Search: W

Housebuilder Persimmon said it is “encouraged by the early signs of improved customer confidence” despite a significant drop in the number of new homes completed in the first three months of this year. Build rates at the firm fell 30% to 176 units per week (Q1 2022: 252 units per week),

Turner & Townsend has been appointed to lead a multi-disciplinary consultancy for Crown Estate Scotland’s Built Development, Coastal and Land Transactions Professional Services Framework after a competitive public tender process. The three-year framework running to 2026, with the option of

Occupier demand for commercial property in Scotland rose for the first time since Q2 2022, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Commercial Property Monitor, however the industry continues to face a challenging environment. A net balance of +5% of respondents in Sco

A major Japanese company has announced plans to establish a manufacturing plant in Scotland to supply the country’s growing renewable energy sector. Energy Secretary Neil Gray met Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) in Osaka to discuss the company’s plans for a subsea cable factory in the

East Renfrewshire Council has confirmed plans for more new build council homes across the area for 2023 and beyond. Following the completion of the local authority's largest ever new build development in Barrhead's Balgraystone Road last year, discussions are underway with developers for 105 afforda

The Highland Council has launched a Common Good consultation regarding a proposal to dispose of an area of 2145m² of undeveloped land in Inverness. The area of land is a triangular parcel of land lying between 17 Longman Drive and a neighbouring electricity substation site. It does not have veh

Members of the Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee will consider updated developer contribution rates for education and community facilities when they meet today. Approval of the report will allow the council to apply revised developer contribution rates for schools and com

Research published by the Association for Project Safety (APS), the national membership body representing around 3,500 professionals working in construction health and safety risk management, has revealed the UK’s built environment is at risk of becoming less safe as the industry fails to attr

Plans have been lodged to build 25 social houses on a patch of land in Tarbolton. The plans, which are part of a wider development, relate to a parcel of land at the Croft Street and the Westport area of the village. Behind the proposals are Hayhill Developments Ltd, of Mauchline, and the agents in

A couple have been ordered to demolish their £80,000 extension and handed £200,000 in legal bills after being found to have built just over two inches too close to their neighbours’ house. Shabaz Ashraf, 45, and his wife Shakira, 40, were told by a judge to tear apart the

The Dutch government has invested €200 million into quickly building more than 2,000 prefabricated, flexible homes but it can't find anywhere to place them. The temporary homes are ready, but agreements with municipalities and housing corporations are taking longer than expected, Financiee

Edison Group, the Ayrshire-headquartered construction property and investment business, has acquired Livingston-based Maplewood Joinery and Construction, an all-trades commercial and residential property operator. It is Edison Group’s intention to merge Maplewood with the Edinburgh Driveway Co

A historic home on the market in Massachusetts comes with its very own jail cell. Owners of 1841 former Town Hall on 23 Green St. in Kingston has been remodelled into a three-bedroom, three-bathroom beauty of a house, with lots of fun features.

The Highland Council has issued an update to its education stakeholders regarding the school estate capital investment programme. The council agreed in December 2022 that a complete review of the current capital investment programme was necessary, due to significant inflationary cost increases being

A former nightclub in Fife which was destroyed by a fire over the weekend is to be demolished due to safety concerns. A blaze broke out at the derelict building, which formerly housed Maxwell’s, on Wellesley Road, Methil at around 2.30pm on Sunday.