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Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) has received £56,000 from Persimmon Homes North Scotland, following a successful year of fundraising by staff, sub-contractors, and partners across Scotland. The donation was presented at Rachel House in Kinross — one of only two children&

The JR Group has announced a £6 million investment to create a new headquarters and warehouse complex in Govan, marking an emotional return to the area where the business was founded 30 years ago. Planning permission was submitted to Glasgow City Council today for the redevelopment of the form

Scotland’s public sector is set for a significant £1 billion uplift, unlocking opportunities for businesses to upgrade vital public buildings and infrastructure. Firms are being urged to tender for projects that will see them help deliver, refurbish and manage essential public buildings,

Structural steelwork contractor J&D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd has unveiled some management structure changes to the business, including new joint managing directors. Andrew Caldwell, who has been with the business for 29 years, has decided to retire at Christmas. Andy worked his way through from su

Military veterans will be retrained as frontline energy heroes as ScottishPower launches a new scheme to help ex-servicemen and women move into long-term careers in the energy sector. Its inaugural EMPower Network Programme will see former veterans undertake 12 months of formal training, accredited

New research led by the University of Stirling has revealed the existence and fate of many fragments of the Stone of Destiny, notably those which were secreted away after the ancient artefact was taken from Westminster Abbey by a group of Scottish nationalist students early on Christmas morning 1950

Scotland’s mainstream housing market is forecast to be one of the top-performing regions in the UK, with property values projected to rise by 27.6% over the next five years, according to new analysis from Savills. This robust growth significantly outpaces the 22.2% increase Savills projects fo

Between August and October 2025, average residential property selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders have risen by 3.7% year-on-year, reaching £298,181, according to the latest House Price Report from ESPC. This growth was particularly strong in East Lothian, wher

Barratt Redrow plc has reported a steady performance for the 17-week period ending 26 October 2025, maintaining solid forward sales and progressing well with its integration of Redrow, despite ongoing challenges in the UK housing market. During the period, the housebuilder achieved a net private res

SSEN Transmission has signed the first major agreements as part of its pledge to support the delivery of 1,000 new homes across the north of Scotland. The pledge was included in the Perth-headquartered business’s Housing Strategy, published last year as part of a £20 billion investment t

Sprinklers will become a mandatory requirement for traditional buildings that are newly converted into hotels in Scotland if changes to the law are passed. These follow recommendations from the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House Hotel fire in December 2017, which caused the deaths of Simo

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (minister for small business and economic transformation), Blair McDougall MP, has visited Clyde Gateway to see how UK Government investment is helping to deliver new jobs, business growth and sustainable regeneration across Glasgow’s east end and Rut

Bellway site manager Frank McLaughlan has been highly commended at the Homebuilder Safety Awards. Frank and his team were presented with their award certificate for their Health & Safety work at the company’s Landsdale development in East Kilbride.

HFD Construction, the dedicated construction and delivery arm of HFD, has appointed Martin Smith as its new managing director, effective immediately. Mr Smith joins HFD Construction at a transformational time for the business, as the company executes HFD Group's ambitious pipeline of next-generation

Johnston Carmichael has appointed Glen Small as head of construction and property. Glen Small joined the independent accountancy and business advisory firm in April 2022, bringing extensive experience from Big Four firms, where he specialised in advising clients across housing, real estate, and larg