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Planning minister Kevin Stewart blogs about the Planning (Scotland) Bill and what’s next for Stage 2 consideration. Development management in the spotlight as Stage 2 scrutiny of the Planning Bill continues.

A pair of buildings in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square are to be transformed into a new Gleneagles Hotel under plans revealed by owner of the Perthshire estate and golf resort. Ennismore plans to develop two empty properties next to Dundas House which were formerly home to Bank of Scotland into a

Eleven aspiring joiners will this month take up their places on the bespoke CR Smith apprenticeship scheme that has been carefully developed by the firm and Fife College to meet the skills required by the home improvement business. As well as developing the quality of workmanship needed for installi

Electro-technical trade body SELECT is backing MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston’s ongoing campaign in the Scottish Parliament to secure professional recognition for the country’s qualified electricians. As a means of assisting MSPs to understand the issues at stake, SELECT is running a marketin

A furniture company with premises in West Lothian and Glasgow has ceased trading. Administrators from KPMG were called in after First Furnishings Ltd (FFL) incurred substantial losses.

Robertson employees working on construction sites across Aberdeen have raised more than £6,000 in the last six months for local charities and good causes. Sites including Craiginches, Caledon Court, Pittodrie Street student accommodation and The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA), including its two

Building services group TClarke has announced that Louise Dier has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company with effect from 1st January 2019. Louise will also join the audit, remuneration and nomination committees of the company.

London developer LBS Properties has secured planning permission for a 48 storey mixed-use development at Canary Wharf after virtual reality was used to help an inspector assess the project.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Brian Warner

Construction and residential development businesses Cruden Group has enjoyed its nineteenth consecutive year of profitable trading, though a fall in house sales has resulted in a dip in turnover and profits. Audited results for up to 31 March 2018 revealed that the group generated a turnover of &pou

Developers have urged members of Midlothian Council’s planning committee to grasp a “golden opportunity” to bring up to 55 new jobs to Dalkeith by approving planning applications for Starbucks and KFC to open a drive-thru coffee shop and restaurant. London & Scottish Investment

A decision on whether to extend Edinburgh’s trams to Newhaven has been delayed until early 2019 to allow extra time for due diligence and evaluation of the final submissions, it was announced today. Tenders for the £165 million project were received in early September and the City of Edi

Plans to build a “game changing” woman’s custody unit in Dundee have been given final approval by councillors. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submitted plans for the community custody unit (CCU) on Nelson Street, at the site of the former Our Lady’s Primary School in the H

The Trump Organisation will have to pay £5 million towards affordable housing should plans to build luxury housing near the US president’s Aberdeenshire golf course gain planning approval, according to reports. Plans to build 550 new homes on a site within the Trump International Golf Li

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is inviting construction companies to discover how the latest developments in visualisation technology can help them to drive greater efficiencies and improved performance. Hosted in association with Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Oil & Gas