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Following a year of record growth and an exceptional start to 2019, Story Scotland has reached a milestone of 100 employees. Ben Seruvatu became employee 100 for the Glasgow-based division of Story Contracting, joining the company as a skilled operative at the beginning of the year.

Work has begun on the first phase of an ambitious project which will see major improvements to Balloch. The plans will transform the area’s public spaces, create a sense of arrival for visitors and improve connections for pedestrians and cyclists from public transport to attractions.

The classic building block game Jenga has a surprising new collaborator. French fashion house Louis Vuitton, known for its luxury logo-bedecked leather goods, is entering into the gaming arena and releasing its own version.

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Hundreds of workers have been made redundant after Dundee-based building contractor McGill & Co Limited went into administration. Established in 1981, McGill & Co provided services to clients in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors from its headquarters in Dundee and ancillary

A construction company has been fined £600,000 after a workman was killed by a dumper truck on an Edinburgh building site. Vincent Ramsay, 55, was hit by the truck at the bottom of a dirt ramp leading into an underground car park on December 5, 2016.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has blamed rising costs and uncertainty relating to Brexit after new figures disclosed a sharp drop in output growth in January 2019. Published this morning, the January PMI data revealed a fall from 52.8 in December to 50.6 in January, against the neutral rea

Plans to build a rail link to Glasgow Airport have again been scrapped in favour of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) scheme instead. A plan to connect the airport to the city directly from Glasgow Central Station, also stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street station, was put forward as part of the £1

Housebuiler industry body Homes for Scotland has called for a “more meaningful and inclusive” approach to analysing the country’s planning performance. Director of planning Tammy Swift-Adams has questioned the focus of official planning performance statistics, the latest of which r

A pioneering eco-village backed by the Prince of Wales is to be reviewed after only a fraction of the development has been completed. The Prince’s Foundation, a charity aimed at promoting urban design, had planned to deliver 770 homes at Knockroon in East Ayrshire.

Livingston Designer Outlet has announced plans to undertake a full refurbishment and rebrand with a £7 million investment from its owners. The multi-million pound investment in the centre, managed by retail asset management specialists Realm Ltd, will transform the shopping destination to crea

New rules to reduce deaths in household fires will see improved standards introduced for fire and smoke alarms in all homes in Scotland from 2021, the Scottish Government has announced. Under the regulations, every home in the country must have a smoke alarm fitted in the living room or lounge, and

A study into Scotland’s most and least affordable cities has found that Aberdeen has seen the biggest boost in home affordability over the last five years. The latest Bank of Scotland research found that average house prices in the city have risen by only 2% to £203,944 in the last five

Representatives from BAM Construction and hub West Scotland joined Garscadden & Scotstounhill councillor Chris Cunningham in helping pupils from Blairdardie Primary School mark the next step in the construction of their new school by burying a time capsule. Following the theme, ‘Then and n

The most exclusive development built by CALA Homes to date in the West of Scotland has been unwrapped showcasing the largest showhome ever created by the homebuilder in the region.