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The site of a former day care centre in Clydebank could be transformed into social housing after it was sold to a developer. West Dunbartonshire Council has sold a site at Auchentoshan Estate for a price of £225,000 plus VAT. The site was home to a day care centre until it closed in

The Hub Community Foundation (HCF) has raised £780,000 for its Building Brighter Futures Fund (BBFF) to support Scotland’s young people as they work to overcome a number of challenges in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The BBFF Fund works with ch

Continuing its series of rapid acquisitions, Edison Group has bolstered its portfolio by acquiring Linlithgow-based Cabin Scotland Limited in an all-cash deal. The acquisition is viewed as a strategic move to enhance its diversified property services.

A man is facing a legal charge after he was accused of stealing a full wooden porch from his neighbour. The porch owner in Georgia told investigators that while his property may have an abandoned look, the porch and other items on the land were not up for grabs.

East Lothian Council has submitted a planning application to extend the boundary of North Berwick High School and create new sports pitches. The application details a change of agricultural land to form two grass sports pitches with landscaping, pathway, drainage and associated works.

The Scottish property market has been impacted by stubborn inflation and increased borrowing costs, leading to a heightened emphasis on home report values for prospective buyers, as per insights from Shepherd Chartered Surveyors. ESPC reports that in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders, th

A pub that graced Glasgow for 70 years has been reassembled as a speakeasy bar in the headquarters of an American technology firm. The Art Nouveau interior of St Mungo Vintners - with its dark wood, stained glass and brass fittings - remained in storage since the pub closed its doors in 19

North Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet has approved £5 million in funding to support the delivery of the B714 road upgrade. Due to a substantial global cost crisis, which has seen rising inflation and increased costs for construction materials impacting on projects worldwide, additional financ

Moving and handling heavy or bulky objects on construction sites is needlessly harming the health of tens of thousands of workers every year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned. Working in construction is a physically demanding job and many construction workers’ health is sufferi

The barriers faced by ex-offenders looking to kick-start their lives with a career in construction are at the centre of a Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) survey. CIOB is appealing to built environment professionals to take part in its latest research study, promoting the possibility of reduci

Subscribers to our sister publication Scottish Housing News passed the 11k milestone last month with 225 new readers of the free daily newsletter for Scotland's dynamic social housing sector taking the subscribers' total to 11,050. Daily subscribers have grown by an impressive 23% in the last year w

Integrated forestry and timber business BSW Group has rolled out a rebrand for Scott Pallets (formerly Scott Group), following its acquisition of the timber pallet solutions provider in December. Taking over Scott Pallets’ 32 sites, the acquisition came as part of BSW Group’s objective o

The head of a real estate agency which claimed to have sold a flat to a dog has been arrested in Iran. The arrest came after the agency published a video showing a couple signing over their home to a small white dog named Chester, The Jerusalem Post reports.

A meeting was held in Stornoway on Tuesday 29th August to bring together local public sector representatives and the renewable energy development community to explore key issues and identify areas of collaboration over the next period. Over the next years SSEN Transmission will deliver the HVDC inte

An ambitious £70 million plan to revitalise and regenerate key areas of Inverclyde has been put to a senior government figure in a bid to attract vital funding. Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe and Stuart McMillan Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency MSP, in their roles as co-chairs of