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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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Gemma Monaghan, head of R&D tax at Azets, cautions Scottish construction firms to understand new legislation governing 'contracted out' research and development, as HMRC intensifies scrutiny of claims and contractual language. The contracted-out legislation update has been welcomed as a sensible
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Plans for a large new housing development on the edge of Whitburn are set to return to West Lothian Council for consideration.
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Move over, modern builders — 7,000 years ago, the team at Provadia–Solnitsata in Bulgaria were already raising multi-storey homes, managing a booming salt trade, and performing some very unusual “construction rituals”.
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Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has secured a loan from The National Wealth Fund (NWF) for its six-turbine wind farm at Quanterness. The 28.8MW wind farm will generate electricity which will be exported onto the national grid, supplying green energy to homes and businesses in support of Scotland&
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Demand for commercial property in Scotland rose in the last quarter, driven by an uptick in the office subsector, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) commercial property monitor. But there are signs of some caution amidst rising uncertainty and fiscal tension.
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Plans by Miller Homes for a housing development in Hamilton have been approved.
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Plans for more than 80 homes overlooking Edinburgh Harbour have been recommended for refusal on a series of grounds, including flood risk. Put forward by Wilson and Gunn Architects on behalf of Edinburgh Marine Holdings, the plans for one, two and three-bedroom flats, three houses and nine comm
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North Lanarkshire Council and Amey have today launched a new open-source digital platform designed to support local authorities in their efforts to decarbonise the local roads network.
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A sheriff has ordered a joiner hired to fit a kitchen in East Kilbride to pay just over £20,000 to the homeowner after determining that he had failed to meet the implied standard of work by not building plumb and square plasterboard walls and dismissed a claim for the remaining balance due.
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Aberdeen City Council has agreed in principle to make an additional payment to private RAAC homeowners in Aberdeen to reflect the impact the material has had on the market value of their property, should they wish to sell their property to the council on a voluntary basis.
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Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland have announced their support for the new Homes for Scotland ‘Homes Build Futures' campaign. Launched in September, the campaign aims to push housing supply firmly up the political agenda in the run-up to next year’s Scottish Parliament electi
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Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is holding a major national summit today, with the aim of establishing common ground on how a low carbon economy can be built most fairly.
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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has submitted its response to the UK Government’s consultation on tackling poor payment practices, urging for reforms that protect suppliers without destabilising construction contracts. In recognition of the ongoing issues surrounding t
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