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Sir Robert McAlpine’s group commercial director Martin Pitt has left the firm. Documents filed at Companies House revealed that Mr Pitt, who had been with the business since May 2015, stepped down as a director yesterday.

A property management company has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision that a burden requiring homeowners in a housing scheme to contribute to the costs of maintaining open ground in the estate owned by the maintenance company was void because it created a “monopoly”. The S

Energy regulator Ofgem has today approved a subsea electricity cable linking Shetland to the mainland but said it is minded to turn down a similar application for the Western Isles. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) proposes to build a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from

Lucky pupils at East Milton Primary School in South Lanarkshire are set to benefit from a donation made by construction and manufacturing company CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The building firm is working with South Lanarkshire Council to deliver 30 affordable homes on a site adjacent to the primary school.

Marshall Construction has appointed Brian McDermott as its new managing director. Brian has been promoted from operations director of the general building division, bringing significant leadership experience and a deep understanding of the company to the role.

Edinburgh-based Miller Homes remains on track to achieve its 2021 target of 4,000 homes per year after its annual accounts revealed a strong financial performance in 2018, a growing workforce and an increase in forward sales. Operating profit at the housebuilder rose 15% to £151.1 million in 2

A flagship postgraduate student bursary scheme from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has received a major financial boost from the Scottish Government. Speaking today at the Scottish Young Planners’ Conference in Dundee, Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and plannin

More than 40 Aberdeen school children gained an insight into a career in the construction industry thanks to two team-building sessions held by local not-for-profit group, Grampian Construction Training. The events, which were held at Fernielea Primary School yesterday, saw pupils come together to b

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The group opposed to Aberdeen Football Club’s bid for a new £50 million stadium at Kingsford has said it will not appeal against a court decision backing the project. The Dons got planning permission from Aberdeen City Council in April to build a 20,000-seat arena and training complex al

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has received planning permission to build the next phase of its flagship Millerhill housing development at Shawfair in Midlothian. Mactaggart & Mickel is currently on site, finalising the first phase of the development which comprises a total of 137 private h

Persimmon is to become the first major UK housebuilder to offer a retention policy to protect homebuyers from repair problems. Under the new initiative, which begins today, the company’s standard contract will say 1.5% of the total home value can be withheld by the buyer’s solicitor unti

A petition has been launched calling for a Del Boy statue to be installed at the site of the soon-to-be-demolished tower block that appeared in Only Fools And Horses. Harlech Tower is the west London tower block which once was used to portray Nelson Mandela House, the setting for Del Boy & Rodne

A major milestone has been marked at Springfield Properties’ new Bertha Park village as the doors to the development’s show homes were opened with help from local councillors, Ian James and Anne Jarvis. The private and affordable housing developer officially unveiled five-bedroom and fou