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Developers behind plans to create a £140 million film and television studio development in Midlothian have requested that the Scottish Government call-in their application for consideration claiming the council is taking too long to make a decision. Scottish International Studios, otherwise known a

Plans to upgrade Glasgow’s Kelvinbridge underground station have been lodged by Austin-Smith:Lord. The firm wants to give the station a makeover by installing a new cupola and apply new escalator cladding.

Moxon Architects has secured planning consent for a ‘climate proof’ forest home within the Cairngorms National Park. The timber-clad scheme will be nestled in a redundant quarry and will join a small cluster of houses and community buildings which are surrounded by the national park’s Crathie

Mark Haddow, director of LW Haddow (centre), is presented with the SNIPEF Business of the Year Award 2015 by SNIPEF President John Leonard (right), and BPEC chief executive, Paul Johnston (left) SNIPEF, the trade association for plumbing and heating firms in Scotland and Northern Ireland, has awarde

Kemnay Academy pupils Pupils from seven Aberdeen City and Shire schools got a glimpse of what a career in construction might hold for them thanks to an event at Robert Gordon University (RGU) this week.

January launch for new planning applications website A new website for all planning applications in Scotland will be launched in January.

US eco-friendly home improvement store TreeHouse has bucked the trend and closed its doors on Black Friday. The Austin-based retailer said on Wednesday that it will be closed on Black Friday so workers can spend time with their families. Employees will still be paid even though they have the day off

A new home for the Burrell Collection has been awarded £5m Scotland will receive an increase of around 14 per cent of infrastructure funding, Chancellor George Osborne said yesterday.

A scheme to build a tram-train link is one of two options being put forward for a new connection between Glasgow city centre, Paisley and Glasgow Airport. The flagship project in the £1.13bn Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal, would see tram-train carriages would operate on the heavy rail network b

Martin Bell Property investors have been hit by a hat-trick of measures in this year’s Autumn Statement, according to accountancy firm, BDO.

ADP has opened a studio in Edinburgh to take advantage of growing confidence in Scotland after securing university commissions for Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt. With a strong track record across the commercial sectors the team is being led by director Graeme Feechan, who is also overseeing commercial p

Following extensive consultation with the local community, Fife Council and Kingdom Housing Association are delighted to confirm the first planning application has been submitted by 7N Architects for the Fraser Avenue/Gray Place regeneration project in Inverkeithing on 13th November. The application

CCG are now on site as the main contractor for a new £4 million visitor centre at Pitlochry Dam and power station for energy company, SSE. The construction comprises a steel frame structure over two levels providing café, retail and exhibition facilities. Entry will be free to visitors who can lea

More than 500 years of loyalty by employees has been celebrated by the Stewart Milne Group at a ceremony at Aberdeen Football Club’s Pittodrie stadium. The event, part of the Group’s 40th anniversary celebrations this year, was attended by employees from across the Group, including its homes div

Audrey Sinclair (Highland Council) and Matt Stevenson (Carbon Dynamic) New sustainable Highland homes ready to welcome tenants