Gary Ferris, business development director, Scotland & Northern Ireland at Close Brothers, explores how rent control policies are undermining investor confidence, stalling new housing supply, and deepening Scotland’s housing crisis. Scotland’s housebuilding industry stands at a criti
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution is trialling a new tool which will let households know if their property can support the installation of new, efficient Low-Carbon Technologies like heat pumps and EV chargers.
Residents in Kinross are being encouraged to attend a public consultation that could help shape the future of a brownfield site earmarked for redevelopment.
Rybka, a UK provider of mechanical and electrical engineering design solutions with offices across Scotland, has successfully delivered a new £8 million ‘Home of Shinty’ in Inverness.
The construction industry stands on the brink of a digital transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new global report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The AI in Construction 2025 report, based on responses from more than 2,200 professionals world
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling on construction professionals across the globe to respond to its new consultation on global construction standards.
More children and young people in Scotland than ever before are being educated in schools in good or satisfactory condition, following sustained investment from the Scottish Government in partnership with local authorities. The latest statistics show the proportion of pupils learning in schools in g
Hundreds of Scottish construction professionals will converge on Glasgow tomorrow to call for action to address the crisis facing the industry.
Scottish Borders Council is in the early stages of preparing a new Local Development Plan and is calling on communities to create Local Place Plans to help influence this important document. Local Place Plans are community-led plans that outline local priorities for development and use of land. Thes
Renfrewshire Council is celebrating a major milestone as the Renfrew Bridge has officially recorded its one millionth crossing.
East Dunbartonshire Council leader Gordan Low joined excited Balmuildy Primary School pupils, officers and partners in cutting the first sod to commence construction work on a new £31.5m Balmuildy Primary School and Early Years Centre in Bishopbriggs.
The Scottish Construction Summit takes place this week with a packed agenda designed to tackle the sector’s biggest challenges and opportunities.
Design & build contractor McAleer & Rushe, together with Vita Group, have celebrated a significant construction milestone with the topping out of their purpose-built student accommodation scheme at New Waverley in Edinburgh.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has awarded a £3.458 million contract to Morrison Construction to develop new small units at Golspie Business Park. HIE designed and built Golspie Business Park in the 1990s, creating nine development plots on site. In recent years, it has evolved into a
Taylor Davison, a chartered architectural technologist, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Chartered Architectural Technologist (AT) of the Year award.


