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Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has teamed up with developer FM Group to submit a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for the delivery of a supermarket at Ury Estate, just outside Stonehaven.

Forth Ports has today announced plans to fully repair the Category A-Listed Victoria Swing Bridge located at the Port of Leith to conserve the bridge for the future and create a useable space for the local community. The private six-figure investment will see the bridge, which is the largest counter

UK construction companies signalled a further increase in output volumes during August, however the pace of growth eased notably from the previous survey period, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI Total Activity Index.

Partnership housing provider Lovell has hired a new partnership manager to grow its activity in Scotland's social housing sector. Sarah Freel has re-joined the company, having previously worked for the company in customer relations and partnership roles for 15 years between 2003 and 2018. Her role w

Glasgow-based building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has welcomed a record eight trade apprentices to its business this summer. Arc-Tech first launched its annual apprentice intake in 2017 and has since undertaken a year-on-year commitment to providing young people – as well as a

Argyll and Bute Council is looking for a buyer for the former Bridge of Orchy Primary School and Schoolhouse.

HHA, the Inverness-based not-for-profit property development company, has submitted a planning application to Highland Council to create 15 new homes in Drumnadrochit.

Miller Homes in the East of Scotland has launched a brand new showhome at its Bertha Park development in Perth featuring a host of the town’s favourite small businesses.  The showhome which is now open features products from Perth businesses including Quince & Cook, Heather

Super-stretchy wormlike robots capable of ‘feeling’ their surroundings could find applications in the construction industry, scientists say. A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed robots with forms of motion inspired by the movements of inchworms and earthworms

A block of offices in the centre of Edinburgh could be demolished to make way for 42 new homes, under new plans submitted to the local authority. The Henderson Place Lane site extends over approximately 0.2 hectares and comprises an existing currently unoccupied two-storey office building constructe

Councillors have given the green light for a new £64.3 million health and care centre for the North East of Glasgow.

The refurbishment of the A-listed Burrell Collection building in Glasgow is now nearing completion with the project set to reopen in March 2022, the charity Glasgow Life has announced. The installation of works from the 9,000 strong Burrell Collection is now underway.

The site of a former police station in Glenrothes has been earmarked for a new development comprising 20 homes and a mixed-use commercial building comprising of a nursery, offices and a cafe.

An Angus architecture practice has promoted a long-serving member of its team to director level as it continues to plan for future growth and diversification. Crawford Architecture, based in Montrose, has promoted David Paton to the post of associate director having been with the family firm for mor

Brunton Design has been granted planning approval for a leisure park in the Hilltown area of Dundee.