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Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written to the UK Government to urge a rethink on VAT rates for building refurbishments and renovations. In his letter to Treasury minister Jesse Norman, he argues the current situation acts as a disincentive to improvement work that might make buildings more energ

Over half a billion pounds will be invested over the next five years to reshape North Lanarkshire’s towns and communities. The new £500 million strategic capital investment programme agreed at North Lanarkshire Council’s policy and strategy committee underlines the commitment to cr

Bield has appointed a new head of development and business growth who will drive its strategic objectives to create new opportunities for development. With more than nine years of experience in the housing sector, Elizabeth Peacock has taken up the role at a critical time for the housing provider, a

Shelborn Asset Management, the owner of Maxim Park near Glasgow, has introduced a new mobile app ahead of employees’ return to the workplace to provide real-time health and safety updates and digital access to amenities. 

Continuing the messages of congratulations on the 20th anniversary of Scottish Housing News is Sandra Brydon, director of Home Group Scotland.

CHAP Group is to sell its quarrying division to JKR Quarries and Concrete Products Ltd. for an undisclosed fee as it moves to streamline its operations to focus on construction and civil engineering. 

Haydn Mursell, the former CEO of Kier Group, has been appointed as chair water mist fire suppression business iMist, which has an office in Alloa, following a £4.5 million investment by private equity firm Foresight Group in January. Founded in 2015, iMist has developed its own range of high-p

The next steps of the £8 million redevelopment of Aberdeen station have been unveiled by ScotRail.

The final school to be completed as part of a £1.13 billion ten-year development programme across Scotland has been handed over to the local authority.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has today published new technical guidance into the different methods of measuring moisture in historic buildings which could help protect them from the impacts of climate change.

Burnhouse Engineering and Fabrication Limited is to relocate its design, fabrication and manufacture services to a new 21,000sq ft premises in Beith in a move that will effectively quadruple its non-ferrous and carbon steel production capacity. The company, led by managing director Ji

In a new initiative in its wider agenda for change, the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum is reaching out to every part of the industry to seek its views on training provision and the intractable problem of skills shortages.

COVID-19 has fast-tracked a social revolution where a wider range of working choices could be on the horizon for hundreds of thousands of workers, according to a new report by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT).  The report found that the workforce of the future - predominantly those who hav

A lawyer is facing a bill of more than £50,000 after having lost a court battle in a row over a "lovely thick" laurel hedge, The Times reports.

Govan Housing Association's plans to deliver new affordable homes at Water Row in Govan have been submitted for planning.