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Renewable energy developer OnPath Energy is set to host an open day for community grant funding generated by a South Lanarkshire wind farm. The event is taking place in the Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill Hope Hub which was able to provide major upgrades to its indoor and outdoor facilities thanks to a &

Planning permission to redevelop the former Debenhams store at the Thistles Centre in Stirling has been conditionally approved by the local authority. Developer Scoop AM has been granted planning permission to subdivide all three floors of the premises, which closed in 2021 after Debenhams went into

Work to stabilise the embankment and reinstate the footpath at the section of the Tower Burn underneath Glen Bridge in Dunfermline will start on Thursday 21 March, Fife council has revealed. The project will be ongoing until the end of June.

Another developer has reacted with disappointment at the Renfrewshire Council's decision to refuse planning permission for housing projects in Paisley. A total of 225 homes were rejected across two developments by councillors on the local authority's Planning and Climate Change Policy Board yes

The Scottish Government needs to set minimum standards of competence for installers as well as installations as it seeks to implement new domestic heating standards, according to electrical trade body SELECT. The campaigning association added that any new plans also have to take into accou

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £190,000 in January 2024, an increase of 4.8% when compared to the same time last year, according to the UK House Price Index.

Scotland has no comprehensive strategy to decarbonise towards net zero and will miss its statutory 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 75%, a new report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has concluded. The independent body established to advise the UK and devolved governments on

A second attempt is being made to gain approval for a student accommodation development at the former Marks and Spencer site on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street.

An insurance company has filed a lawsuit claiming a fraud scheme involving staged construction site accidents in New York. The lawsuit suggests that workers, along with some doctors and lawyers, have been fabricating falls to file workers’ compensation claims. These claims have sometimes

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard following an extensive eight-week-long consultation period.

Axiom Project Services has helped a significant Dundee development take a further step forward following the granting of planning permission for the second stage of the new Glenmore Group PBSA scheme at Douglas Street.

Agricultural and construction machinery providers Balgownie Limited and Balgownie Rentals Limited have been placed into administration. Richard Bathgate and Graeme Bain of Johnston Carmichael LLP were appointed as joint administrators on 15 March 2024.

The public is being given the chance to view revised proposals for the New Picture House Cinema in St Andrews through a newly produced video and website.

EDF Renewables UK will host a supply chain event in Inverness later this month to showcase its new Clash Gour wind farm and provide local businesses with the chance to discuss opportunities to work on the project. The event marks a significant milestone in the development of the wind farm project lo

Businesses from across the built environment came together recently to play in the second annual Big Match at Ainslie Park, helping raise £20,000 for The Yard in Edinburgh. The Yard, which is based in the centre of Edinburgh with other locations in Dundee and Kirkcaldy, offers disabled youngst