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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 85% of construction firms say they feel positive about their prospects for the year ahead, according to a new survey from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has delivered £9 billion to the UK's social housing sector in three years. Since 2018, the bank has provided £9bn of funding to the UK’s social housing sector, outstripping its original £2.25bn funding commitment by £6.75bn ov

Plans are progressing for a new activity centre on the banks of the canal in Clydebank.

Tarmac has become the first major cement manufacturer in the UK to move to 50% recycled plastic in its packaging with the roll out of new all-weather, fully recyclable hybrid bags.

Scottish Ministers have given the go-ahead to the completion of the statutory procedures for four more schemes on the A9 Dualling Perth to Inverness.

Balfour Beatty is to hand back more than £19 million in funds used to furlough employees amid its continued recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as it revealed a record year end order book which increased by 15% to £16.4 billion (2019: £14.3bn); prov

Construction materials group Breedon has reported a fall in annual profits of almost 50% against the backdrop of "considerable disruption" caused by COVID-19.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of three company directors, after finding they broke competition law by forming a cartel in the construction industry.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed a capital programme plan of £214m for 2021/22, including an investment of £150m to regenerate the city centre and link it to the beach area. 

A report to Glasgow City Council has detailed the range of current and future projects which are contributing to the regeneration of Govan-Partick and the waterfront on both banks of the Clyde there.

Hanover Scotland has received planning approval from Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park for its first social housing development to be built to Passivhaus standards.

Scottish factoring firm Newton Property Management has launched an industry-first loan scheme for staff to help provide interest free access to funds if they need it. The company, which has offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, has pledged a six-figure employee benevolent fund to provide finan

Assembly of the superstructure of the new Larkfield Early Learning Centre in Greenock is well underway with the project as a whole progressing well.

A public realm improvement scheme which aims to reinvigorate Bridge Street in Banff has taken another step forward with the appointment of a main contractor. Hunter Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd will undertake the ambitious works which are expected to commence in April.

Neale Bisset, managing director of PMC Management and Lettings, has been elected as the vice president of the Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS). The trade association representing professional property factor firms in Scotland, PMAS promotes high standards and best practice within the pr