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BESA Scotland is celebrating the success of refrigeration apprentice Josh Collins at the national finals of the 2019 WorldSkills SkillFRIDGE competition.

A vision for the creation of an inspiring school learning space is to become reality after primary pupils won an innovative new competition run by the City of Edinburgh Council. St John Vianney RC Primary School pupils came up with the idea of transforming their outdated Audio Visual room into a fle

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed chartered building surveyor Carla Walker as an associate in its Inverness office. A former pupil of Dingwall Academy, Walker graduated from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen with an Honours Degree in Building Surveying and has a wealth

An entertainment, leisure and sports venue consultancy has earmarked a site at Straiton with plans to deliver a new privately funded 8,000 capacity indoor arena. 

Port of Leith Housing Association has attracted investment of £40 million from Scottish Widows, bolstering its plans to create more than 650 social and mid-market rent homes by 2025. The funding will be drawn in stages at a low 30-year fixed rate of 2.84%.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has heaped praise on the £110 million University of the West of Scotland (UWS) campus at Hamilton International Technology Park.

Fife Council hosted the 13th House Builders' Forum last week in Lochgelly.

Energy, services and regeneration specialist ENGIE held a groundbreaking ceremony last week to mark the commencement of a £2.5 million construction project in Bellshill. The development, in partnership with the Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA), will see derelict land on Hamilton Road tr

Architecture and Design Scotland’s (A&DS) director of place, Diarmaid Lawlor, will join Scottish Futures Trust at the start of 2020. Mr Lawlor has worked at Architecture and Design Scotland since 2008 and has during this time led on key work including urbanism, place and a particular focus

Planning applications have been submitted to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park which would see 14 new homes built in the region.

The number of million-pound-plus properties sold in Edinburgh, which grew by 41% to reach 18 in the first half of 2019, accounted for 66% of all million-pound houses sold in Scotland during that period, according to Bank of Scotland.

The outcomes of the prestigious 2019 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last week at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel. Representatives of the five category winning initiatives for 2019 were personally congratulated on their i

Falkirk Council has announced plans to replace the derelict Bonnybridge Social Club on Main Street with 22 flats for social rent.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published a new guide to help its members and the wider sector embed sustainable outcomes into practice.

A Linwood maisonette has had a makeover in time for Christmas thanks to a pioneering partnership between Mactaggart & Mickel and charity Who Cares? Scotland.