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ADP has secured planning permission from Glasgow City Council to deliver apartments on the upper floors of two buildings in St Enoch's Square. The application sought to convert the empty offices located at 26 to 36 St Enoch Square into 26 flats.

A £7.4 million project to rebuild Shetland’s world-renowned bird observatory on Fair Isle takes a step forward today as Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the Scottish Government announced a funding package totalling £2.35m. The project, which is led by Fair Isle Bird Obser

The global professional body for chartered surveyors has outlined new diversity and inclusion rules that must be adhered to by its members.

Chris Mackay and Andrew Little from Burness Paull look at the Scottish Appeal Court decision in relation to the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project and what it means for NEC contracts going forward. A decision of the Scottish appeal court has confirmed that NEC contracts are not charters for contract

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors is bringing to market the former Penman Engineering site at Locharbriggs, Dumfries as large industrial premises or a redevelopment opportunity for sale.

International real estate advisor Savills has expanded its investment team in Scotland with the appointment of associate Alister Gibson in its Glasgow office. Alister joins Savills from DH Hall where he gained experience across all real estate sectors in his five years there. Previous to t

Mactaggart & Mickel senior site manager Stuart Gillespie has been praised for his “outstanding leadership qualities” after scooping a prestigious industry award for the 12th time. Stuart, the senior site manager at Mactaggart & Mickel’s Greenan Views development in Ayrshire

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Hardies Property & Construction Consultants have hosted their first graduate and trainee day in-house training programme since lockdown with former Scottish international and British and Irish Lions rugby player Andy Nicol as guest speaker delivering an inspirat

Independent chartered surveyors DM Hall is set to move next month to new, highly visible office premises at 12 Bothwell Street in Glasgow.

Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance group has announced a debt restructuring programme and investment of £50 million in UK production. In the steel manufacturing group's latest update it revealed that the firm will inject £50m of new funding into LIBERTY Steel UK (LSUK) to enable the restart of

Construction information provider Glenigan's acquisition of Construction Information Services (CIS) was officially confirmed last week. Founded in 1972, CIS is Ireland’s leading provider of business intelligence to the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland construction industry. It supplies

Doosan Infracore Europe has confirmed the launch of the new DL200-7 wheel loader, the smallest model in the company’s ‘DL-7’ range of wheel loaders.

MKM Building Supplies’ new Peterhead branch was music to the ears of the trade and general public when the merchant officially opened the doors of its new flagship branch in North East Scotland.

The big-hearted Kilmac team has risen to the 10xChallenge in support of the STV Children’s Appeal. The firm's initial target of £2000 was blown out of the water as the staff's efforts raised an amazing £4,000 and the Kilmac Foundation has match-funded the tally to ma

SSE Renewables has taken a key step forward in the planning process for its Berwick Bank Wind Farm, highlighting how it will reduce the impact of the site on key seabird populations.