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(left to right) Brian McQuade, Kier Construction managing director; Stephen Parker, Kier Construction; Michael McBrearty, chief executive, hub South West; Provost Joan Sturgeon; Kenneth Gibson MSP; Cllr Anthony Gurney; Ryan Broadley, Kier Construction Work has begun on the creation of a £36 million

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty said it will not be paying an annual dividend to shareholders after it capped a troubled 2014 with a reported loss of £59 million on a turnover of £8.4 billion.

George Fraser at the Greenfields development in Inverness Highland housebuilder Tulloch Homes is returning to the Aberdeen market after many years’ absence.

David Henderson T Clarke is confident about future prospects after issues surrounding two problem contract were resolved, the firm has said.

Fresh plans have been submitted for a multi-million pound brewery and visitor attraction in the centre of Inverness. Issues including parking and the proposed scale of the development saw initial plans turned down in October last year.

£3m Bearsden Community Hub plans on show Emerging plans for the development of the Bearsden Community Hub have been revealed to the public.

Building work on a new £8.4 million school is to begin in April after Western Isles Council announced that Willmott Dixon in collaboration with Robertson Construction won the contract. The contract was awarded utilising the national Scape major works procurement framework.

(left to right) Bailie Liz Cameron, chair of Transforming Communities Glasgow; Allan Callaghan, MD of Cruden Buildings and Renewals; Gordon Sloan, chair of Glasgow Housing Association; John Gallacher, MD of Cruden Homes and housing minister, Margaret Burgess MSP The first phase of 55 affordable priv

Judy Hamilton A record investment of over £70 million has been unveiled to help improve Fife’s council homes over the next year.

A £2.2 million revamp of Perth Crematorium is expected to be approved by Perth and Kinross Council tomorrow. Members of the council’s environmental committee will be asked to set the ball rolling on an upgrade which the local authority says will safeguard the crematorium’s future.

Renfrewshire’s roads are set to benefit from significant investment, with a multi-million cash boost allocated to improve the conditions of roads and pavements. Renfrewshire Council has set aside £3.5 million for road improvements during the 2015/16 financial year.

A Scottish Government Reporter has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of planning permission in principle for a £500 million 3200-home development in South Lanarkshire. The Reporter’s findings follow a two-day public hearing in January into the plans for the project which had been scheduled

CALA Group remains on course to deliver record revenues and profits after a year of significant volume growth, the firm said today. A trading update by the upmarket home builder revealed that after several years of planned stable volumes, the full year to 30 June 2015 (FY15) represents the first yea

Work starts on new Irvine Leisure Centre Provost of North Ayrshire Councillor Joan Sturgeon and Barr Construction MD Barclay Chalmers were on-site to commend work starting at the £20 million contract to build Irvine’s new leisure centre.

Ramsay Milne Four new developments totalling 107 homes and 108 flats have been given the green light by Aberdeen City Council.