-hot central London market has turned in

Alexandra Parade, Glasgow A construction company which sued a car dealership for “breach of contract” after its agreement to build a new showroom was terminated while development work was ongoing has been awarded more than £1 million damages.

The University of Edinburgh has submitted plans to transform the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary into a major educational hub. A change of use and restoration application has been filed to extend the A-listed surgical building to provide teaching and learning spaces, a major new public event space,

Outsourcing giant Mitie has removed 160 jobs and is expected to write off a further £50 million after an accounting review unearthed issues with the way the firm was booking its costs. A review of Mities’ books by accountants at KPMG, which was presented to the firm’s Audit Committee yesterday,

Peter Truscott Galliford Try is to take a £98 million one-off hit for two major legacy construction contracts following a reappraisal of costs to complete the projects.

The project to create Edinburgh’s first new performance building in 100 years is gathering pace following the appointment of an architect-led design team. The task of designing the 1,000-seat auditorium, which will rival the best in Europe for acoustics and audience experience, has been given to D

Jim Mather Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced that current chair Jim Mather is stepping down from the organisation with effect from its Annual General Meeting on May 12.

An increase in civil engineering and residential building activity has fuelled the biggest monthly output rise of the year so far in the UK construction sector, new figures have shown. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 53.1 in April from 52.2 in March.

The Scottish planning system is soon to undergo reform following an independent review. The proposals under discussion suggest an increasing recognition that children are often excluded from considerations of place. Here, Dr Jenny Wood identifies five ways Scottish Government can improve children’

Construction of the biggest waste water tunnel ever to be built in Scotland has reached the half-way stage. Scottish Water’s flagship Shieldhall Tunnel project, in the south of Glasgow, passed the milestone yesterday when the state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine (TBM) building it reached a point

New Waid Campus completes Waid Academy headteacher Iain Hughes has been officially handed the keys to the new £21.5 million Waid Community Campus in Fife.

The natural landscape of Scotland is stunning, and that's before we start to consider the amazing architecture that can be found around the country. For the short distances between them, four of Scotland’s biggest cities look worlds apart, and have very different architectural histories. Home desi

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.