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A first glimpse has been revealed of what people living in Leith up to 700 years ago might have looked like.

Aberdeen-based Kirkwood Homes has pushed ahead with a £200 million plan to build up to 800 new homes at the former Fairways golf course in Inverness. A Proposal of Application Notice was submitted to Highland Council, with the developers claiming the development will create about 150 construct

Ardbeg Distillery has this week revived a great whisky tradition as it opened the doors to a new stillhouse on the shore.

A derelict church in Crieff could be given a new lease of life, following a failed attempt to turn it into a boutique hotel. The A-listed Old South Church in Crieff closed its doors more than 20 years ago. In 2014, its new owners launched a crowdfunder campaign to help pay for a bid to convert the b

With normal operations restricted by Covid regulations, the Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board (SNIJIB) has moved to ensure that most plumbing and heating operatives can still sit their health and safety test. The Board, made up of members of the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbin

Member body Scottish Renewables has created a new role to strengthen the renewable energy industry’s voice in the transition to a net-zero energy system. Emma Harrick joined as the organisation’s new energy transition and supply chain manager earlier this month and will also support the

Permission has been granted for 58 new homes in Lochgelly after Fife Council approved plans submitted by local developer Easy Living Homes. Council officers have issued approval for the 58 new homes within the Avenues development in a draft paper published this week.

Campaigning trade association SELECT has welcomed the results of the latest consultation on regulation of the electrical industry in Scotland, which again shows an overwhelming majority of respondents in favour of legislation. The outcome of the latest Government consultation, which c

The Ship Yard Trust has launched the public consultation and engagement phase of their project to design and build an iconic venue to celebrate the shipbuilding and marine engineering heritage of the River Clyde.  The charity said its" ambitious" proposal should equal those successful attractio

Eildon Housing Association has teamed up with Buckholm Ltd to deliver high quality affordable homes on a designated housing site at Buckholm Corner in Galashiels which has lain vacant for a significant number of years.

An example of sibling pettiness taken to an extreme level has hit the headlines detailing one man's move to build Lebanon's thinnest habitable building in front of his brother's property in order to block his seafront views. Situated in the Manara neighbourhood of Beirut, the skinny building is know

Seventeen Sutherland regeneration projects have been awarded funding from the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (HCCF). A total of £3,034,703 was awarded to the Highland Council by the Scottish Government, £700,407 of which was earmarked for the council’s Suther

City Gate Construction (CGC) has announced the appointment of Lee Currie to the role of bid writer. Lee, who has already taken up the post, will be based at CGC’s UK headquarters at Linwood, Renfrewshire.

Digby Brown has pledged to work with 12 other law firms to support a new campaign which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and the cancer called mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos. The UK has the world’s highest incidence of mesothelioma with around 2,700 peo

Homes found to be sinking into the ground in Aberdeen will finally be demolished after the local authority issued a contract worth more than £400,000 for the work. Plans to knock down the city centre flats on both Erroll Street and Erroll Place have long been planned, but now the scheme h