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Plans to deliver 242 student bedrooms over seven storeys at the site of a former Dundee nightclub have been granted planning permission. The purpose-built student accommodation on South Ward Road has been designed by 56Three Architects and will be delivered by KR Developments.

One of Scotland’s most complex and challenging civil engineering projects of recent years – the multi-million-pound reinstatement of the Cairngorm funicular railway – is entering its final stages, though final costs are believed to be around £9 million higher than initial es

The head of Scotland’s largest trade body has warned against the rising trend of “six-week wonders” who are trying to enter the electrical industry after taking just a short course in basic skills. In a hard-hitting interview, SELECT managing director Alan Wilson dismissed the spre

The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) initiative has published three major reports to translate the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report into practical guidance for urban policy makers. Announced last year, the SUP initiative includes leading several of

Balfour Beatty has partnered with the Supply Chain Sustainability School for the second year in a row, undertaking a joint survey targeting hundreds of supply chain partners across the UK to understand the barriers and opportunities faced in decarbonising the sector.

A former senior finance figure with the Royal Bank of Scotland has joined the senior management team running Scotland’s first community-focused energy training centre on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Alan Earsman has been appointed to the board of the Energy Training Academy as finance director.

Homebuilder Cala Homes (East) hosted a pop-up art gallery at its Newington Residences development in Edinburgh on November 10 to showcase the work of some of Scotland’s leading up-and-coming artists.

Barclays has launched a pilot offering up to £2,000 to its residential mortgage customers that make certain energy efficient home improvements. Energy usage is a top priority for many households, three quarters (75%) of homeowners intend to make energy efficiency-related changes to their homes

The average price of a property in Scotland in September 2022 was £191,941, an increase of 7.3% on September 2021 but a 0.9% decrease compared with the previous month.

Plans have been approved for a new development of 132 apartments and retail space on the site of a Glasgow car park.

The fast-moving financial environment, driven by national and international events, has forced a re-think of Dundee City Council’s capital investment plans. Councillors will be asked to revise the £382 million of investment in the five-year Capital Plan for 2023-2028 agreed at the start

More than 2,000 new affordable homes were either built, started, refurbishment or given approval in Glasgow during the 2021/22 financial year, a council report on its allocation of Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) funds has revealed.

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Million Dollar has become the first real estate company to provide a platform for the buying and selling of land in the Metaverse.

Lake District officials have ordered a housing developer to replace the foots of five newly built homes with locally quarried materials after the housebuilder used Welsh slate. Builders are required to use Cumbrian slate in most areas of the Lakes, but the rule is often ignored as second-hand materi