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New road and rail links to Edinburgh Airport and an extended Borders Railway are among major projects being drawn up by a partnership of local authorities, under ambitious £1 billion city deal plans announced today. The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region – comprising Edinburgh, Borders

Russell Institute Scottish contractor CBC has been appointed to take on the £4.5 million restoration of Paisley’s Russell Institute.

Pictured with the former cash-and-carry building ‘The Blue Shed’ behind them from left are Dame Seona Reid (chair of the National Theatre of Scotland), Laurie Sansom (artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland), Baille Liz Cameron (executive member for jobs and the economy at Glasgow

The winners celebrate at last year's North East Trades Awards 2014. The shortlist for the 2015 North East Trades Awards was announced by an independent panel of judges this week after receiving a record number of applications.

Easter Bush Campus Barr Construction has been awarded a £25 million contract for a new building complex at University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus in Roslin, Midlothian.

(left to right) Stuart Eynon, property director, Peter Vardy Ltd; Peter Vardy, CEO, Peter Vardy Ltd; Duncan Ogilvie, CEO, Ogilvie Group; Bob Gray, construction director, Ogilvie Construction Work starts on new Aberdeen £4m Porsche Centre

Bob Clark International engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke has appointed Bob Clark to the newly created position of director for Scotland in its construction division.

A Scottish company director who admitted falsifying business records to make fraudulent claims for almost £220,000 in VAT refunds has been electronically tagged for eight months and ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation, after an investigation by HMRC. Garry Gibson, 60, from Edinburgh, claimed t

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is to publish a plan to support the delivery of new homes as new figures revealed the average time to process major housing developments was at its slowest yet.

Advocate's Close Morgan McDonnell Architecture was celebrating last night as its Advocate’s Close development won the 2015 Building of the Year by the Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA).

(left to right) back row - Judith Darnell (Business & HR Manager), David Vince (new partner, Edinburgh), Kate Bilbrough (new partner, Edinburgh ), Neil Moir (new partner, Aberdeen,) Murray Warner (new partner, Edinburgh), Allan Smith (new partner, Edinburgh), Paul Duncan (new partner, Dunfermlin

A new tax which changes the way people pay duty on house purchases has come into effect in Scotland today. The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaces UK stamp duty under new devolved powers contained in the Scotland Act 2012.

The Glasgow School of Art has chosen Page\Park Architects to lead the restoration of the fire-damaged Mackintosh building. The firm saw off competition from Avanti Architects, John McAslan and Partners, LDN Architects LLP and Purcell, who were all shortlisted in January, to restore the art nouveau b

A £4.7 million construction contract for the first phase of the regeneration of Denny Town Centre has been awarded by Falkirk Council to Clark Contracts. The work, won through a competitive tender, involves the construction of ten new build retail units, a library and community space with associate

The original design for Usher Hall Original architectural drawings of the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, which have not been seen in public since 1910, will be displayed for the first time in the concert hall between 12 May and 1 September 2015.