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The Scottish National Investment Bank has pledged to expand its all-tenure approach to increasing the supply of homes in its newly published Investment Strategy and Business Plan for FY26/27. The updated strategy is the first to be spearheaded by new chief executive David Ritchie and focuses on the

The Scottish Government has refused to sign off on the £2.1 billion business case for a new Monklands Hospital, sending the project back for a "comprehensive redesign" and casting doubt on plans for the facility to open in 2031.

A new 8,500-capacity entertainment arena proposed for the western fringe of Edinburgh has been delayed due to the inability to secure a contractor and rising supply chain costs.

The new Balgray station in Barrhead is set to open weeks ahead of schedule, with final preparations now underway before it welcomes its first passengers.

Shetland Islands councillors have decided to approve the recommendations for options to be taken forward to the next stage of the Inter-island Transport Connectivity Programme, including subsea tunnels between some of Shetland’s islands.

Scottish home improvement specialist CR Smith has reinforced its commitment to Scotland’s social housing sector after a period of ongoing growth in orders from local authorities and housing associations over the last four years.

SSEN Distribution has chosen four firms for £300 million of work to install a new network of pylons across the north of Scotland over five years.

Plans have been unveiled for 35 new houses on the site of a former Angus poultry processing plant. 

Cala Homes' plans for the construction of 158 homes on land near Hillbrae Way in Newmachar have been approved, as reported by The Press and Journal. 

A major housing development in Monkton has reached completion after five years of construction, delivering 286 new homes alongside significant investment, skills opportunities and heritage preservation for the local area.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has received planning permission for a new development of housing consisting of 37 new homes in Dalintober, Campbeltown.

Scotland should consider embedding an independent oversight group alongside the More Homes Scotland (MHS) agency to support long-term housing delivery, according to a new paper published by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

House prices in Scotland have continued rising, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, indeed at a firmer rate than in the previous survey. Surveyors are also more optimistic about the short-term outlook than t

Design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe has marked the topping out of Mantle Yard, a 604-bed Purpose-Built Student Accommodation development on Baltic Street in Leith.

A small town in Quebec has become the first municipality in Canada to formally recognise trees as living beings with rights of their own.