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Surveying firm, DM Hall, has reached a professional milestone for ten colleagues who have now got Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accreditation. After a number of successful Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) interviews over recent months, eight young professionals have now

ScottishPower has awarded contracts totalling a record £102.9 million to companies spanning the country.

Michael Hastings, site manager at Barratt Homes’ Jackton Hall development and Jim Maclennan, site manager for David Wilson Homes at Eaglesham View, have both won an award at the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards. Working with Barratt Homes for nine years, Hastings

Charities and other third sector organisations undertaking property and construction projects are being urged to build VAT planning into their earliest project discussions, as a significant reform to the Capital Goods Scheme (CGS) takes effect tomorrow. From 29 July 2026, the threshold above which l

A millionaire tailor who once dressed opera star Luciano Pavarotti is suing a wine fridge supplier for more than £550,000, claiming faulty units ruined part of his prized wine collection.

Work to create a new Civic Space in Bishopbriggs, a family-friendly project that will host events, forming part of East Dunbartonshire Council's Place and Growth Programme, has seen progress.  The programme is supported by the Scottish and UK Governments via the Glasgow City Region (GCR) City D

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has donated a total of £500 to Renfrewshire Foodbank to support the delivery of food provisions during the summer holiday period.  The funding serves as a part of Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s focus on supporting communities, helping services like Renfrew

Joining community representatives from Kelso, including His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, First Minister John Swinney and conservation specialists from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) on 24 July celebrated the reopening of Kelso Abbey.  After five years, the abbey has reopened after the conc

Plans are progressing to reopen a quarry site in West Fife, with it being anticipated that 4.3 million tonnes of stone could be extracted over the course of four decades. 

Moray Council’s Coastal Community Fund, is now open for its second year, with community groups and organisations now being invited to apply. 

Steven Mearns, director of TaxAssist Accountants, and Kris Urquhart, director of Brimmond Financial Planning, have teamed up to lodge plans for a £2 million commercial development in Westhill.

SLR Consulting has been appointed to serve a major role in the public realm and landscape design of a £160 million project for Glasgow’s Chinatown district. Keltbray Chinatown Developments Ltd submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council to redevelop the 4.4-acre New City Roa

Approval has been granted for plans for a 544-bed hostel in a Georgian Crescent at Edinburgh’s West End following an appeal. The plans to turn the four Category A-listed townhouses at 14-17 Atholl Crescent, into a hotel with “capsule pods” received over 280 objections, The Scotsman

Italy's Franco Malosso von Rosenfranz, has been jailed after he levelled a hill, built a fake archaeological site on top and charged tourists €40 a visit. 

Ramboll has teamed up with Culture for Climate Scotland to launch a new toolkit which aims to support the integration of culture into placemaking.