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Survey work to inform future development potential for affordable homes on sites in Ferguslie and South West Johnstone is to begin this week. For Ferguslie, this is the first stage of a £14 million development that will create around 100 new affordable Renfrewshire Council homes to transform t

Allanwater Homes will shortly deliver a new development of 95 homes in the Hillfoots village of Alva. A selection of three to five bedroom, semi-detached and detached, eco friendly homes will be included in the first phase of the development, which has been named Silver Glen.

Scottish electrotechnical industry trade body SELECT is emphasising its message with a hard-hitting week of nationwide advertising. On January 24, minister for business, fair work and skills Jamie Hepburn will be hosting a Working Group to further discuss the issue of introducing Protection of Title

A design magazine has awarded the title of Best New Public Building to Dundee’s new V&A building. Wallpaper* has given the award to the V&A Dundee and its architect Kengo Kuma and associates.

Construction workers are being urged to ‘spray safe’ this winter following the launch of a revolutionary new reflective spray which will make them more visible in the dark. The Albedo100 spray is highly reflective of lights during darkness and can be sprayed on to almost any surface.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: City Of Edinburgh Council

Much-needed new homes in Central Govan in Glasgow are on their way in a £15 million boost from Elderpark Housing. Work has begun on site to deliver the 82 rented properties along with the restoration of a landmark B-listed former school.

Housebuilder Persimmon has said that its profits will be “moderately ahead” of forecasts as the firm continues to grow despite a boardroom bonus controversy. In a trading update today, Persimmon said its full results next month will show revenue growth to £3.74 billion and pre-tax

East Dunbartonshire Council has been given the green light to build a new additional support needs school in Kirkintilloch. Scottish Government Ministers have confirmed that they will not be calling in the council’s decision to close Campsie View and Merkland Schools and to build the new schoo

The Unite union has recommended that its local government trades membership accept a revised pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). The craft agreement, which is a separate proposal from the wider local authority offer, covers joiners, labourers, painters and electricia

On the one-year anniversary of the administration of Carillion's dramatic collapse, new research has revealed the realities of working inside the UK contractor market. The study by international law firm CMS, in conjunction with business research group Explain the Market, canvasses views from execut

A study into the viability of building a second bridge across the river Deveron has been agreed by members of Aberdeenshire Council’s Banff and Buchan area committee. At its December meeting, the committee approved a tender for a detailed assessment to determine the feasibility of constructing

Work to remove parts of the former Meadowbank Stadium in a major milestone towards the delivery of a brand new sports centre for Edinburgh is now underway. The team at GRAHAM Construction, which was contracted by the City of Edinburgh Council in October to build the new state-of-the-art £45 mi

Work is due to start within days on two new £11 million acute mental health wards at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow. Funding has now been released following financial close on the project after the full business case was approved by the Scottish Government’s Capital Investment Group. 

Last year saw a large increase in the value of fraud cases coming to courts involving rogue tradesmen, according to a new report. KPMG’s Fraud Barometer, which records cases of alleged fraud with a value of more than £100,000, found that while the vast majority of fraud cases involving f