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Allanwater Homes has revealed plans to build a 275-home development on the outskirts of Alva. The three, four, and five-bedroom homes – including roads, footpaths, landscaping, drainage and associated works on a greenfield site, are proposed for land on either side of the A91 to the west

An investment plan which includes proposals of up to £54 million capital funding for five Highland schools will go before councillors next week for agreement. The Highland Council has identified significant capital funding for investment in five schools, Culloden Academy, Beauly, Dunvegan and

Councillors have approved a 25-year lease agreement with Aberdeen Foyer for the Vinery in Banff.

A major milestone for the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project has been reached as Scottish Ministers have given their go-ahead for Aberdeen City Council to progress with the compulsory purchase order for the project. Transport Scotland is writing to people and organisations which took part in a pu

New technology has been installed into a Chinese office development that will only allow employees entry into certain rooms if they are smiling, according to reports. The "smile recognition" — rather than "facial recognition" — technology was installed at the Chinese subsidiary

Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank, discusses the investment appeal of retail parks in the UK. About a year ago, at the height of the first lockdown, few people might have predicted that the humble retail park would be among the ‘winners’ – for lack of a b

Morgan Sindall Construction has begun work on two early years nurseries, worth a combined total of £4 million, for North Lanarkshire Council.

Longniddry scout leader Paul Brown has not been idle in Lockdown. He has spent his time renovating the old and outdated toilets in the village’s Scout Hall.

An engineer who graduated with a degree in engineering and worked most of his career in North Carolina without ever needing a license to actually work as an engineer has been banned from talking about engineering. The North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors is telling Wayne Nut

North Ayrshire Council has said it will adopt a ‘belt and braces’ approach to reinstating land at the site of the proposed new school in Ardrossan. A report which went before the full council yesterday outlined the detailed and robust process that will be carried out by environmenta

Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £17 million project to build new homes and a care facility for Midlothian Council in Dalkeith.

An unexpected plague of mice has forced hundreds of prisoners and prison staff to evacuate. The population of mice in New South Wales, Australia, has boomed in the last year due to an extremely good grain harvest.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to continue to press ahead with building a new primary school at Countesswells while legal remedy could be sought over non-payment of developer obligations for the project. Councillors agreed a motion that instructs officers to seek a final resolution with 

Innovative 'Transformation Zones' will be developed across Clackmannanshire as part of the council’s ambitious Be the Future programme, councillors have heard. Councillors agreed a paper at a council meeting this week that laid out more details of the new Transformation Zones, the first of whi

A financial plan which will invest £54 million of capital investment in schools and a further £10m across a range of projects in phase 2 of the investment strategy for health and prosperity has been agreed by Highland Council. The detailed designs and costings for the five schools i