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A property development firm has succeeded in appealing a decision of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland that they were considered the property factors of a building under the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 and were required to comply with the Property Factor Code of Conduct.
7 minutes
A dispute concerning the terms of a guarantee agreement between a biogas company that instructed a contractor to build it an anaerobic digestion plant in Aberdeenshire and the contractor’s sub-contractor has been resolved in favour of neither party.
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A local authority has become the first in Scotland to adopt a “radical” economic model to plot a way forward now and post COVID-19.
4 minutes
The GMB Union is in urgent talks with JCB in an attempt to save nearly 1,500 jobs following a fall in demand due to coronavirus.
1 minute
The Scottish Government has been asked to review Perth & Kinross Council’s refusal of a housing application in Milnathort.
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MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Hercules Unit Trust
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A world-first programme using green hydrogen to heat homes could be built in Fife if proposals are approved by energy regulator Ofgem.
4 minutes
Roddy Cormack, accredited specialist in construction law and legal director at Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, explores the role of designers in the return to operations for the construction industry in the new COVID normal. It’s important to remember the responsibiliti
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A survey by the CITB has found that just 141 construction apprentices out of more than 10,800 contacted have been made redundant in Britain due to the coronavirus pandemic to date.
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A 1,000-year-old English flour mill has resumed commercial production for the first time in decades to meet a spike in demand in from the UK’s locked-down residents.
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Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay appeared on BBC Scotland’s The Nine this week to outline why she thinks the home building industry is uniquely placed to begin a safe, phased return to work and complete the 6,000 homes currently awaiting finishing touches.
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East Lothian Council has approved a raft of housing applications including detailed planning permission for the first of three affordable housing developments on the Windygoul site in Tranent.
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Developer and investor Parabola has submitted a planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council for the residential-led phase of the development of the new zero carbon quarter of the city.
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