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UK-wide housing association Home Group has secured a £350 million bond issue to fund the development of new homes. Priced at an effective fixed rate of 3.24%, the 24-year bond is one of the lowest overall rates achieved in recent comparable housing association transactions.

Affordable housing developer Swan Group has had planning consent granted for a 35-unit development at Avon House in Cumbernauld Town Centre. Initially divided into one bedroom flats providing bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living space, Avon House was later changed to offices but has been left unuse

Balfour Beatty has partnered with Leeds Beckett University, White Frog Publishing and Coventry University to create a new, automated solution to tackle challenges faced by the construction industry in adopting Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology. BIM is an intelligent 3D model-based

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its annual home building industry awards as the organisation prepares to celebrate the sector’s achievements. HFS said the entries showcase the high quality work that the industry produces and the innovative practices it engages in

A dispute about a demolished housing development in Midlothian has shown how a claim against consultants can be time barred before it is even known that there is a claim to be pursued. Is it time to change the law? The Scottish Government already has. It has passed the Prescription (Scotland) Act 20

An annual industry survey has once again placed Persimmon among the UK’s worst major housebuilders but there was better news for Barratt Scotland, Mactaggart & Mickel and Miller Homes. The nationwide survey from by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) awarded Persimmon just three stars out o

Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is hosting its first wave regional Pre Tender Workshops to discuss two of its upcoming frameworks. The workshops will bring together local authorities, RSLs and current SPA partners from across the country so SPA can ensure its Whole House Refurbishment and Improv

A cycling Olympic gold medallist has been given a hero’s welcome after he returned to work following a whirlwind week in the Middle East. Twenty-year-old Glaswegian Ruairidh Brown finished top of the podium representing Great Britain in the 10K Time Trial at the Special Olympics World Games in

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has launched its new grounds maintenance team after deciding to bring the works in-house. The Association, which has extensive areas of land throughout Argyll and Bute located and neighbouring its 5,100 properties, said the move will help deliver its strat

A worker in Australia who claims his ex-supervisor repeatedly broke wind at him has appealed against a court ruling that found he was not bullied. David Hingst, 56, sought a $1.8 million (£970,000) suit against his former employer last year saying his colleague, Greg Short, would “lift h

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Shell Pensions Trust Limited C/o CBRE Global Investors 

A £21 million construction contract has been approved to create the connections underpinning a major innovation district being developed in Renfrewshire. The Glasgow Airport Investment Area project will see new roads, bridges, cycleways and footpaths being built to connect into a site at the c

Four locations in Scotland have made an 18-strong shortlist as potential regional construction hubs for a new runway at Heathrow Airport. Heathrow is looking to pioneer the large-scale use of logistics hubs to build as much of the £16 billion expansion project offsite as possible.

Persimmon Homes West Scotland is to invest £60 million to bring forward a development of almost 250 homes in Renfrewshire. The announcement comes after the housebuilder successfully finalised a 27-acre land deal with the owners of Erskine Bridge Hotel.

The Highland Council has awarded the contract for a new nursery extension at Ullapool Primary School to Morgan Sindall.  The work will see the dilapidated former nursery classroom unit replaced by an extension to the school comprising two nursery rooms (one each for English and Gaelic Medium pu