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Supporting employers’ core skills and training needs and tackling long-term people and skills challenges underpin a 2021/22 business plan published today by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

Investment consultant GPH Engineering has unveiled proposals to progress the development of a multi-million-pound golf resort at Feddinch Mains, St Andrews.  Under the plans, the leisure-led development will include a clubhouse, golf accommodation including up to 39 luxury suites, a spa an

Scottish Borders Council has granted Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) for a mixed-use redevelopment of a historic auction mart to create a "new town centre" for Newtown St Boswells.

An application lodged for 82 houses and a visitor centre next to the 18th century Dunmore Pineapple near Airth will have “a hugely adverse impact on the site” and pose a threat to wildlife, according to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).

Despite the challenges of the past year, Barratt Developments Scotland has made a substantial contribution of £245 million to the UK economy and supported hundreds of other organisations in the supply chain. In the year ending 30 June 2020, Barratt Developments Scotland has also completed 1,34

Robertson Construction Northern has revealed its new development for Cairn Housing Association in Elgin is on track for completion in August.

Permission has been granted for 58 new homes in Lochgelly after Fife Council approved plans submitted by local developer Easy Living Homes. Council officers have issued approval for the 58 new homes within the Avenues development in a draft paper published this week.

Barratt Homes West Scotland and CALA Homes (West) have achieved planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council to create a high-quality residential development in Stepps which will bolster the local community with essential housing options. The Gateside Farm site, near the M80, will see the constru

Continuing the 20th anniversary celebrations at Scottish Housing News is Nicola Barclay, chief executive at Homes for Scotland. “With Homes for Scotland being a cross-sector representative body, the wide perspective Scottish Housing News provides is extremely valuable. Timely, informative

Campaigning trade association SELECT has welcomed the results of the latest consultation on regulation of the electrical industry in Scotland, which again shows an overwhelming majority of respondents in favour of legislation. The outcome of the latest Government consultation, which c

Two property directors who abused millions of investor funds and a scaffolder who disposed of assets prior to bankruptcy have all been banned by the Insolvency Service.

The University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) has been named the lead academic partner in a new £30 million UK Government-funded initiative called Scotland’s Net Zero Infrastructure (SNZI).

Lochmaben-based roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles has strengthened its management team to meet growing customer demand. Nicola Trainor has joined as logistics manager overseeing the manufacturer’s transport team in Lochmaben and Burton on Trent. She joins the manufacturer with ove

Netherley, Stonehaven and Inverness-based W M Donald Ltd has become the first civil engineering contractor in the North of Scotland to achieve carbon neutral status. With over 160 employees and a fleet of 100 vehicles, W M Donald plays an important role in servicing the majority of the recent key in

Dean Ward, managing director of the DCW Group, a professional residential and commercial development consultancy, outlines the benefits of combining the fintech and proptech markets for the property sector. There are numerous trends which are predicted to define the property sector’s growth in