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Former world and European champion, and two times Olympic swimmer, Ross Murdoch helped to officially open the new Helensburgh Leisure Centre after Heron Bros completed the £22.3 million facility. Ross started his swimming ambition in Helensburgh competing at his first ever swimming gala.

The Tynecastle Youth Community Pipe Band in Edinburgh has reeled in a £250 donation from housebuilder Dandara East Scotland. The money will be used to help purchase new bagpipes for the band, which provides free music tuition to pupils from four local primary schools in the area and Tynecastle

CEG has secured a hat trick of new tenants to its flagship ONYX development at 215 Bothwell Street in Glasgow. Property consultants Ryden and Montagu Evans, as well as Empiric, are all moving into the building taking 85 desks in total. Ryden is taking the 2,295 sq ft ground floor suite, Emperic 1,79

SELECT is celebrating a major step forward in its fight for regulation of the electrical industry after a bill was laid before the Scottish Parliament which could lead to protection of title finally becoming a reality. Scotland’s largest construction trade association has welcomed the Members&

Projects across the North East and Moray will receive a share of over £50 million to accelerate the energy transition and secure future jobs in the region. A total of 22 projects will receive funding, including investments in research and innovation; new green skills training facilities; pilot

Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a state-of-the-art campus in Galashiels, marking an important next step in the replacement of the outdated existing building. The decision will pave the way for further planning, design and development to be undertaken alongside further co

Work to develop a second set of Liveable Neighbourhoods in Glasgow will start soon after the appointment of two consultants to deliver early-stage work aimed at transforming communities into safer, more attractive spaces where everyday needs can be met locally. Funded by a Connecting Communities gra

Scottish Borders Council is holding two drop-in sessions to give the community an opportunity to have their say on options for a new care village development for the central Borders to be located in Tweedbank. Plans to develop the facility were agreed as part of the council budget approved on 19 Mar

A consultation has been announced for the final plans of 50 new homes at the former location of Garnock Academy. North Ayrshire Council is holding seeking views on the final plans to allow local residents a chance to view the plans for new housing, which includes a mix of general needs houses, ameni

An Aberdeenshire hotel has submitted plans to build flats to provide rent-free accommodation for employees. The MacRobert Trust, the owners of the Douneside House Hotel in Tarland, want to build eight one-bedroom flats on vacant land nearby its establishment.

The PRS REIT, the real estate investment trust that invests in new-build family rental homes for the private rented sector, has published its final results this morning. With 70 sites geographically widely spread including one in central Scotland, the company’s portfolio of homes and apar

Lord Willie Haughey has said that his ambitious plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 affordable homes in Scotland are on hold due to increased construction costs and the new freeze on rents. The business tycoon unveiled his housing project last year after

Heat energy is now being harnessed from visitors to a Glasgow arts venue. After three years of development, the radical new thermal heating and cooling system called BODYHEAT was activated at a special launch event at which SWG3 began officially harnessing body heat from visitors to the ve

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd & W & S Crawford.

Housebuilder Avant Homes will deliver 167 homes at a new £57 million development in Robroyston after receiving planning approval from Glasgow City Council. The 17-acre site is located just off Daffodil Place, which the housebuilder purchased in February 2022.