A new £3.1m community park opened today in the east end of Glasgow, the fourth greenspace to be developed in recent years by Clyde Gateway. Tom Arthur MSP, minister for public finance, planning and community wealth, opened the new park by cutting a ribbon close to the park’s entrance. He
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Retailer Home Bargains has received planning permission for £16 million proposals for a retail park in Arbroath. Liverpool-based parent company TJ Morris went before a special Angus Council meeting yesterday with plans for the 3.3-hectare site at Elliot Industrial Estate.
Chartered surveyors DM Hall has announced the inaugural winner of its new £500 annual bursary scheme. The award, open to any student entering the MSc course in Real Estate Management at the University of Glasgow, has been offered to Morgan Smith, of Hyndland, Glasgow, who took her undergraduat
With wholesale energy prices in the UK having soared due to increased demand as the economy recovers from the pandemic and a rise in natural gas and coal prices, and as a result of uncertainty brought about by the war in Ukraine, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is advising companies
John Gilbert Architects has picked up the Glasgow Institute of Architects Sustainability Award 2022 on behalf of the Niddrie Road project team delivering a pioneering retrofit of a pre-1919 tenement. The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Design Awards celebrates the very best architecture being
Barratt West Scotland and East Ayrshire Council have partnered on its first affordable housing project to bring 21 affordable housing units within the grounds of a new housing development at The Scholars in Kilmarnock. The affordable houses were delivered as part of a larger private housing developm
Biotecture has designed and installed a green hoarding for Mace on the construction hoarding of the new Stonecutter Court development in London.
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Fresh plans for a multi-million-pound extension of Murrayshall Country Estate near Scone have been submitted. The owners Stellar Murrayshall LLP had lodged a bid for Planning Permission in Principle (PPP) in April 2021 for a spa & leisure facility, outdoor pursuits area, golf academy, indoor gam
Global corporation Marubeni Europower Limited has advanced its net zero collaboration in Scotland following the opening of its first office in Glasgow. The investment in new premises will allow the company to drive forward its work to support Scotland’s journey to net zero and follows a Memora
Kier's group managing director, construction Liam Cummins is to leave the company at the end of the year. Mr Cummins will continue in post until the end of December and lead the construction business to ensure an orderly transition and handover before taking up a chief executive role outsi
Quarrying and concrete products supplier Hoddam Contracting Ltd has been awarded the Champion Business Award after successfully completing the inaugural hub South West Scotland Build Dumfries & Galloway programme. The family-run company, based in Ecclefechan, employs nearly 50 staff and has been
To support all construction businesses NatWest has created a new Carbon Planner tool, a free to use digital platform designed to help cut businesses energy costs whilst reducing their carbon footprint. Making a business case for investment in sustainability is seen as a key barrier for businesses lo
Investment into Scottish commercial real estate saw a significant slowdown in the third quarter of 2022, with just £200 million transacted according to Colliers, in its latest Scotland Snapshot.
Leading UK ceiling manufacturers Zentia are bringing together and renaming three of their most popular mineral tiles. The new Fission range will comprise Fission (formerly Tatra), Fission ND (formerly Cortega) and Fission FT (formerly Fine Fissured) which are all fire rated to Euroclass A2-s1, d0.