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Bancon Homes will be the headline sponsor for Banchory Bonfire and Fireworks Display to be held on Saturday 6 November at King George V Park.

Police have launched an investigation into reports that a group of youths rode a stolen JCB steamroller through a housing estate. Footage posted online shows the moment the youngsters chant loudly and drive the machine through Wallacetown in Ayr, on October 13, about 10.30pm.

Residential developer HUB has teamed up with sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management to acquire a 2.6-acre site on Baltic Street in Leith.

Detailed plans, comprising 94 flats and 48 colony style homes, have been prepared to bring a derelict brownfield site and home of a former care home back to life as part of the £1.3 billion Granton Waterfront regeneration project.

Commercial property consultancy FG Burnett (FGB) has appointed Corrie Deans as a director within its property management department. Mr Deans brings extensive facilities management experience to the business, having worked for OCS Group in a key FM role. In his new position with FGB, Corrie wil

Morris & Spottiswood has appointed Brian Pettigrew as director of its housing division, incorporating private housing arm Crosbie Homes. Bringing a wealth of experience from across the industry, Mr Pettigrew's addition to the team will allow Morris & Spottiswood to increase focus on dev

The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has performed a pivotal role in helping Scotland come through the pandemic from maintaining construction on essential building sites to launching an innovative forecast tool to support investment and jobs in the construction sector, a report from the infrastructure b

A platform for architecture, carbon and the environment has launched in Edinburgh as a long-needed public forum with a clear focus on how the built environment is critical in addressing the climate emergency.

A new hand signal has been launched to help fight modern slavery in the construction sector.

Kier has partnered with Thrive to launch social value calculator that will capture, track and demonstrate social value across the group.

The UK Government’s new Heat and Building Strategy has come under fire today, being described by one industry leader as “insufficient for the scale of the challenge we face". The comments, from Mike Foster, CEO of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, come in the wake of the government anno

A new agreement has recognised the crucial role of devolved, state and regional governments in delivering net zero. The Under 2 Coalition – the group of state, regional and devolved governments working together to limit climate change – has agreed an ambitious new Memorandum of Understan

The president of Scotland’s largest trade association said regulation of the electrical industry is essential to prevent the “incompetent and downright dangerous” workmanship that its members encounter on a regular basis. SELECT president Donald W Orr insists protection of title is

A new retail and housing development has been created in Airdrie, as part of North Lanarkshire Council’s regeneration of the town centre.

NatWest has announced a series of initiatives, leading with a target to provide £100 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding and Financing (CSFF) by the end of 2025. The announcement comes as the lender publishes a report setting out the potential opportunity that exists for the UK economy