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Members of the City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed a list of proposed prioritised roadworks which will be funded out of Highland Council’s Capital Budget allocation for 2025/26.

Miller Homes has completed its purchase of St. Modwen Homes following clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Dumfries and Galloway Council is inviting submissions for its Call for Sites and Ideas as part of the development of the region’s third Local Development Plan (LDP3).

Construction work has begun for a Virgin Mary statue in Poland that will be taller than the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. Set for Konotopie, a small village located between Lipno and Toruń, in the municipality of Kikół, the structure will be 55.6 metres high.

Glasgow-headquartered engineering consultancy MHB Consultants (MHB) has made a series of senior appointments as the business readies itself for a significant period of growth under its new managing director Fergus Aitchison.  George Marjane, Gillian Pettigrew and Jordan Brownlee have been appoi

Aberdeenshire-based housebuilder Kirkwood Homes has expressed deep disappointment over the Scottish Government’s decision to dismiss their appeal for new homes in Broughty Ferry. The proposals would have delivered 38 new homes as an extension of the existing development on land south of Linlat

Transport Scotland has awarded a contract to WSP UK Limited to provide technical advisory services for a permanent repair of the M8 Woodside Viaducts. The work includes the design and implementation of a permanent solution to the structures, which form a vital part of the M8 through Glasgow

A long-awaited review into industrial training boards (ITBs) has called for greater collaboration between industry and ITBs to develop industry-relevant training initiatives and address critical skills shortages within construction and engineering.

Proposals by East Lothian Council to develop homes on the site of the former Wallyford Primary School have now reached the planning stage.

West Lothian Council has said it “remains committed” to plans for new homes in the centre of Livingston after the collapse of one of the key contractors involved in the project. The new supported housing for young people at a site beside West Lothian College was being built off-site by t

Work to demolish the derelict building housing the former Kelvin Dock pub on Maryhill Road in Glasgow is to begin this week. 

Clackmannanshire Council is to invest more than £14 million in housing in the financial year ahead as councillors approved an increase to the base rent of 10%. The agreement of the housing capital programme taken at yesterday’s council meeting will also see a new rental structure for hou

Shetland Islands Council has produced advice on enhancing biodiversity to assist developers in line with current national planning policy.

Seventeen suppliers have won spots on the latest Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework which supports Scottish local authorities and housing associations to compliantly procure non-traditional solutions from micro businesses and SMEs. This fourth generation of the SHED framework, which

A group of construction workers were left stunned after they found a message in a bottle from a team of builders who worked on the same site more than 50 years ago. Anthony Gibbons discovered the hidden message alongside his colleagues on Tuesday while they were turning a swimming baths in Hexham, N