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A commitment by the Scottish Government to fully involve planners in its drive to deliver a zero carbon target by 2045 has been welcomed by RTPI Scotland. Launching the Programme for Government 2019-20 in Parliament this week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ending Scotland’s contribution

The Academy for Construction People in Glasgow was one of the UK Training and Assessment Centres set up in March 2018 with support from CITB.

Consulting engineering firm Pell Frischmann, which launched an Edinburgh office earlier this year, is to move to a larger office having already outgrown its original accommodation. Launched in January with the appointment of Gordon Buchan as divisional director for Scotland, the Edinburgh office add

DM Hall’s Mark O’Neill on how Energy Performance Certificates can still prove their worth after 10 years. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Scotland’s electrical contractor trade body SELECT has welcomed three more new colleagues to The Walled Garden as it continues to refine and expand its many member services. Experienced marketing professional Linda Rolfe joined the team on September 2 as events, marketing and communications co

Six philanthropic organisations carrying out much-needed community work across Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway have benefited to the tune of thousands following the second annual hub South West Charity Golf Event. (from left) Helen Cameron, Ashleigh Building; Margaret Milton, hubSW

RSM VAT partner Philip Munn on the raft of VAT changes coming into force in October. Unless HMRC responds to calls from the construction industry and RSM, on 1 October 2019 the industry faces a perfect storm of VAT issues.

The proposed £30 million tourist destination on the banks of Loch Lomond looks set to be rejected after officials for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National park authority have recommended that its board refuse the application.

Midlothian Council has launched a public consultation on its draft planning guidance for the Gorebridge Conservation Area.

Contemporary buildings by architects including Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Norman Foster have been fused with ancient sites in Iran in a conceptual project by architect Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar. Zaha Hadid's Port House over Tepe Sialk in Kashan. Image courtesy of Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar

The UK Government is to delay the introduction of VAT Reverse Charging for construction companies by a year after a coalition of trade bodies and organisations highlighted its potentially damaging consequences.

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Collective Architecture has gained planning permission on behalf of Sanctuary Homes for the delivery of 133 new affordable homes in Cumbernauld.

Eildon Housing has unveiled plans to build up to three Extra Care developments over the next five years with the first starting on site next week at Langhaugh in Galashiels.

Perth and Kinross Provost Dennis Melloy ‘cut the turf’ last week to mark the start of works on a £4 million development which will bring 27 energy-efficient affordable modern homes to Crieff.