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Given Scotland’s national housing crisis, more needs to be done to fast track planning and new Local Development Plans amid an "alarming" drop in housing completions and new planning consents, says Savills. An uptick in new build sales across Scotland is hastening the demand for residential de

Britain’s biggest pension fund has bought more than 3,000 shared ownership homes from American investment group Blackstone for £405 million.

A village theatre built in secret last year is set to be dismantled for failing to secure planning permission.

Argyll and Bute Council is working in partnership with the new owner of the former Royal Hotel in Rothesay to develop a project to restore the grade B-listed building. The project seeks to protect the key heritage asset that has been empty for over 15 years and is one of the first buildings that peo

More than thirty North East construction businesses are celebrating as finalists for this year’s Trades Awards have been unveiled. Hosted by the creative marketing agency Mearns & Gill, the event continues to shine a spotlight on the remarkable people, projects, and companies working acros

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has confirmed the panel speakers and topics for the CPA Conference taking place on Thursday 7th November 2024 at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre in Meriden near Coventry.

Infrastructure supplier FOR EV has officially launched a major EV charging hub in Edinburgh. Located in Seafield Retail and Trade Park, just a five-minute drive from Leith, the new hub provides a prime charging destination for EV drivers and shoppers travelling to and from the north of the city.

A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London David Beadle, trading as Beadle the Builders, failed to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in relation to unsafe working at he

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Scotland has presented a cheque for £362 to the cancer charity Maggie’s.

Passengers can now benefit from step-free access to both platforms at Dumfries station following the completion of a £3.6m project to improve accessibility.

Professor Saul Humphrey has been announced as the Chartered Institute of Building’s vice president for the 2024/25 term. The sustainability champion, who teaches sustainable construction management at Anglia Ruskin University and picked up the Sustainability Award at the CIOB Awards

Profits and turnover at Balfour Beatty are on the rise, according to the firm's latest set of interim figures.

Renewable energy company RES received planning consent from Angus Council for its 49.9MW Dunmill Energy Storage System located on land adjacent to Bridge of Dun Substation near Montrose.

Scottish house prices saw a 4.3% year-on-year increase in June 2024, reaching an average of £192,000, and outpacing the UK average growth, according to Registers of Scotland.

Bellway’s plan to buy smaller housebuilder Crest Nicholson for around £720 million is now off despite months of negotiations.