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Eildon Housing Association has secured a £40 million private placement deal with the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), the major investor’s first private placement with a Scottish housing association.

Plans have been lodged to build 32 homes on the site of a former Dundee school on behalf of Angus Housing Association. Located on the north side of Fintry Terrace, the site was formerly occupied by the former Longhaugh Primary School which was demolished in March 2019.

Indursty turnaround veteran Alan Lovell has been appointed as the next chairman of Interserve Group. With an executive career including time spent at Tamar Energy, Infinis and Jarvis, Mr Lovell brings considerable expertise working across the construction and energy sectors.

Edinburgh building services specialist M-Pact Group Ltd is further enhancing its reputation for undertaking challenging and sensitive projects with the ongoing restoration of St Andrew’s House in the heart of the capital.

The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) has welcomed the procurement recommendations made by the Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and fair work committee. In its inquiry, the committee sought to understand the characteristics and challenges of Scotland’s construction sector and pub

Scotland faces a "property exodus" if Boris Johnson's proposals for stamp duty are put in place in the rest of the UK, property management company Apropos by DJ Alexander has warned. Johnson has proposed removing all stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for properties valued below £500,000, which the fi

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged businesses to prepare for changes to the way VAT is charged following recent reports from that 150,000 construction firms could be affected.

Plans have been submitted this week for new nursery facilities at two primary schools as part of Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) continuing school estates improvement programme. If approved, work would begin on new Early Years Centre at both Priorsford Primary in Peebles and St Ronan’s

By Jonathan Seddon, a partner and head of construction law at Morton Fraser If you are a developer and you've asked your contractor for a bond, then the chances are that the form of bond put forward will be the ABI Model Form of Guarantee Bond, or certainly something very close to that.

An initiative led by Miller Homes to help support some of the most vulnerable people in the world in conjunction with global housing charity Habitat for Humanity has resulted in the building of three new Habitat homes in just over four days and over £50k raised to support the charity’s W

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants’ head of energy Hefin O’Hare is all set to prove he’s an energetic ‘Hardy Boy’ by taking on The Three Peak Cycle Challenge to raise money for Glasgow’s York Hill’s Children’s Hospital.

A 1980s Whitehall office block, a cinema that once boasted the widest screen in the UK and the former headquarters of Birds Eye have been named in a top 10 of 20th-century buildings most at risk. Campaigning charity the Twentieth Century Society said that even buildings with listed status protection

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Fire safety is to be strengthened in new high rise buildings and facilities for people with disabilities improved in larger new buildings.

McGill Homes’ plan to convert a Grade B listed building on Dundee’s waterfront into residential properties has moved forward with the submission of a formal application.