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Scotland’s small open economy has grown slightly and more strongly in the last quarter in comparison to the rest of the UK, shows new findings from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK)’s latest Construction Market Intelligence Q3 2024.

Scotland’s commercial property market has attracted significantly more international interest in the decade that followed the 2014 independence referendum than it did in the 10 years prior to the vote, according Knight Frank.

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has raised almost £7,000 for Breast Cancer Now.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has confirmed that construction of its next development of 233 new homes, including 20 affordable properties, off Craigton Drive, Dargavel Village, Bishopton, has started.

Perth and Kinross Council have approved plans for 38 new affordable homes to be built in Rattray in partnership with Hillcrest Housing Association.

With retrofitting buildings, a key part of the construction industry’s journey to a greener future, UK Construction Week Birmingham has announced a one-day takeover of its Net Zero talks by the National Retrofit Hub (NRH).

GRAHAM Group has achieved a Gold Standard from National Highways signifying GRAHAM’s commitment to excellence in procurement and supply chain practices.

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades.

Edinburgh-headquartered building surveying and project management firm PMP has moved premises in Manchester ahead of a planned recruitment drive.

An Edinburgh-based PR agency has partnered with Cyrenians to help the charity continue its work to tackle homelessness. Building Relations, which specialises in property and the built environment, will be supporting the charity in a variety of ways, including fundraising, volunteering and awareness

A major divide in new construction investment has opened between Scotland and the rest of Britain, according to a new report by Barbour ABI and the Construction Products Association (CPA).

A radical development plan to transform Perth into “one of Europe’s great small cities” is set to be unveiled to the public in the coming months.

Glasgow practice O’DonnellBrown has taken home the top prize at the 2024 Architect’s Journal retrofit and Reuse Awards 2024. The practice won the highly-coveted accolade for its New Olympia House project, the sensitive transformation of a former Salvation Army Citadel in Glasgow’s

A cohort of 11 young people taking part in South Lanarkshire's first Rail Skills Academy had the opportunity last week to meet local MSPs as part of their first week of the programme.

A manufacturer and supplier of toilet cubicles has laid out plans to double the scale of its commercial operation thanks, in part, to a surge in demand for single-sex toilet facilities. Glasgow-based Rearo, which provides toilet cubicles and washroom facilities, has announced plans to achieve 100% g