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A teenager has accidentally moved into a retirement village after signing her lease without viewing the property. Madison Kohout, who is 19, signed for the apartment after finding it online prior to her move from Oklahoma to Arkansas, but she had no idea what she'd signed up for.

S1 Developments has unveiled plans for a new student residential development at Edinburgh's former Tynecastle High School site. 

A programme of transportation measures that will facilitate large scale mixed-use development and investment in the Dunfermline and wider regional economy has gained the support of councillors. Fife Council today approved the business case to support the Dunfermline Strategic Transpor

Balfour Beatty has issued a positive trading update today and unveiled the identity of its new chairman.

Kier Group has kick-started its proposed £241 million equity raise to help tackle its deficit. The share placing, which is fully underwritten by Numis Securities and Peel Hunt, will be the final part of its turnaround strategy.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced three new appointments to its board following its Annual General Meeting last week. Regional managing director for Keepmoat Homes Beth McNeil and managing director for Bellway Homes West Scotland Fraser Conn join HFS director of policy Fionna Kell as company di

Glasgow City Council has been allocated £120 million by the Scottish Government to help deliver new affordable housing in the city in partnership with the city's registered social landlords. 

As workers begin to return to the workplace, Alasdair Rankin, MD at Aitken Turnbull Architects, pens this exclusive blog for SCN which asks what next for the 'normal' office? For many, the return to the office can’t come soon enough. Well over a year of lockdown and staff unable

Knight Property Group has expanded its project management team with the appointment of Eddie Higgins as construction project manager.

Alan Wood has been officially appointed as permanent director of infrastructure services at Aberdeenshire Council. Previously head of finance at the local authority, Mr Wood has been serving in an interim capacity since January. The comprehensive selection process finished yesterday and the app

Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste to more than two million bricks per year. The unique K-Briq is made from over 90%

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for a residential development at Arden by Glen Oaks Housing Association.

The Highland Council is working with the Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau to provide a new office and IT suite along with twelve 1 and 2-bed flats for council rent on the site for the former community centre in Nairn.

The Highland Council is progressing plans to provide new modern and efficient houses in the Meiklefield area of Dingwall.

Construction trade association SELECT has welcomed the new intake of MSPs to the Scottish Parliament and pledged to continue working closely with politicians of all parties to help the country recover and rebuild. The campaigning organisation said that, as one of the country’s bigges