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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Gareth Cordiner as its new north division managing partner and Douglas Smith as its new Dundee partner. Promoted to partner three years ago having joined Hardies three years previously as an associate within its Aberdeen office, Mr Cordin

Data specialist Anna Reed explores the four key trends driving Scotland’s commercial real estate sector and shaping the future of the country. Scotland’s economy is getting back to business and so is its commercial real estate (CRE) sector. Creating opportunities for developers, investor

A planning application for the development of high-quality purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Edinburgh’s Canongate has been given the green light following an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government. Summix (CGE) Developments and S Harrison have been granted permis

Miller Homes has welcomed David McGrath as the new divisional managing director for Scotland East and West, the North East and Teesside, as well as timber company Walker Timber, which was acquired by the group in 2021. Formerly regional chairman at CALA Homes, David takes the reigns from Peter Thoms

Developers are launching £60 million plans to revive a vacant site in Aberdeen city centre. Levelling Up Real Estate wants to create a “buzzing hub of homes” on a huge patch of wasteland left empty for a decade.

A major landmark at one of the UK’s most sustainable new housing developments has been reached with the ‘topping out’ of Rowanbank Gardens in Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Structural building work on the final phase of Artisan Real Estate’s 126-apartment development has now been c

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish Government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

The monthly column from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) continues with Joseph Kilroy who looks at how stamp duty or LBTT can be deferred on properties to incentivise energy efficiency improvements. Introduction

An agency that typically supports the design of publicly-funded projects will lend its support to a charity’s ambitious proposals that will rewrite how care is provided to those with complex needs. Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), Scotland’s design champion, is working with C

Cala Homes (East) has confirmed sponsorship of Linlithgow Rose FC as the club targets domestic success this season. Linlithgow Rose FC players will wear the Cala Homes (East) logo on their home and away kits this season as the developer becomes its latest sponsor, supporting the team's push towards

Residents of a Perth care home enjoyed some early Christmas cheer as a new walkway was unveiled.  Tayside civil engineering contractor Kilmac designed, installed and donated the facility at Viewlands House, which is part of the UK-wide Abbeyfield charity. 

The boss of defunct Dundee construction firm McGill, Graeme Carling, has said he personally lost some £2.2 million and left "no stone unturned" in his attempts to save the business. McGill, lately registered as McGill Facilities Management Ltd, officially entered administration 

Residents at the Stewart Milne Homes’ Brackenhill Park development in Hamilton are playing their role in protecting local hedgehogs this winter. In a partnership between the housebuilder and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the Brackenhill Park community have installed hedgehog homes in comm

For the third consecutive year, staff at Cruden Group have come together to collect vital food, toy and cash donations to give back to local communities across Scotland at Christmas. Cruden’s annual foodbank campaign was launched in November. Since then, staff members working on-site and in of

Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has issued an urgent appeal to Deputy First Minister John Swinney, asking him to allocate additional funding for apprenticeships to prevent a shortfall in essential training. Scotland’s voice of the electrical industry is calling on Mr Swinney to