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Planning permission has been granted for a purpose-built student accommodation facility with 64 studio apartments in Edinburgh following a successful appeal by property and development company S Harrison. Planning consultant Turley managed the appeal process that resulted in a decision being issued

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to St Joseph’s Church in Whitburn to benefit the community in the immediate local area. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the homebuilder is donating potentially life-saving PAD&rsq

Staff at a London architecture practice have notified their employer that they intend to ballot for strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions in what could be the first-ever strike by private sector architectural workers in the UK. The workers at Atomik Architecture are calling fo

Following her first three months as Homes for Scotland CEO, Jane Wood is astounded that there is so much that people don’t know or value about home building. Transitioning into a new sector is always challenging, not only in terms of needing to learn at pace to support your leadership thinking

Thousands of construction workers have been left in limbo over whether their site will be closed and whether they will receive an additional day’s paid holiday if it is, construction union Unite has warned. The UK government declared Monday 19th September 2022 is to be a national holiday to ma

David Wilson Homes has donated £500 to Canine Partners, which matches specially trained assistance dogs with people who have physical disabilities. The donation forms part of a longstanding partnership between the homebuilder, which has a golden retriever mascot, and the charity, and recognise

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland is continuing its support of social mobility charity Career Ready through paid internships and mentoring for young people in Fife. The housebuilder has provided three young people as they transition from S5 into S6 with paid, four-week internship this summer, alongsi

Midlothian Council and Vattenfall Heat UK, part of Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall AB, have formed a 50/50 joint venture to deliver low-carbon heat to homes and businesses within the Midlothian area. Midlothian Energy Limited will explore possibilities to capture waste heat from indust

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has lost a planning appeal over a proposed new development in Monifieth. The firm submitted a planning application to build 50 homes at the Victoria Street development last October.

CR Smith has welcomed seven new recruits to its manufacturing plant in Fife this summer, who all joined the company through cross-industry jobs initiatives that support people into work. In partnership with DWP Fife, Kingdom Works and Fife College, CR Smith helped to create a new manufacturing skill

The Glasgow offices of the Mental Health Network charity are being fully refurbished thanks to Hub West Scotland's Helping Hands project. Hub West Scotland's ‘Helping Hands’ Project is about coming together with its supply chain to make a real difference to local communities through

Jacobs has been awarded the Design & Project Services Framework with energy utility National Grid in the UK to support their full construction of the Electricity and Gas Transmission cycle. Through the new four-year framework, Jacobs will provide feasibility and survey works, front-end conceptua

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has successfully overturned a planning decision regarding its proposed Sibbalds Wynd development in Bathgate. The housebuilder’s proposals included the provision of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes, new play areas as well as new bus stops on Sibbalds Brae, te

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced that, in partnership with First Step Community Project in Musselburgh, it will donate £25 for each new home sold and legally completed within phase 2 of 149 new homes at its Ravensheugh development in nearby Wallyford. A total sum of £3,725

Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) celebrated Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week by donating a signed Scotland international football shirt to the local community centre in Nethercraigs, Glasgow. Abi Harrison, who recently scored the winning goal for the Scottish National Team world cup play-off aga