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A more selective approach to contract bidding has paid off for T Clarke as the building services contractor reported a profits jump and record order book. In a trading update today, the firm said underlying operating profit before interest and taxation of circa £8.6 million (2017: £7.3m)

Essential enabling works are now under way at a recently-approved housing development in Midlothian. Proposals from CALA Homes and Avant Homes to build at Mauricewood, to the north of Penicuik, were unanimously supported by the planning committee of Midlothian Council.

A senior site manager has represented his Midlothian development on the UK stage at the housebuilding industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony. Ian Welsh, senior site manager with CALA Homes (East), was crowned a runner-up in the Large Builder category for his work at Mayburn Park, Straiton

A new Protocol and toolkit that sets out practical advice on how landowners, land managers and communities can work together to make better and fairer decisions about land use has launched today by the Scottish Land Commission. The Protocol supports the Guidance on Engaging Communities in decisions

The UK Government has today confirmed its £100 million investment in the Ayrshire Growth Deal. Scottish secretary David Mundell made the announcement as he visited HALO Kilmarnock and Ayrshire College.

Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from its specialist property investment team to partnership positions. Colin Anderson joined Maven in 2014 to further grow Maven’s property investment business, having previously spent 11 years in the c

Private and affordable housebuilder Springfield Properties welcomed MSP Jamie Hepburn, minister for business, fair work and skills, to its Dykes of Gray village at Dundee. The minister visited Dykes of Gray to meet with a number of Springfield employees in a bid to see first-hand the variety of care

Design proposals for the last leg of Glasgow's South City Way route are to be unveiled at a drop-in event for the public. The £6.5 million project, which will create a segregated pathway between Queen's Park and the city centre, is on track for completion in 2019. The final phase of the 3km ro

Organisers of Ballater's annual Highland Games have warned that the event is under threat due to a proposed new housing development. Land which is used for car parking during the games, which have been held in the burgh every August since 1864, has been earmarked for 250 homes.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Dandara Ltd

Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has bought Livingston-based Walker Group for £31 million. Funded from Springfield's existing cash balances and borrowing facilities with Bank of Scotland, the acquisition of the entire share capital of Walker Holdings (Scotland) expands the Elgin-ba

Plans for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk have been rejected by councillors. Drum Property Group had planned to demolish the two-storey red sandstone shop frontages and industrial units at Stead’s Place and replace it with a five storey facility co

Stewart Milne Group chief executive Glenn Allison has announced his retirement after 30 years with the company. Mr Allison will be replaced by Stuart MacGregor, the housebuilder’s chief operating officer, when he retires in March.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured planning permission from Renfrewshire Council for the provision of 110 new homes through the development of land at the former Johnstone Hospital site on Bridge of Weir Road in Linwood. The 9.97-acre brownfield site is already identified for housing and will d

An Austrian-based specialist has been appointed to build an anaerobic digestion gas to grid plant at The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). The plant will take the city’s food waste, agricultural crops, and waste products to produce biogas to power the multi-million-pound new TECA arena, conferenc