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A chihuahua was rescued from a building destroyed by fire in Perth last month – after surviving for nearly two weeks in the damaged tenement. The puppy called Vilo, which means “to live” or “to thrive and flourish” in Slovakian, was feared killed in the Scott Street fir
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Dr Victoria Hills has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Dr Hills, who is currently chief executive officer of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), will take up the post later this year.
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Dumfries and Galloway College has paid tribute to three construction students who represented the college at a prestigious SkillBuild 2025 competition in Newcastle. SkillBuild, delivered by CITB, is the UK’s largest construction competition for trainees and apprentices, bringing talented appre
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Homelessness charity Social Bite has identified a site in Mill O'Mains for its proposed "recovery village" in Dundee. With support from the WM Sword Charitable Trust, the Bill Sword Social Bite Recovery Village aims to provide a beautiful, innovative and highly supported residential community for vu
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The Forth Bridge will this weekend mark 10 years since the iconic landmark was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge became Scotland’s sixth World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. It joined Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New La
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Barratt and David Wilson Homes West Scotland have been named Large Housebuilder of the Year at the 2025 Scottish Home Awards.
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Work has officially begun on a major new wind farm in South Lanarkshire, marking a key milestone in Scotland’s renewable energy ambitions. The £155 million Mill Rig Wind Farm, brought forward by UK renewables developer OnPath Energy, will generate enough renewable energy to power approxi
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Site managers across Bellway Scotland East and West divisions have been recognised for the quality of their work at coveted national awards. Four site managers, two from each division, have secured Quality Awards in the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) annual Pride in the Job competiti
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Plans have been unveiled to transform part of Ravenscraig into what could become one of the UK’s largest green AI data centres.
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Elderpark Housing director of asset management Duncan Smith outlines the technical innovation, financial support and political commitment required to retrofit Glasgow's tenement homes towards a zero-carbon future while, crucially, preserving what makes them special.
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An art deco former cinema that was saved from demolition after a last-minute intervention by Glasgow City Council has now been added to the list of Scotland’s protected buildings. Allied Vehicles, which owns the former Mecca/Vogue cinema at 124 Balmore Road in Possilpark, was granted a de
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Two new primary schools have officially been handed over to East Lothian Council.
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Bell Hammer has completed demolition and site clearance for the development of Rosebery, a 150,000 sq ft prime office development in Edinburgh city centre, owned by Aviva Investors, the asset management business of Aviva plc.
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Calum White, the Edinburgh-born founder of Dubai-based estate agency White & Co, has joined Simpson & Marwick as director of growth & innovation. Since launching his own business in 2021, Calum has grown it to a team of 420 with a projected turnover exceeding £60 million – a
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As the programme director of the inaugural Scottish Construction Summit, Paul McDevitt sets out five reasons why he's really looking forward to this event and why hopefully you will be too. The current model isn’t working and is jeopardising the viability of the whole sector. The UK econo
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