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A business owner who conned dozens of customers out of more than £100,000 by breaking promises to build garden sheds and summerhouses has been jailed for three years and four months.  Alistair Baxter, 36, took thousands of pounds for the work from almost 70 people, some of them pensioners

House prices in Scotland rose over the past three months at the slowest rate seen since early 2024, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and respondents expect this weaker price growth trend to continue in the short-term amid an increase

CECA Scotland has launched a new strategy to help tackle the civil engineering shortage in Scotland.  With over £70 billion of infrastructure investment in the pipeline through to 2035, Scotland’s civil engineering sector is at the heart of the nation’s future. Yet despite the

As Skin Cancer Awareness Month shines a spotlight on melanoma prevention this May, the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) is reinforcing its commitment to worker wellbeing by addressing one of the construction industry's most overlooked occupational hazards: UV exposure.

South Ayrshire Council has been awarded £16 million by the UK Government as part of their Levelling Up Fund. The money will be used by the council to develop proposals to help transform Burns Statue Square in Ayr.

A community project to further develop a business park on the Isle of Mull in Argyll has secured additional funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) has been developing the Nonhebel Park near Tobermory to enable local businesses to expand and new

One of the oldest buildings in Port Glasgow is now one of the most modern in Inverclyde after being given a new lease of life thanks to a £3.2 million restoration project.

The Highland Council has acquired a former hospital in Kingussie amid plans to provide accommodation on the site.

China has launched construction of a groundbreaking underwater research station 2,000 meters below the surface of the South China Sea, with completion targeted for 2030. Described as a “deep-sea space station,” the facility will match the complexity of three International Space Station m

Fife College’s new Dunfermline City Campus is setting a precedent in sustainable construction, having successfully passed independent verification of its embodied and whole-life carbon assessments for its three new buildings.

The UK construction sector experienced a fourth consecutive monthly decline in output during April, as uncertainty around the economic outlook and client hesitancy continued to delay new project decisions.

As work begins on the most significant upgrade to the Forth & Clyde Canal in over two decades, Mackenzie Construction is launching a dedicated community fund to support local groups, organisations and initiatives in the Falkirk area.

The owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain has submitted plans to transform Capital House in Edinburgh into a 195-bedroom hotel.

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission for 51 new homes at the former Herdmanflat Hospital site in Haddington.

An innovative research project being carried out by Wheatley Group could transform the way social housing is built in the future and reduce energy bills.