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Property fit-out, refurbishment and bespoke joinery expert SJS has celebrated a record £12 million year with a series of appointments and promotions. Three long-serving members of the team have been promoted to director level, while a well-known industry professional has been appointed as a fo

Edinburgh property group Sigma has launched a new Scottish Government-backed fund to invest in Scotland’s private rented sector. The Sigma Scottish PRS Fund will have initial resources of £43 million, with £30m provided by the Scottish Government’s Building Scotland Fund in t

A housing investment fund set up last year by the Scottish Government and Places for People Group’s fund management arm has acquired its first two developments. Housing minister Kevin Stewart launched the multi-million pound investment last year to deliver mid-market rent homes across the coun

An Aberdeen electrical company contracted to rewire and install new heating systems in Aberdeenshire Council properties has been fined for failing to put in place adequate barriers and physical warning signs around open floor hatches in a residential property. As a consequence of this failure the re

Scotland’s construction firms are once again on the front line as one of the sectors worst affected by growing advanced or ‘critical’ distress, according to Begbies Traynor. Latest data from the insolvency specialist found a dramatic rise in the number of businesses that have had w

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has appointed Fionna Kell to the position of director of policy. Responsible for developing and driving forward the organisation’s wider policy objectives as set out in its recently published five-year strategy, her initial focus will be on the Scottish Government&rsqu

The Canongate, a boutique hotel redevelopment in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Waverley regeneration project, has been placed on the market for £8 million by its owner. The former C-listed Victorian schoolhouse will feature 21 apart-hotel style bedrooms as well as commercial units which s

The Scottish Government has made an additional £80 million available over the next two years to help councils deliver affordable homes. In 2019-20 council areas will benefit from an extra £42m on previously announced funding for affordable housing. In 2020-21, councils wil

Scotland’s minister for energy, connectivity and the islands Paul Wheelhouse MSP will be visiting the inaugural Dcarbonise exhibition and conference and All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference, on May 16. Mr Wheelhouse will deliver a ke

Struggling construction firm Galliford Try has announced its intention to close much of its business in Scotland. Around 350 jobs are reported to be under threat, with most of those affected north of the Border.

Planning applications have been lodged for three new early years facilities in East Dunbartonshire. Holmes Miller has submitted plans on behalf of the local authority and its delivery partner hub West Scotland for the centres in Milngavie, Kirkintilloch and Bearsden.

The Union Canal at Linlithgow has fully reopened to public access following the completion of engineering work to reinforce its embankments. The £1 million improvement works, which began in November 2018, involved closing the section of the canal to navigation and pedestrians to allow Scottish

South Lanarkshire College, one of Scotland’s leading colleges, has chosen Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd to undertake an extensive range of service upgrades to improve facilities for the forthcoming academic year.

Construction of the extensive, mixed-use development on the site of the former Fountain Brewery in Fountainbridge has begun.

The new owner of Dundee construction services firm McGill is to revive the company’s specialist homes division. Chief executive Graeme Carling, who is one of Scotland’s largest private landlords through Carling Property Group, said the move would complement his knowledge of the residenti