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Shawbrook has completed a multi-million-pound facility to support Carmichael Homes in delivering The Moorings, a 40-unit residential scheme in Falkirk. Located in the commuter village of Reddingmuirhead, the new development will transform a former brownfield industrial site on the banks of the Union
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Structural steelwork contractor J&D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd has unveiled some management structure changes to the business, including new joint managing directors. Andrew Caldwell, who has been with the business for 29 years, has decided to retire at Christmas. Andy worked his way through from su
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Members of the Highland Council’s Climate Change Committee have welcomed continued progress across a range of projects within the council’s Net Zero Programme, alongside the approval of four new initiatives to further accelerate action towards a climate-resilient and sustainable Highlan
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Glasgow City Council has approved a five-year plan for the construction of almost 6400 new affordable homes.
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A council-led scheme to help owners of empty properties throughout Aberdeenshire bring them back into use and reach potential buyers is seeking to make matches. Aberdeenshire Council’s Matchmaker project allows owners of empty properties to list them for free with the council then able to shar
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Communities will benefit from cleaner air, warmer homes and new job opportunities under draft plans to cut emissions published yesterday, according to the Scottish Government.
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Scotland’s mainstream housing market is forecast to be one of the top-performing regions in the UK, with property values projected to rise by 27.6% over the next five years, according to new analysis from Savills. This robust growth significantly outpaces the 22.2% increase Savills projects fo
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Scotland’s construction market saw a pick-up in infrastructure activity in the third quarter of the year in what was overall a flat picture for the sector, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.
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Actions to reduce the risk of flooding caused by heavy rainfall have been identified as part of Perth and Kinross Council’s Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) for Perth.
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Sprinklers will become a mandatory requirement for traditional buildings that are newly converted into hotels in Scotland if changes to the law are passed. These follow recommendations from the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House Hotel fire in December 2017, which caused the deaths of Simo
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Members of the Badenoch and Strathspey Committee have agreed to adopt an Area Place Plan for the region.
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A Labour councillor's trip to the toilet during a meeting of Glasgow City Council's planning committee was caught on camera after the elected member forgot to turn off his webcam. Footage of the incident circulating online shows Bailie Hanif Raja walking into his bathroom and placing his laptop on t
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Armed Forces personnel and their families will benefit from the most significant transformation of UK military housing in more than 50 years, with more than 40,000 service family homes to be modernised, refurbished or rebuilt.
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South Ayrshire Council has said its plans to transform Ayr’s former Hourstons building and the Arran Mall into a ‘Living Well Village’ are no longer viable due to a lack of funding. Last year, LMA Architects sought listed building consent to partially demolish the building in
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Persimmon Homes North Scotland apprentice Casey Gardner has been named Apprentice of the Year at this year’s Courier Business Awards. The second-year painting and decorating apprentice from Fife impressed judges with her exceptional commitment to her trade, her eagerness to learn, and the prid
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