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Amendments to a business rates policy and support for renewable energy are at the forefront of Scottish Property Federation (SPF) and Scottish Renewables calls ahead of tomorrow’s Scottish Budget. The SPF has set out the key policy areas it wishes to be addressed in a letter to finance secreta

Lucy Black from the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on the importance of collaboration in construction. Collaborative working seems like a no-brainer – it helps organisations improve efficiency, productivity and by extension, profitability. It also encourages the transfer of knowledge

Construction, refurbishment and fit out contractor akp Scotland has been appointed to work with Registers of Scotland (RoS) on a programme of small to medium works across the RoS Estate.

A statue of Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been unveiled on the 90th anniversary of his death by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The statue by Andy Scott is believed to be the world’s first public sculpture celebrating Mackintosh, one of Scotland’s most famous sons.

Design and architecture company HLM has been awarded the £160 million project at RAF Lakenheath by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. The project includes building an F-35 flight simulator, maintenance unit, new hangars and storage facilities. HLM will be working alongside engineering an

An action plan to help Scotland’s metals sector become an innovative and valued part of Scotland’s emerging circular economy, improve environmental compliance and stop illegal activity, has been launched by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). SEPA’s Metals Sector Pla

Alan Gordon at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors considers the opportunities that challenger banks provide to the commercial property sector. Challenger banks have been nibbling at the ankles of major UK lending institutions with increasing enthusiasm for some years now with the result that a whole new re

A leading Scottish streetlighting engineer has been recognised for his services to the UK’s highway electrical sector. Lindsay McGregor, director at Streetlighting Advisory Services Ltd, received the Highway Electrical Association’s ‘Service to Industry Award 2018’ at the ass

A husband and wife team are set to expand their luxury holiday lodge and bistro resort in Carse of Gowrie, after securing a £1 million finance package from HSBC UK.

A US-based robotics firm has introduced an all-electric, battery-powered, full-body industrial exoskeleton that it said can allow a human to lift a couple hundred pounds repeatedly over an eight-hour session without breaking a sweat.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Rutherford Colinton 

The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has voiced concerns about the future outlook for the Scottish construction industry as latest figures show employment in the sector fell by 5,000 in the third quarter of the year and output has dropped by £1.5 billion year-on-year. During the year to Sept

Dandara has submitted proposals to build more than 200 homes as part of a wider housing development in Aberdeen. Plans lodged with Aberdeen City Council will see the 216 homes developed on a site south of Hazledene Road, on the western outskirts of Countesswells.

As the level of housing completions continues to head in the right direction, the country’s home building industry has urged the Scottish Government to build on this positive news to enable it to deliver more of the homes Scotland’s growing population needs. Official statistics released

A review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital is to report back by the end of February 2019. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board