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Persimmon Homes East Scotland has made a £3,000 donation to West Calder and Harburn Community Development Trust through its Community Champions scheme, supporting the Trust’s ambitious Discovery Centre project. The funding will help the Trust as they progress plans for the new Discovery

A collaborative effort to rescue one of Scotland's most significant postwar buildings has been shortlisted for Partnership of the Year at the 24th annual Museums + Heritage Awards.

Scottish sustainable energy specialist Gensource has expanded as a charge point operator (CPO) with the completion of its first fully managed commercial EV project on the Archerfield Estate in East Lothian.

Paisley-based building contractors Consilium Contracting Services is to continue its sponsorship of St Mirren FC for a further two seasons. The extension will take the sponsorship deal up to the end of season 2027/28, the club’s 150th anniversary.

The Scottish housing market lost further momentum in March according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, as rising borrowing costs and wider geopolitical uncertainty weighed on buyer confidence and sales activity. Whilst prices were reported to ha

More than 700 Easter eggs have been donated to primary schools, nurseries, Erskine Hospital and local community groups across Scotland by construction firm The JR Group. The Easter goodies were donated by kind-hearted staff from across the business, as well as suppliers and subcontractors.

SSEN Transmission is to carry out a temporary programme of ground investigation works near the River Beauly as part of permitted development activity to inform plans for the proposed replacement of the Black Bridge. The works are scheduled to begin on Monday 13 April and will be carried out in stage

Aviemore-based environmental engineering services provider McGowan Environmental has been acquired by its own management team in a buyout that separates the business from energy engineering group BRUSH Group. The deal was led by Sam Hesling and Kyle McGowan, who become directors of the company follo

The UK construction sector remained in contraction during March 2026, with the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rising marginally to 45.6 from 44.5 in February, though still below the neutral 50.0 threshold for the 15th consecutive month.

A rare 200-year-old flute closely linked to Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, will be played in the United States for the first time this week as part of an urgent campaign to save the farm where Auld Lang Syne was written.

Proposals have been revealed for a mixed-use hotel and resort development on land at Shank of Omachie, located to the north and east of the village of Wellbank in Angus. A proposal of application notice (PAN) for the 'Brae of Angus' development – which includes a five-star Hyatt-branded luxury

Independent housebuilder Robertson Homes has retained its place among the UK’s top housebuilders based on customer satisfaction, after achieving an outstanding 96.1% customer recommendation score in the 2026 Home Builders Federation (HBF) Five Star Rating Scheme.

Greater clarity on build-to-rent (BTR) exemptions within the Housing (Scotland) Bill's secondary legislation has the potential to unlock over 8,000 stalled rental homes across Scotland, placing Edinburgh and Glasgow "firmly back on investors' radars", according to JLL's Big Six Residential Developme

Miller Homes has launched the first round of its community fund in 2026, welcoming local causes and groups across Scotland to apply for a share of £10,000. The homebuilder is calling on groups that are looking to make lasting impact to the community near its developments. Applications are now

Building on the theme of its Homes Build Futures public campaign, sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its 2026 awards programme.  With best practice examples spanning the length and breadth of the country, the awards highlight the vast contribution home building