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For the first time in over 25 years, the dry dock facility at Kishorn Port near Lochcarron in Wester Ross has been fully opened to the sea to allow a shipping vessel into the dock.

The owner of the scenic Fingask Castle in Perthshire has lodged plans to transform part of his country estate into a huge cemetery, complete with a burial mound.

Housebuilders will be able to apply for short-term loans of up to £1 million from the Scottish Government to support them through the coronavirus outbreak. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with liquidity issues due to the temporary closure of the housebuilding sector will be able to a

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Scottish Water

A fall in the number of planning applications combined with the postponement of the expected fee increase in June may result in longer-term effects on the planning system, writes Heads of Planning Scotland.

A plan which will position Aberdeen as a climate positive city while helping to lead the world on the rapid shift to a net-zero future and support the global energy transition by leveraging its unique assets and capabilities has been approved. Members of Aberdeen City Council’s urgent business

A forward-thinking housing association is seeking talented trailblazers from the construction sector to support its transformation plans. Caledonia Housing Association chief executive Julie Cosgrove has been shortlisted for Director of the Year in the 2020 Institute of Director Awards and, together

The largest construction business in Oban has fallen victim to severe cash flow problems stemming from the current coronavirus restrictions.

The collaborative organisation fighting to save the construction industry has urged the Scottish Government to adopt a five-point plan to assist contractors through the worst of the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government, housing and planning, the Constructi

All non-essential traffic should be permanently banned from Edinburgh city centre and public transport operated free of charge, according to one of the city’s leading architects.

The Scottish Land Commission has appointed Emma Cooper as head of land rights and responsibilities, which will see her spearhead the organisation’s work shaping change on the ground to ensure more people benefit from Scotland’s land. Formerly CEO of Scottish Rural Action, Emma Cooper wil

Solutions experts ECO, which has helped thousands of UK care home workers keep safe during the coronavirus outbreak, has applied its thinking and technologies to helping people feel safe in workplace environments. The firm has assembled a range of technologies aimed at keeping areas free of COVID-19

Donald MacKinnon, group legal director at employment law and HR firm Law At Work, advises on the steps businesses can take to limit losing staff and lays out the considerations which must be made if employers are forced into the last resort. The announcement by British Airways that it will cut

Moxon Architects has completed the restoration of two central civic buildings in the fishing port of Fraserburgh to form a single unified headquarters building for Aberdeenshire Council.

Edinburgh energy storage start-up Gravitricity has signed a land rental agreement with Forth Ports to build its first demonstrator project on land within the Port of Leith.