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Advocate and former Labour MP Mark Lazarowicz examines the new SNP-Green deal and assess how radical an impact its commitments could have on the natural environment in Scotland. The ‘co-operation agreement’ between the SNP Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party includes, as one

Springfield Properties has welcomed its first electric van to its fleet as part of a wider sustainability strategy to reduce its carbon footprint. The van, which will be used by staff at Springfield’s kit factory in Elgin, is the first of its commercial vehicle fleet to be replaced with an ele

More than 15,000 Falkirk Council homes will soon benefit from an eight-year programme to replace doors and windows.

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has outlined its intention to work collaboratively with new Green ministers Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater in support of net zero transition ambitions following their appointments earlier this week. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has been named minis

An important milestone for healthcare in East Lothian was reached this week as project representatives marked the start of construction work on a refurbishment and extension of The Harbours Medical Practice in Cockenzie. East Lothian Health and Social Care spokesperson Councillor Shamin Akhtar and J

A remarkable conversion of a Victorian council depot to create 52 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Glasgow has been named as the winner of Historic Environment Scotland’s Conservation and Climate Change Award, a special category award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in S

A married couple has been banned for nine years each after diverting over £124,000 away from creditors. Jane Thornton (54) and Norman Thornton (65), from Telford, were both directors of the construction company Norjan (Properties) Limited, which went into liquidation in July 2020 with liabilit

Pupils of Silverdale Nursery in Glasgow’s East End have buried a time capsule in the hope that people of the future will find fun “artefacts” and “memories” from the 21st century. Aged between 2 and 4 years old, the children were accompanied by headteacher Margaret-Anne

Willmott Dixon has appointed Hugh Raven to a new board-level position of general counsel. Reporting to group chief executive Rick Willmott, Hugh will have overall responsibility for Willmott Dixon’s legal and regulatory affairs, supported by company secretary and fellow board member Wendy McWi

Euan Pirie, partner in the specialist construction and engineering contracts advisory team at Harper Macleod LLP, looks at a solution to price uncertainty for construction materials when tendering big contracts. Prices for construction materials have gone haywire in a perfect storm of conditions whi

A new build housing development in Kilmarnock is now underway with 43 socially inclusive homes for older ambulant disabled residents set to be delivered by CCG on behalf of East Ayrshire Council.

Ramboll's Stefanie O’Gorman, who sits on the Scottish Government's Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG), provides her analysis of the group’s 12 immediate actions for the new government to accelerate its response to the climate emergency. Working with the CERG group on our recent

Global real estate adviser Knight Frank has boosted its Scottish valuations offering with the appointment of William Rankine. Joining the Scotland team as an associate, Mr Rankine brings more than a decade’s experience in valuations, spending the last seven years as a hotels and leisure proper

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has called on the Scottish Government to focus on clarity, collaboration and consumers in order to avoid a “perfect storm” of circumstances threatening present and future housing delivery ambitions. The call came after the organisation’s annua

Aberdeen-based architectural practice Albyn Architects is celebrating one of its busiest periods to date by moving to larger premises and taking on two additional members of staff in response to an increase in business across all its services. Joining the practice in its move to the new premises in