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NHS Highland has signed a £40 million contract with hub North Scotland to design and build two new community hospitals in Aviemore and Broadford. The milestone in the modernisation of community and hospital services in Badenoch & Strathspey and Skye, Lochalsh & South West Ross follows

Accountant Iain Masterton outlines key changes to VAT rules, details why they’ve been introduced and reveals what building contractors must do to ensure they are compliant. Forthcoming legislation changes could have a major impact on any building contractor business which is registered for VAT

WSP associate Ewan Jures on the importance of district heating networks. Scotland has been at the forefront of the climate change debate for many years and even more so in the last few months - having agreed to an ambitious target of net zero emission by 2045, five years ahead of the rest of the UK.

Eildon Housing Association has secured a £40 million private placement deal with the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), the major investor’s first private placement with a Scottish housing association.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged businesses to prepare for changes to the way VAT is charged following recent reports from that 150,000 construction firms could be affected.

An initiative led by Miller Homes to help support some of the most vulnerable people in the world in conjunction with global housing charity Habitat for Humanity has resulted in the building of three new Habitat homes in just over four days and over £50k raised to support the charity’s W

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Alan Brown

Scotland’s public health body should have more explicit connections with the planning system so that place-making can play a more preventative role in creating healthier communities, according to RTPI Scotland.

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) and the City of Edinburgh Council have tasked Richard Murphy Architects with carrying out a feasibility study to develop a long-term masterplan for Custom House in Leith. The study will consider a range of options to secure the future of the building wit

Galliford Try has completed the restructure of its construction business and is prepared to go to formal dispute resolution with Transport Scotland over a final settlement of the Aberdeen bypass, the firm said today. Outlined by the company earlier this year, the reorganisation saw the firm reduce i

A “magnificent” £6.2 million housing project is set to spark the regeneration of the West End of Paisley. Sanctuary Homes has transformed the site of Wellmeadow Street’s former Co-Op supermarket with 39 affordable properties, 24 flats and 15 houses for social rent.

Permission is being sought to demolish the outbuildings at the old McEwen's homeware store and cafe in Perth to make way for dozens of new homes.

Construction and interior fit-out specialist Dimension Shopfitting has become part of the City Gate Construction group after it was placed into administration yesterday.

Chartered surveyor and property specialist Graham + Sibbald has extended its services across Perthshire and the surrounding area with a new building surveying unit. The firm has increased the headcount at its Perth office to seven to offer building surveying services alongside an extensive range of

Govanhill Housing Association has appointed Glasgow-based contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd for a comprehensive tenement repairs contract that will see up to 16 properties benefit from major internal and external improvements and repairs.