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A new manufacturing district in Renfrewshire which will create thousands of new jobs for the sector took a step closer yesterday as work started on site. Finance secretary Derek Mackay, Scottish Enterprise chief executive Steve Dunlop and Renfrewshire’s Provost Lorraine Cameron joined by Inchi

A £17.5 million development by River Clyde Homes to deliver 137 affordable rented homes at the historic James Watt Dock in Greenock is beginning to rise from the ground. (from left) Councillor Robert Moran; Kevin Scarlett (chief executive, River Clyde Homes), Stuart McMillan MSP, Marilyn Bever

A sustainable energy projects developer has announced plans for the first ocean powered data centre in the world in Caithness.

Whiteburn Projects is to host its second public consultation for new homes at Viewforth in Kirkcaldy. The project developer is preparing to deliver around 100 new homes, offering a mix of three- and four-bedroom new homes as well as two-bedroom apartments through the conversion of the original C-lis

Electricity regulator Ofgem has given the go-ahead to SSEN’s plan for a 220MW transmission link from Orkney Islands following a consultation, subject to conditions which ensure value for money for all consumers.

The ground has officially been broken at a new housing site at Fraser Walk, New Farm Loch in Kilmarnock where 56 new homes for rent will be built.

Dundee's Taybank Works will be partially knocked down to make way for 37 flats and houses for rent next year. The Courier & Advertiser reported that the site located at Morgan Street will be demolished and redeveloped into houses and flats for social rent.

UK developer Watkin Jones has signalled confidence in the student accommodation markets in Edinburgh and Glasgow with the release of its development pipeline. The group has secured development agreements for two purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sites with new client CA Ventures, a Chicago-

The rain failed to dampen the spirits of players at a golf day for the John Hartson Foundation at Harburn Golf Club in West Calder, sponsored by housebuilder Walker Group.

In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction industry have increased more quickly than in other industries across the UK. Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) lawyers Simon Lewis and Philippa Jones consider the common causes of construction insolvency and how to protect your position if insol

West Dunbartonshire Council’s new Dumbarton office has been named the best regeneration project in Britain.

The first tranche of new funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help build and improve thousands of affordable homes across Scotland has been drawn down by Wheatley Group at a record low-interest rate of under 1.5%. Wheatley, Scotland’s largest housing, care and property-management

In a year in which the Scottish electrical industry took another historic step towards being recognised as a profession, the country’s largest trade association paid tribute to the sector’s leading talent, drive and enterprise last week. Bernard McAulay being presented the Lifetime

The start of construction of new affordable homes in Glenrothes has been marked by Judy Hamilton, councillor and convener of the community and housing services committee, as she performed the sod-cutting ceremony earlier this week. The new development is on the site of the former Alan Mclure House c

The construction of a new pharmacy in Galashiels ground to a halt last week after medical syringes were found to have been planted around the site.