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A “world-class River Park” along both banks of the Clyde is among plans being considered by Glasgow City Council for the regeneration of Broomielaw. The plans include a proposal for a world-class River Park along both banks of the Clyde; an examination of the benefits and negative impact

Glasgow City Council has approved a Property and Land Strategy which will guide how the council makes the best use of its substantial property and land estate. The possible relocation of council offices from the city centre to key regeneration areas across Glasgow is one action being considered thro

The Scottish Government has published its analysis of responses to the public consultation on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill which ran from September to October last year. Today’s document is the first of many milestones for the nation’s first investment bank in 2019 as

Work to transform Paisley Town Hall into one of the West of Scotland’s landmark entertainment venues has reached a significant milestone with the submission of a planning application and listed building consent. Holmes Miller has worked closely with Renfrewshire Council and Renfrewshire Leisur

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is working in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, Architecture and Design Scotland and the Scottish Government to support more innovative, greener designs in the housing sector. Building on the social housing sector’s track record

Researchers at Northumbria University have come up with a solution for mould, mildew and damp which cost housing associations, landlords and homeowners millions of pounds a year in repairs. Over the last year, Northumbria academics, along with partners from BIM Academy and the National Energy Founda

Child-shaped bollards installed by an English council with the intention of dissuading drivers from speeding near schools have been rotated after they were branded "creepy" by residents. The bollards were installed in the Buckinghamshire parish of Iver earlier this year, with Buckinghamshire CC sayi

Springfield Properties, which delivers private and affordable housing throughout Scotland, has announced interim results for the six-month period ended 30 November 2018 showing revenue in its private housing and affordable divisions has increased, with profit before tax across it operations soaring

Architectural technology students from New College Lanarkshire have designs on a brighter future after completing work placements at companies across the central belt of Scotland. Twenty-four students of HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology (CAADT) at the Motherwell Campus

Historians have appealed for help in piecing together the life and work of a Scots pioneer of female architects, mysteriously murdered in Fife 51 years ago this month, The Scotsman has reported. Kathleen Veitch was born in 1907 to a tweed manufacturer in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, and raised near Haw

A Scottish firm that has pioneered technology using plastic waste to surface roads has opened its first factory in Dumfries and Galloway. The MacRebur plant in Lockerbie will granulate rubbish which would otherwise have gone to landfill to help produce asphalt.

The University of Bath is testing a number of waste materials to assess their thermal performance as potential materials for insulating buildings. A collaborative project with the University of Brighton, UniLaSalle in Rouen, France, and five other academic and non-academic partners is investigating

Following the news that five office fit-out companies were fined more than £7 million after admitting being involved in cartel behaviour, law firm MacRoberts looks at some recent fines issued by the CMA and the general approach to cartel behaviour in the UK. The Fines

Fife Council has approved an investment plan which aims to deliver 3,500 new homes by 2022. Fife Housing Partnership’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2019-2022 was recently approved by the council's Community and Housing Services Committee.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the prolonged uncertainty surrounding Brexit will likely further damage the Scottish housing market. Results from the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, which came as Theresa May’s Brexit deal was thrown out of Parliame