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A Canadian businessman and his wife have gifted almost £8 million to the University of St Andrews, believed to be one of the biggest pledges ever made to a Scottish university, in an effort to help it lead international marine research. This major commitment to Scotland’s oldest uni

Key infrastructure projects across Scotland worth billions of pounds to the economy face cumulative delays of more than a decade, it has emerged. In an update on its major capital projects yesterday, the Scottish Government revealed that a dozen scrucial developments such as hospitals, roads, rail a

The Highland Council remains on track to provide at least 4,500 much-needed affordable homes after members of the environment, development and infrastructure committee approved a new investment plan. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2019-2024 will see a minimum of 500 units being bui

Grampian Housing Association has won an appeal to build affordable houses on the site of a Victorian school in a Royal Deeside community. The application to build 26 affordable houses at the C-listed Old School site in Ballater was initially rejected amid concerns over a lack of amenities and road s

A new centre for contemporary art will open its doors this weekend after a major restoration project at one of Edinburgh’s World Heritage sites. Situated on top of Calton Hill, Collective will include the restored City Observatory, designed by William Playfair in 1818, a new purpose-built exhi

Orkney Islands Council is to purchase a group of uninhabited islands because they offer a “significant development opportunity”. It is anticipated that the council will become the owners of Faray, Holm of Faray and Red Holm early in 2019.

SELECT president Kevin Griffin was this year’s recipient of an award which recognises individuals who demonstrate enthusiasm and selfless concern for the fire and emergency systems industry. The Ian Marsh Award was presented on behalf of the Fire and Security Association at IFSEC’s &lsqu

RICS Scotland will hold a parliamentary reception early next year as a working group formed to tackle the quality of Scotland’s tenement buildings prepares to publish its first report. Over the last year, the issue of tenement repair and maintenance has been rising up the Scottish parliamentar

Scottish Canals is undertaking vital winter engineering works in Linlithgow, which will safeguard the rich heritage of this stretch of the Union Canal. As part of a Scotland-wide programme of winter maintenance, the canal custodians are carrying out embankment improvements along the 200-year-old wat

Clark Contracts has been working with social enterprise CCI Scotland to support individuals with a range of support needs. Incorporating a charity that delivers person centred programmes to people with various support needs, CCI Scotland is a professional company that delivers a range of landscaping

Local primary school pupils have put their heads together to come up with a fitting name for a new housing development being built in the South Lanarkshire village of Glassford.

Staff at a new care home put out the welcome mat for the arrival of its first resident today, none other than Glasgow retail tycoon, Gerald Weisfeld.

Industrial and commercial developments around the country will be given support under the first release of funding from the £150 million Building Scotland Fund. The Scottish Partnership for Regeneration in Urban Centres (SPRUCE) has received £25m to help fund a wide range of commercial a

Robertson Group has appointed Scott Wilson as executive director of development. Scott – who has spent his entire career working in the construction industry – brings 20 years of front-end business development experience to the business, most recently as UK business development director

Children and families in need across Scotland will receive donations of money, food and gifts courtesy of building contractor McDermott Group this Christmas. A fleet of McDermott Group vans driven by staff dressed as Christmas elves will deliver donations to foodbanks in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock