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Highland councillors this week received a report on the Portree Link Road and the proposed next steps that will include the detailed design and specification for the project complete by February 2025, to allow tendering for construction to proceed. The earliest anticipated start date for constructio
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A strategy to secure the future of Stirling’s historic assets has been approved by Stirling Council.
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A specialist hub is to be created to help increase the rate at which homes with planning permission are delivered.
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From January 2025, engineers will be working around the clock for 16 weeks to deliver major engineering works as part of the project to electrify the railway between East Kilbride and Glasgow. The project, which is being delivered by Network Rail and is part of a Scottish Government investment in th
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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is calling for construction companies to accelerate the number of apprenticeship starts by claiming CITB apprenticeship grants.
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The construction of the new educational and community campus for Ardrossan is now expected to get underway in Spring 2025.
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Faster broadband will feature in all new build homes in Scotland from 1 January 2025, under new laws announced by the Scottish Government.
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As the PROPS Awards marks its 32nd year, Neil Sinclair, who co-founded the PROPS with Ronnie Nathan, looks back at key insights gained from this long-standing event.
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More than a third of Scottish construction firms have expressed concerns they won’t be able to trade into 2025, mainly attributing worries to tax considerations and political instability. Of the senior decision makers surveyed across the Scottish sector by FRP Advisory, 36% responded that they
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CBRE has forecast a nascent economic recovery in the latter half of 2024, with a more robust rebound expected in 2025, according to its UK Real Estate Market Outlook 2024. This optimistic outlook is bolstered by the Bank of England's anticipated interest rate cuts in the second half of 2024, wh
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With Morris & Spottiswood set to celebrate its centenary year in 2025, managing director Gordon Clyne speaks to Margaret Taylor about the firm's evolution from a joinery business to a multi-service operation which turns over more than £100 million each year. It is nearing a centu
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The UK government should not wait until 2025 to abolish the “outdated and detrimental practice” of cash retentions in the construction sector, according to the Confederation of Construction Specialists. While applauding the intention of the Construction Products Association, CECA and Build UK, w
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A new eight-year capital investment programme which sets out total investment of almost £237 million until 2025/26 was agreed by South Ayrshire Council yesterday. Key features of the programme include more than £43 million strategic investment in ICT and £3m more in 2018/19 for road reconstructio
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A report looking at the role that technology will play in the construction industry in the future, has revealed that 3D printed walls, drones and a roof made from recycled plastic bottles from the ocean will all be possible by 2025, thanks to advancements in technology. The report, written by renown
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Port of Leith Housing Association has attracted investment of £40 million from Scottish Widows, bolstering its plans to create more than 650 social and mid-market rent homes by 2025. The funding will be drawn in stages at a low 30-year fixed rate of 2.84%.
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