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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

The Border Engineering Training Association (BETA) has been renamed Borders Technical Training Association (BTTA) with effect from 1 September. To coincide with the change, the organisation also has a new website and logo.

Dumfries and Galloway Council's Economy and Resources committee will today consider a report on the Vacant and Derelict Land and Property Strategy (VDLPS). The report outlines the council’s approach to managing and regenerating vacant and derelict land and property. It also outlines the Counci

The LA home where Marilyn Monroe lived before her death could be demolished. The owners of the $8.35 million bungalow have filed to tear down the Hacienda-style home, where the body of the 'Some Like It Hot' star was discovered in August 1962.

Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards (AALDA) were established in 1997 as a means of raising the profile of good innovative design. Taking place every two years, the awards provide a benchmark for the quality of recent development and the effectiveness of planning policies.