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Clyde Gateway is investing £1.67 million to breathe new life into the landmark Olympia House building in the heart of Bridgeton Cross, creating 350 sqm of modern and flexible commercial office space.

Thorntons has strengthened its specialist property teams with the promotion of three new partners. Nicola McCafferty in Dundee and Aimee Gibbons in Glasgow have been appointed as commercial real estate partners while Hannah Fraser in Edinburgh has been elevated to residential property partner.

Hibernian FC has signed up Procast to deliver a crowd-pleasing upgrade to the West Stand at its Easter Road stadium in Edinburgh. The refurbishment will affect the hospitality area, which sits between the two tiers of the structure and it will commence this month with a tight completion date in July

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has made a planning application to Fife Council for the next stage of pre-construction works as part of the delivery of the new neighbourhood of Whitefields in Dunfermline.

The Homes For Scotland Awards 2022 took place on May 20 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, bringing together key players from the Scottish construction industry to celebrate the sector’s greatest achievements from an array of innovative home building projects across the country.

The developers behind an application to provide a new retail development and around 70 new homes in Thornhill have submitted an appeal to the Scottish Government.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Honea Ltd.

Inverness-based investment group GEG Capital Ltd has acquired Highland construction company WGC (Scotland) Ltd. Following the acquisition - which will see WGC continue as a standalone entity within the group - GEG Capital will support the existing management team to target growth in the social housi

Ancient poop found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge revealed that the settlement’s inhabitants — who likely built the stone circle — feasted on the internal organs of cattle.

EDF has deployed a uniquely customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection at its Blyth Offshore Wind Farm. The ROV, equipped and operated by researchers from the ORCA Hub, a strategic project within the National Ro

Cala Homes (West) has unveiled a new Breathing Space bench at one of its developments on the outskirts of Glasgow. The housebuilder has installed the bench at Beatrice Meadows to help boost mental health awareness among residents who live in and around the Kirkintilloch development.

A new skills academy to prepare young people for the variety of careers in the construction industry is being launched by the City of Edinburgh Council. Skanska and Mitie have recently been awarded a 10-year Statutory Inspections, Repairs and Maintenance contract for operational buildings with the c

Plans for a new restaurant in the West End of Glasgow have been given a boost after Cater Group signed an agreement to purchase the site. The triangular site at 147 Dumbarton Road, between Benalder Street and Coopers Well Street, near the junction with Byres Road, is currently vacant.

Plans to breathe new life into one of Scotland’s last remaining flax industry buildings have been given a funding boost from the Levenmouth Reconnected Programme. The former Silverburn Flax Mill in Leven’s Silverburn Park is to be transformed over the coming years as FEAT (Fife Empl

Mark Castle, the former chief operating officer of Mace, has joined the board of Taylor Wimpey as a non-executive director. Mr Castle, stepped down as Mace COO last April after 16 years in the role, previously held executive roles at Structuretone and Wates.