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Fiona Hyslop The Scottish Government was informed about the spiralling cost of Dundee's V&A museum nine months before it was revealed to the public, the culture secretary has revealed.

Building work has started on an £8 million private care home in Newton Mearns. Located at the corner of Waterfoot Road and Broom Road East the state-of-the-art home is being built by Marshall Construction Ltd for Meallmore.

Shona Robison Cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing Shona Robison has approved NHS Highland’s “exciting proposals” for the modernisation of its community and hospital services in Badenoch and Strathspey.

(l-r) Roy Douglas, committee member of Muirhouse Housing Association & Douglas Spowart, SME Banking, property team relationship director at Bank of Scotland Springfield hands over Edinburgh homes to Muirhouse

A new construction skills academy has opened in North Lanarkshire. The facility, NL Construction Craft Skills Academy, will provide apprentices with the opportunity to learn from leading experts within the construction industry.

Abington Primary School Plans to construct a new £3.6 million replacement for Abington Primary School and nursery have been given the go-ahead by South Lanarkshire Council.

Mark Percival Mark Percival was recently appointed to the new post of director of property within Hillcrest Housing Association.

Work on a new leisure centre in Irvine is to begin in March after the £20 million construction contract was awarded to Barr Construction.

Housebuilder Barratt has reported its strongest start to the year for sales in Scotland for eight years. The firm said it secured nearly 190 sales in January, up 15 per cent on a year ago, with some of its Scottish sites “selling at twenty per cent above the UK average of 0.58 sales per week per s

Helen Dow Lovell appoints regional sales manager for Scotland

Leanna Fry By Leanna Fry, site manager at BAM Construct UK Ltd

Aberdeen City Council has given planning permission for a new office at the Prime Four business park in Kingswells.

John Swinney The Scottish Government has announced an extra £20 million to address fuel poverty and energy efficiency.

Keith Miller Keith Miller is to step down as chief executive of the Miller Group at the end of March 2015 after more than 20 years in the role.

Striking new images of the new £200 million office development at The Haymarket in Edinburgh have been released as above ground works begin.