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Councillors have agreed to progress with plans to create a Simplified Planning Zone (SPZ) at a Renfrewshire business park. The move would effectively grant planning permission in advance for certain types of development specified within Westway Park.

Karl Morris Canadian company Norbord has announced a £95 million modernisation and expansion of its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Inverness.

Local children joined East Dunbartonshire Council leader Rhondda Geekie to help cut the ground for their brand new £12.4m school and early learning & childcare centre. The new two storey building in Bishopbriggs will replace the existing Auchinairn Primary, Woodhill Primary schools and Cleddens

Plans have been submitted to build a 230 bed hotel at Edinburgh Airport. The proposal by Marriot owned hotel brand Moxy is set for the site of a former golf driving range within the Royal Highland Showground site.

The winning name of the new community leisure centre at Girvan Harbour was unveiled yesterday as construction work got underway on the new £6 million facility. The Quay Zone – which will be operated by South Carrick Community Leisure (SCCL) on behalf of South Ayrshire Council – will transform l

Work starts on £4m primary school refurbishment Work has started on the £4 million refurbishment of the existing Mossvale Primary School and Nursery and St James’ Primary School shared campus.

Workers at a construction site in east China became so angry that their wages were not being paid they decided to teach their boss the ultimate lesson. In a bid to get their wages, migrant workers from the Shangrao Economic Development Zone in Jiangxi Province, used scaffolding to lock their bosses

David Mundell The north east of Scotland is to benefit from over £500 million of funding to improve its housing and infrastructure.

Construction group Kier remains on course to deliver its full year expectations, winning more than £350 million of new business since mid-November 2015, the firm said today. A trading update ahead of the announcement of its interim results on 17 March revealed that the Group's underlying trading pe

Graham Construction began its work to deliver the Higgs Centre for Innovation yesterday as the final designs for the building were unveiled at Edinburgh’s Royal Observatory where the new centre will be housed. The Higgs Centre for Innovation is named in honour of Professor Peter Higgs of the Unive

Robertson has been appointed to lead the redevelopment of Raeburn Place, the iconic Edinburgh sports ground which hosted the world’s first international rugby match. The infrastructure group’s Robertson Central business was selected as principal contractor by Raeburn Place Foundation’s develop

The amount of money borrowed by the City of Edinburgh Council to fund capital expenditure is set to fall over coming years. The council’s Annual Treasury Strategy 2016/17, to be discussed by members of the finance and resources committee next week, aims to ensure the council meets its funding and

East Dunbartonshire Council has granted planning permission to build a new primary school in Kirkintilloch. The decision will allow the final project design to be progressed to financial close, subject to council approval.

The number of new homes registered to be built in Scotland topped 12,700 in 2015, a continued increase of 15 per cent on the previous year, new NHBC figures have revealed. In total, 12,755 new homes were registered by NHBC in 2015 compared to 11,138 in 2014.

All the painter and decorator apprentices that took part in the event were: Kyle Moran, Lisa Murphy, Andrew Weir, Michael McManus, Joseph Barr, John Kavanagh, Gillian Grant, Adams Gibbs, Craig Morrison and Christian Gibson A team of young apprentices from City Building has helped bring British desig