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Scotland is the first region of the United Kingdom to see its house prices pass their pre-financial crisis peak. Property prices reached a new record average of £272,000 in July after soaring by 11.7 per cent in the last year, according to the latest monthly index from the Office for National Stati

Vaughan Hart The Scottish Building Federation has called for more action to encourage people to work in Scottish construction after new figures revealed a drop in employment within the sector.

David Narro Scottish consultant structural and civil engineering firm David Narro Associates (DNA) has become the country’s latest employee-owned business.

Greg Fitzgerald Greg Fitzgerald has announced that he will step down next year after 33 years at Galliford Try.

Sandy Adam Moray and Larbert-based Springfield Properties added a further trophy to its awards cabinet with the presentation of Scottish Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award.

Hundreds of residents are set to benefit after Keepmoat was appointed to carry out improvement works to over 600 homes in Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire Council has appointed the housing and regeneration specialist for the £9 million scheme which will include external wall insulation, re-roofing, rende

Work on the latest phase of the £288 million upgrade of the Glasgow Subway is now underway with the installation of a lift and stunning new glass canopy work at St Enoch Subway station. St Enoch, one of the biggest and busiest of the 15 stations, will be the first on the network to benefit from a l

Jeremy Blackburn A new report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has proposed a new solution to solve the UK’s chronic housing shortage.

Public sector procurement consortium LHC has helped its members save over £20m in terms of hours worked. Figures released in the LHC annual review for 2013/14 reveal that from April 2013 to March 2014, LHC frameworks were used 229 times by 132 customers on 512 different projects across the UK.

Civic square plan for heart of Shawlands heart Glasgow City Council is consulting local people and businesses on plans for a new public area to be developed on land in front of Langside Hall.

Archie Meikle West Lothian-based construction company Ashwood Scotland is celebrating 15-years in business this month shortly after the completion of its 313th project.

A Shetland apprentice, a plasterer from East Kilbride and a construction worker from Cumnock were all given prestigious industry awards by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Highland lad Christopher Smith took home the National Construction College (NCC) Outstanding Apprentice of the Y

The site of a former retail store in the heart of Glasgow’s West End has been transformed into a bright, modern retail space and student residence thanks to Alumno Developments and Kier Construction. The £8 million project, which began in April 2013 and is now complete, is home to 174 bedrooms wi

Construction works are underway on Artisan Real Estate Investors’ Caltongate development at East Market Street where they are building two hotels for Whitbread PLC as part of their development site in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. This phase of the development includes a 127-room Premier Inn

Claire O’Neill It’s countdown time for a Dundee University student who is preparing to face the judges in a national property competition, the Association of Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards.