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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has confirmed that it has concluded a contract with East Lothian Council to deliver 28 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of its Belhaven Way development in Dunbar.

The number of homes coming onto the market for sale in Scotland increased at its strongest rate in three-and-a-half years in March according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

An Inverclyde councillor has been suspended for one month after he was found guilty of failing to declare an interest in a planning application for a major £350 million housing project at the former IBM Site in Spango Valley, Greenock.

Inverness-based contractor Capstone Construction has completed groundworks at a new residential development in the popular Slackbuie area of Inverness.

"Technically heat networks aren't really difficult. It is just large-scale plumbing. The heat's already there, we're just moving it.” With the Scottish Government’s New Build Heat Standard now in force, the installation of ‘direct emission’ systems for heating for new build h

One of Persimmon’s first apprentice painters and decorators in Scotland, Frankie O’Dea, was announced as a recipient of the John Mather Award at Ayrshire College last month. The Ayrshire College student took his first steps into the construction industry by enrolling in a course that pre

The Scottish Government's carbon assessment of its flagship £26 billion infrastructure investment plan has failed to provide “concrete evidence” of how it will deliver the emissions cut needed to hit net zero targets, it has been claimed.

The construction of a new ferry terminal building in Uig on the Isle of Skye, will be proceeding following a contract award to Robertson Construction Northern. Works are due to commence early summer with a completion in Spring 2025.

Councillors have given Craig Tara Holiday Park the go-ahead to replace its golf course with almost 140 new caravan pitches.

Fibre cement and fibre gypsum building solutions provider James Hardie has appointed Edward Dunn as channel manager to further support trade partners in the North. Ed has nearly 10 years of account management experience working for large national accounts and independent wholesalers. In his mos

A hospitality tycoon who bought a £23 million hunting estate next to Balmoral has stepped up his plans to build a mansion on the site.

Cairn Group, the estate agency and letting firm serving Scotland's central belt, has undergone a significant management restructure. The changes see Paul Shields, who has been finance director at Cairn for 17 years, and long-serving sales and investment director Jennifer McGonigle appointe

The Hong Kong authorities have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust after seizing 146kg of gold which was disguised as machine parts. The bust is estimated to have captured more than HK$84 million (around £8.5m) in gold and was intercepted in March on route to Japan.

Jenny Davies, associate director at Scottish Futures Trust, details the issues faced by key workers struggling to find affordable places to live and highlights some example solutions from around the country. Key workers are an integral part of our communities – from caring for our grandparents

A project manager who oversaw the reinstatement of 22 homes ripped apart by fire damage has been crowned with a coveted construction industry award by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Andrew Deacon, of Linear Design and Consult, was drafted in to help restore the apartments in Glasgow&rsq