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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to reduce the potential for harm to investors from the liquidity mismatch in open-ended property funds. The new rules as proposed would require investors to give notice – potentially of up to 180 days - before their investment is

Cadogan Street in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District (IFSD) is to receive at least £1 million of public realm improvements after it was revealed that investors are being put off by the street's poor condition. It is hoped that work will start in autumn this year and will

Up to 500 jobs are set to go at Aecom as it announced a “re-shaped” to the UK and Ireland business. A redundancy consultation has now started among the consultant’s 7,000 staff.

A patent for a monitoring apparatus for handheld power tools has been held to be valid following a challenge of its validity in a patent infringement case. 

As Scotland’s building sector continues its recovery, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has issued a raft of new health and safety guidance to help steer workers through the phased return.

Whisky giant Diageo has said its flagship Johnnie Walker visitor centre in Edinburgh will not meet its original completion deadline of the end of this year.

A mother who allegedly dug a ten-metre-long, three-metre-tall tunnel in a bid to break her son out of prison has been arrested.

Twenty-three Scottish SMEs are set to benefit from an £18 million-a-year contract to offer demolition and deconstruction services to all local authorities and housing associations.

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A new land classification of Amberfield would reduce costs for developers and enable SMEs and self/custom builders to generate homes at speed, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Amberfield is land that is ready to go, for example brownfield land that does not require w

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the Scottish Government plans to “generate significant economic growth, combined with a focus on supporting jobs, skills and training” but warned that new proposals on planning contradicted such intentions. Announcing its decision to ac

North Ayrshire Council has started the planning process to deliver new affordable housing in Kilwinning. The planned £1.584 million Corsehillhead development, supported by £413k of Scottish Government funding, will see the creation of seven new council homes, delivering a mix of general

CALA Homes has named Craig Lynes as the new managing director for its East of Scotland region, taking over the reins from David McGrath who was named regional chairman in March. CALA Homes (East), which covers south and east Scotland from its Falkirk offices, remains the homebuilder’s largest

Perth & Kinross Council’s refusal of a housing application in Milnathort has been overturned by the Scottish Government.

Plans for a multi-million-pound waterfront development at the western end of the Kirkcaldy Esplanade have been rejected by Fife Council.