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Work is now under way on a multi-million pound homes boost for Govan. CCG (Scotland) Ltd is building over 82 new homes and an office for Elderpark Housing near Govan Cross.

South Lanarkshire Council has broken ground in East Kilbride on one of its biggest developments of new council housing on the site of the former St Leonard’s Primary School. A total of 60 units will be built in a mix of housing types designed to meet local housing needs in general as well as,

An innovative new affordable housing project has been completed in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. Admiral Street, located adjacent to Paisley Road West in the south of the city, was once home to a confectionary factory in the mid-1900s and had been a gap site until being purchased by CCG (Scotlan

West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) has appointed Oban-based Neil McGougan Ltd as the new contractor for its £4 million major works programme. The works will include the replacement of 150 kitchens, 400 bathrooms, 90 windows and doors and 150 heating upgrades.

Multi-disciplinary engineering services provider HKA has expanded its team in Scotland with two senior appointments. Fergus Taylor joins as technical director with responsibility for developing the project and contract management dispute and expert witness service and supporting the wider multi

McGill & Co returned to work this week for the first time since being purchased from administration. The Dundee construction firm was purchased from administration by Catalus Energy Investments last month after the firm succumbed to disputes and delays in payment for a number of significant proj

Retirement home group McCarthy & Stone is to close its Scottish business as part of a continued restructure to reduce costs. The firm, which has already closed its southwest regional business, said the Scotland business is being wound down and closed over the next 12 months.

Redpath Construction has made a series of appointments over the past month in order to better service its clients and consultants. Gail Gray has been named new marketing & bid coordinator to support the BD & Marketing team.

An Edinburgh health and wellbeing charity has submitted detailed plans for the development of new ‘Garden Rooms’ adjacent to its existing Centre of Wellbeing in Craigmillar. Established in 1944, Thistle is an independent charity which provides support for people living with long term hea

The final stage of Highland Council’s West Link transport project is to commence following the award of the £10.1 million construction contract. Dingwall-based RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd has been awarded the contract to build the additional swing bridge and roundabout, with the associat

Two organisations delivering homes in Balerno have come together to provide the village with bespoke new gateway signage announcing it as the ‘Gateway to the Pentlands’. For more than three years, the desire for new signs has represented a key element of thinking behind the community cou

A local property developer has announced the official launch of a new 97 home development in Dundee. D J Laing Homes has returned to the area, recently crowned Scotland’s best place to live, to start work on its latest development and follow the success of the 200 homes it built previously in

With HMRC currently consulting on changes to the reduced 5% VAT rate that has been available for the installation of energy saving materials (ESMs) in residential accommodation, in order to bring the UK into line with EU law, experts at accountancy firm Saffery Champness have stressed that any

A lawyer has urged employers to take steps to ensure they hold on to vital international staff post-Brexit. Matthew Cole, employment partner at Prettys, issued the advice ahead of International Workers’ Day on May 1.

Plans to transform a former Fife maternity hospital into housing have been approved by councillors. The site of the Forth Park Hospital in Kirkcaldy, which has lain empty since it closed in January 2012, will be given a new lease of life in the form of 41 homes and the conversion of existing buildin