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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Forth Valley College are welcoming the new cohort of apprentice stonemasons to the Stirling and Elgin training centres, equal to their highest-ever intake, as courses begin for the new academic year. The organisation has recently significantly increased its ca

Angus Council will not lodge any formal objection to a planned £40 million battery storage plant near the border with Dundee. The 80-megawatt proposal for the site near Duntrune would be the largest of its kind in the county and would capable of holding enough power to supply 35,000

Galliford Try has become one of the first construction companies to increase support to its people with a one-off payment to aid employees and their families with the rising costs of living. Individual payments of up to £750 will be made to around 1,800 individuals, representing more than half

A home made famous by appearing in hit Netflix show 'Stranger Things' is now available to buy. The Byers' house seen in early seasons of the show is a real home in Fayetteville, Georgia, and can be yours for $300,000 (about £266,119).

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd

The City of Edinburgh Council has voted down a planned redevelopment of the Old Tynecastle High School. S1 Developments had submitted an application for a new student residential development with at the site, with council planners recommending the application be granted, subject to co

A new Climate Change Committee that will also provide scrutiny on social housing, built estate and planning is to be created in the Highlands. The terms of reference and the formal creation of the new committee was agreed at a meeting of the Highland Council yesterday.

Ambitious moves to transfer ownerless properties which have fallen to the Crown into public control to benefit communities across Scotland have been unveiled today. The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR) has launched a consultation on his proposals for a new Ownerless Proper

HFD Group has appointed Elliot Cumming as property director, adding to the experience of its senior team. Elliot joins from London & Scottish Property Investment Management, where he spent two years as a senior asset manager. Prior to this, he spent the majority of his career in London at DTZ an

Lifting equipment hire firm LGH is increasing its operations in Scotland after securing an agreement with sister company, Rotrex, to use its base in Motherwell as a distribution centre. The news follows a sharp spike in demand for lifting equipment across the central belt of Scotland – especia

Three prominent retail and office buildings on Edinburgh’s George Street have been sold in a deal that defies the gloom recently associated with the retail sector. Broadlands Properties Ltd has acquired 86, 88, and 90-92 George Street from a client of CBRE Investment Management, with the multi

Two projects which will encourage people to walk or cycle more on streets and are designed to connect to and complement the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project were approved by Aberdeen City Council this week. A business case for the Ashgrove Connects project – for streets west of the Berryd

Dundee’s transformational Waterfront Place development – featuring an active travel hub, urban beach, high quality public realm and event space, a life-sized whale sculpture and an interactive play area – has been shortlisted for a top UK architectural award for its green impact on

A public consultation with drop-in sessions centred on proposals to rejuvenate Aberdeen's beach area and to consider their impact on the environment has started. The consultation on the Beachfront Development Framework and associated Strategic Environmental Assessment will include interpretive board

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has been granted planning permission from Fife Council for a programme of preconstruction ground remediation works as part of the delivery of the new neighbourhood Whitefields, Dunfermline. In a further positive step for this impressive allocated and master planned develo