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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

Energy company Drax has acquired battery energy storage sites near the village of Neilston in East Renfrewshire and in East Kilbride.

Edinburgh property portal ESPC has revealed the capital’s top-performing rental postcodes for Q3 2025, highlighting where buy-to-let investors are achieving the strongest returns. Using rental data from Citylets alongside ESPC’s latest house price analysis, the report identifies the area

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

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) welcomed more than 600 young people across Scotland this week as they took part in Heritage Careers Week 2025. The festival of career events returned for its second year to spotlight opportunities in the heritage sector.

The number of UK construction companies in ‘critical’ distress has soared by 70.2% in the last year to 7,361, according to the latest monitor of the financial health of UK companies.

With the Home Office ramping up compliance activity and the government proposing to extend right to work checks to contractors and the self-employed, Carolyn Bowie, a partner and head of BTO’s Immigration law practice, offers practical advice to construction firms facing a growing compliance c

Property firm Rettie has forecast that Scottish house prices are to rise by 3% in 2025.

Borrowing by Scotland’s social housing providers has surged over the last year, with total available debt facilities exceeding £7 billion for the first time, the Scottish Housing Regulator has revealed. A new report from the regulator reveals a significant rise in lending, signalling gro

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has unveiled ambitious plans for the redevelopment of Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station and the surrounding urban block, including new homes, offices, shops, and public spaces.

Shettleston Housing Association is partnering with Warmworks, an organisation with 10 years of experience in tackling fuel poverty, to deliver a new project that will make homes warmer for tenants in Glasgow. The Renewable Heat Project with Shettleston Housing Association will see 15 properties fitt

Kelty is set to undergo a major transformation after Fife Council’s West and Central Planning Committee approved a key stage of a 900-home masterplan for the village.

Aberdeen’s housing market contracted by 0.5% as sales grew nearly 13% in the third quarter of 2025, according to the latest report from the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Real Estate Research. The findings, based on data supplied by Aberdeen Solicitors' Property Centre (ASPC) member

Plans for a large new housing development on the edge of Whitburn are set to return to West Lothian Council for consideration.

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”.