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Lynsey Reid outlines the “agent of change” principle in planning policy. On 16 February 2018 researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Newcastle and Turku in Finland published the UK’s first live music venue census. The survey found that 29% of small music venues (defined as those with l

A new group formed in the wake of a Parliamentary debate on tenement maintenance has called for action to ensure the protection of Scotland’s historic and most common type of residence. The first meeting of the Working Group on maintenance of Tenement Scheme Property highlighted the growing concer

Redpath wins East Kilbride shopping centre project Redpath Construction has been appointed to deliver a landlord strip out and retail unit sub-division at East Kilbride shopping centre for EK Devco Ltd.

A series of poignant messages carved into woodwork by workmen building a stately home more than 170 years ago have now been unveiled. The Telegraph reports that workers at Chatsworth House in Devonshire ‘scrawled messages such as “down with the Tory rascals” in protest at the bitter hardships

(from left) David Small (chief officer, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership), Paul McGirk (chief executive, Hub South East), First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Andrew Milne (project director, NHS Lothian), Philip Galbraith (project director, Morrison Construction) First Minister Nicola Stur

Trainee joiner Karen Jeffrey (left) with summer placement student Eimear McLaughlin GRAHAM Construction is set to support an innovative new course to create better links between education and the construction industry.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Anthony Gifford

Clark Contracts is on site completing the construction of a new Lidl supermarket on Easter Road in Leith, the contractor’s seventh project for the retailer. The new steel-framed store will be the first Lidl ‘Metropolitan’ supermarket in Scotland with the store being raised to provide parking s

M&E contractor and installer Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd is progressing well on the installation of the mechanical & electrical services on three education projects. Undertaken on behalf of hub West Scotland and Inverclyde Council, each project will receive an extensive suite of mechanical &

Miller Homes has achieved five stars for customer satisfaction in the Home Builders Federation (HBF) National New Home Customer Satisfaction Survey. This is the sixth time in seven years that the homebuilder has achieved five stars in the independent survey, which was launched by the HBF to provide

Recommendations to help close the skills gap in the UK construction industry were highlighted at a recent event held in Glasgow. Over 30 employer organisations from across the construction industry attended a Construct your Future event organised by BCTG Construct – a consortium of educators led b

Golfing professionals from Scotland’s Construction, Housing & Property sector will take part for their chance to be crowned national business golf champions and there are just six spaces left in the event. Including the Scottish Construction Now team there is a stellar line up of companies inv

Dunedin Canmore marks start of work on 70 affordable homes for rent in Edinburgh A major regeneration project in Edinburgh has taken another step forward with work starting on 70 new affordable homes.

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MPs investigating the collapse of Carillion have accused the company’s Board of being “focused on their own pay packets” at the expense of its perilous financial situation as it emerged that the firm had set out “highly restricted circumstances” in which bonuses could be clawed back from d