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Independent housebuilder Dandara is continuing its drive to encourage young people to forge successful careers in the construction industry with the appointment of Ryan Odlin and Daniel Wisely. With an ongoing nationwide skills shortage, Dandara is keen to help foster the talents of school leavers a

Property development and investment company Buccleuch Property has today announced Horse Time as its fundraising partner for the 2022 Buccleuch Property Challenge. Based in the Scottish Borders, Horse Time specialises in providing individual equine enhanced psychological trauma therapy and group wor

Supply chain body Timber Development UK (TDUK) has signed a strategic partnership with Edinburgh Napier University and the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) to improve knowledge and skills in timber design and construction.

Progress on work to regenerate the beach front area of Aberdeen is progressing well, an Aberdeen City Council committee heard yesterday. The members of the Full Council committee approved a Draft Beachfront Development Framework and Executive Summary which would integrate the Beach Ballroom with the

Not-for-profit framework provider Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has named procurement expert Lesley Anderson as its new interim director. Forming part of a governance review to support the organisation’s future growth, the change will see current SPA director Clive Feeney step in as inte

Revised proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the Forth Bridge took a step forward yesterday when planning permission was approved by City of Edinburgh Council.

A developer has returned with new plans to build a 66-bed care home on the site of a former bowling and tennis club in Glasgow. Northcare (Scotland) Ltd wants to replace Anniesland Bowling and Tennis Club at Helensburgh Drive with a "high quality" facility complete with rooftop terrac

Up to 80 new homes could be built in the Fife village of Windygates if new proposals are approved by councillors. Campion Homes has submitted a planning application to Fife Council to develop land north of Cameron Crescent, known locally as the Temple.

Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) has officially opened its new Linnvale Development comprising 24 new homes for social rent. Cruden Building, part of the Cruden Group, delivered the £4.6 million affordable housing development on schedule at Dalton Avenue/Attlee Avenue on the site of the for

Living by Robertson has followed up winning Housebuilder of the Year (under 100 units) at the Scottish Home Awards 2022 last week with the appointment of land specialist Eilidh Imrie. The new addition is part of the housebuilder’s ambitious plans to quadruple the number of homes it is building

The creation of a £1.3 billion well-connected, sustainable new coastal town at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh has reached its next major milestone as the City of Edinburgh Council appointed Cruden Group to take forward the first phase of redevelopment.

For Social Media Day on 30 June, UK register of approved water contractors WaterSafe interviewed one of its members, Ryan Mills of G D Mills Plumbing & Heating in Edinburgh. Ryan has an impressive 8,931 followers on Instagram as @rdmills88, and shares how using social media has helped his busine

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr George Wood

A new, redesigned Easthouses Primary School will be built on the site of the old Newbattle High School, Midlothian Council has announced, as plans are unveiled for a replacement for Beeslack Community High School within the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus.  ​At th

Commercial property development company Knight Property Group has appointed Daniel Mitchell as its new management surveyor. Daniel Mitchell will work across Scotland, operating from both the Aberdeen and Edinburgh offices. Previously he was a graduate surveyor with FG Burnett, having attained a buil