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Real estate advisor CBRE has appointed a new head of its Edinburgh office. Angela Lowe will take up the post from 1 January 2026. Lowe succeeds Mark Little, who will continue with the firm as head of building consultancy and Integrated PJM Scotland.

City of Edinburgh Council leader Cllr Jane Meagher believes more affordable homes could be delivered through improved partnership approaches. Scotland's housing crisis isn't just a statistic.

Asset manager Octopus Capital has raised an additional £100 million for its Affordable Housing Fund, with the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) providing £50m of the funding. As an impact investor, aiming to secure both commercial returns and societal benefit, the bank’s fun

Highland construction company Capstone Construction has made a key senior appointment with the installation of Michael Cameron as operations director. Coming as the company experiences a period of strong growth in both the residential and commercial sectors, Cameron will play a key role in supportin

Moda Group has been certified as a GRESB Four-Star organisation for the first time, and has also retained its GRESB Green Star status for the second consecutive year. This recognition highlights Moda’s ongoing leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and reaffirms i

Scotland’s national hub programme is nearing a significant milestone in delivering new learning estate infrastructure, with almost £5 billion of projects completed, under construction or being developed. The five regional hub companies, collectively known as Hub Scotland, are also adding

Newport-on-Tay’s much-loved Christmas lights will once again illuminate the town this festive season thanks to a £3,000 donation from Persimmon Homes North Scotland. The funding, provided through the homebuilder’s Community Champions initiative, will help ensure the town’s da

Highland housebuilder Tulloch Homes has marked its 100-year milestone with a special centenary celebration that brought together employees past and present, partners, and community representatives – raising £38,471 for Highland mental health charity Mikeysline. The event, held to celebra

Highland councillors have approved a comprehensive report outlining the condition of its road bridge stock, the inspection regime, and the works required to maintain vital road structures across the region. The report to the local authority's Economy and Infrastructure Committee highlighted the scal

A time capsule buried for more than a century in a former Perth school destroyed by fire has been rescued from the ruins. The time capsule was placed in the wall of Balhousie Primary School, then known as Northern District Primary School, during the laying of the foundation stone when the school was

Plans to demolish Argyle House, the Castle Terrace office block often branded “Edinburgh’s ugliest building,” have sparked fierce opposition from one of Scotland’s leading architects. Malcolm Fraser, whose portfolio includes the Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling

A new wave of AI data centres across central Scotland, including a flagship project at Ravenscraig, could receive electricity discounts under measures announced yesterday by the UK Government’s AI Growth Zone team within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. DSIT highlighted S

The owners of Strathmore Golf Centre at Alyth are to reinstate previously approved plans for hotel, holiday and leisure facilities as they look to sell the 79.32ha site. Operated by business partners David Norman, together with Peter and Simon Howell, for the past 20 years, the centre has previously

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has confirmed the successful completion of the final phase at its Leverburgh site on the Isle of Harris by Alex Murray Construction. The second stage added six additional homes, resulting in a total of twelve residences at Lèana an t-Sruith.

Abronhill Housing Association is sounding the alarm over a growing crisis in Scotland’s mixed tenure housing blocks, where fragmented ownership is undermining efforts to maintain safe, compliant homes. Speaking on the Scottish Housing News Podcast, interim director Audrey Murphy and housing ex