First-time buyers have been handed a tax boost after finance secretary John Swinney announced sweeping revisions to his replacement for stamp duty which will see 50 per cent of all household transactions paying no tax. Revisions to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), which will replace St
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MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Duddingston House Properites Ltd/Urbanist Hotels Ltd.
Half a million pounds is to be awarded to the troubled V&A project by the UK Treasury as part of the third round of the Coastal Communities Fund. The latest tranche of funding through the scheme will see almost £10 million awarded across Scotland.
Trade bodies representing specialist subcontractors and major contractors have opened talks about creating a single body. The National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) and UK Contractors Group (UKCG) announced today that they are to explore the opportunity for the contracting supply chain to wo
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Glasgow Housing Association
Jon Dunwell Fit-out contractor Morris & Spottiswood said it is confident of substantial growth across the North of England in 2015 after increasing its UK-wide turnover to £74.4 million from £69.4m in the last 12 months.
Nicola Sturgeon Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for an assessment of the country's electricity supply.
RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Topland Hotels (No. 14) Limited
Vaughan Hart By Vaughan Hart, managing director at Scottish Building Federation
A huge fall in site safety inspections is risking workers’ lives, construction union UCATT has warned. The union discovered that last year the number of inspections of construction sites in Scotland made by the Health and Safety Executive fell 30 per cent.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: MGSPH Ltd
The number of new council home registrations for the rolling quarter in Scotland is up almost 16 per cent on the same period 12 months ago. Figures for November 2014 - January 2015 released by NHBC today revealed that Scottish local authorities registered 2,580 new homes compared to the 2,226 homes
UK construction companies indicated a further acceleration in output growth during February, driven by the fastest increase in new orders since October 2014, new figures have revealed. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index rose to 60.1 in February from 59.1 in December.
Pete Redfern Taylor Wimpey has hailed an “excellent” 2014 as profits rose more than 50 per cent.