David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).
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Jo Skinner Independent Aberdeenshire housebuilder Bancon Homes has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of an experienced sales and marketing director.
Laura Tainsh The Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-domestic Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2016 came into force on September 1, and are one of the latest measures brought in by the Scottish Government aiming to reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint, writes Laura Tainsh from Davidson Chalmers.
Sandy Adam, Springfield Properties chairman Springfield Properties has opened consultation on plans to build a new village at Durieshill near Stirling after lodging a Pre-Application Notice with Stirling Council.
Ashleigh (Scotland) joint managing director, Douglas Small handing keys for the Kirkcudbright properties to Loreburn’s chief executive, Lorraine Usher Ashleigh Scotland partnership reaches 500 new homes milestone
(from left) Maurice Corry – regional MSP West Scotland, Malcolm MacLeod – regional director NHBC Scotland, John McColgan – senior site manager (Keepmoat) Conservative MSP for West Scotland, Maurice Corry, visited a new build housing development in Greenock to assess the measures being taken by
Plans for the new Boroughmuir High School First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited the site of the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh this morning to highlight a record year for the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future building programme.
Rodney Whyte A property lawyer has called on local authorities to offer ‘planning gain holidays’ to revive stalled commercial and housing developments.
Golden Jubilee Hospital First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled the sixteen projects that will benefit from the infrastructure stimulus package to support the economy following the EU referendum result.
Bill Robertson CBE Infrastructure, support services and construction group Robertson is set to announce a record year of turnover as well as its strongest forward order book thanks to continued growth in all of its companies.
Humza Yousaf Transport Scotland has announced the intention to award the contract for the next phases of design for the A90 Laurencekirk junction upgrade to Amey.
Lesley McLeod The Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced the appointment of Lesley McLeod as its new CEO.
Derek Mackay Thirteen of Scotland’s leading business organisations have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for finance and the constitution seeking a reversal of the decision to double the Business Rates Large Business Supplement from 1.3p to 2.6p.
Michael Matheson The Scottish construction sector is set to welcome changes to legislation aimed at tackling the problem of metal theft.
Sean O’Callaghan, area operations director for Kier Construction Scotland, Lord Provost George Adam and Alumno Developments managing director David Campbell at Powis Place New students move in to £11m Aberdeen accommodation


