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Paul McGonigal explores the changes in VAT rules for supplies in the construction industry coming into force from October this year. From 1 October 2019 significant changes are being introduced to the VAT treatment of supplies in the construction industry. HMRC are concerned about the current levels

Muir Walker Pride Architects has received planning consent for a new eight-flatted development in the centre of St Andrews  To be delivered on behalf of Headon Developments, the project includes underground car parking.

Thames Water is removing a record-busting ‘concreteberg’ from under the streets of central London after discovering an industrial amount of solidified cement plugging three Victorian sewers. The work at the junction of Goswell Road and Hall Street, Islington is likely to cause traffic di

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Monkey Barrel Comedy Ltd

Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music and performance venue for over 100 years has received full planning permission. The £45 million venue, which will be called the Dunard Centre, will seat 1,000 people for concerts and events in the heart of St Andrew Square and is the flagship cultura

A key milestone in the journey to transform the Caol Ila Distillery visitor experience has been reached after Argyll & Bute Council formally granted planning permission for the development. With the green light given from planners, work is now expected to begin on the expansion of the distillery

The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has published its latest five-year corporate plan outlining how it will prioritise its work towards a vision of world-class infrastructure for the people of Scotland. Recognising that high-quality infrastructure underpins inclusive economic growth, sustainable commun

The reopening of a section of Princes Street Gardens which closed as part of refurbishment works to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh has been delayed by several months, the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) has revealed. East Princes Street Gardens, where a new accessible path and lands

A viewing platform could be built 100 metres above the River Forth as part of efforts to boost visitor numbers to the iconic Forth bridges. A ten-year strategy has been launched to promote the Forth Rail Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing and to attract people to the area for

A former Edinburgh rubber factory dubbed the ‘home of the wellington boot’ has been transformed into a creative industries hub and is set to be one of the largest printmaking facilities created for artists in Europe. In a major boost for the creative economy, Edinburgh Printmakers is set

A new trade park in Livingston which the Scottish Government said will help businesses grow and create jobs is to benefit from £2.18 million of public investment. The loan, financed from the £150m Building Scotland Fund (the pre-cursor to the Scottish National Investment Bank), is being

A new multi million pound lodge development created on former redundant farmland near Fettercairn has been launched by local developer Bill McDonald. Offering over fifty units in its first phase, Royal Arch Riverside Park is a five star development with a café/bistro currently under construct

Commercial developer Saltire Business Parks has signed up to a new office in Edinburgh and revealed plans to deliver 200 industrial units across the country. The firm has acquired three development sites and has targeted a further 10, as it plans to invest £10 million over an initial developme

Plans to build 55 affordable new council homes on the site of the former primary school site in Dumbarton have been approved by councillors. The 1.9-acre area has been empty since the former Aitkenbar Primary School was demolished in 2016, following its relocation to a purpose built shared campus ne

A housing-led regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in Scotland is among three Scottish planning projects to have won at the prestigious national awards ceremony of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). The 964-hectare Dargavel Village to the south west of Bishopton has been subjec