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A taskforce created to identify and propose solutions to barriers to investing in homes met for the first time yesterday. The first Housing Investment Taskforce meeting was held in London and attended by housing minister Paul McLennan and various stakeholders from housing and finance.

A construction director has warned that building firms may be put off taking on social housing projects after he attributed his company's £3.5 million pre-tax loss to two fixed-price contracts. Perthshire-based Algo signed fixed-price deals to build social housing projects in Kirkcaldy an

Three vital causes supporting families and individuals in Edinburgh and the Lothians have been named the first recipients of this year’s Barratt Developments Community Fund. Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, currently donates £1,500 per month to l

Euroroute Ltd has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council to build five new homes on land to the west of 40 Kersie Road.

Campion Homes is now onsite to deliver three major affordable housing developments across Fife and Dundee. The family-run housing developer, which will mark 35 years in business this year, will build 99 affordable new homes as part of ongoing partnerships with Angus Housing Association and Kingdom H

Connect Modular has successfully delivered the first six houses to its new 14-home affordable housing development programme for North Ayrshire Council.

Cala Homes is considering plans to build 55 homes on the demolished Silverburn House site in Bridge of Don. The developer has lodged a building warrant with Aberdeen City Council outlining the £5.5 million cost of a potential development.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has acquired a Grade B listed former office building in Glasgow city centre for a multi-million-pound conversion to mid-market rent housing.

Two teenagers have been charged with misdemeanour trespassing after taking their partying to dangerous heights atop a crane at a Florida construction site. According to the Naples Police Department, the two males allegedly trespassed onto a construction site located on the 800 block of Gulfshore Bou

Plans for 70 new homes on the site of the former Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh have been unanimously approved.

National framework provider Pagabo has announced the 116 suppliers successfully appointed to its two new Professional Services frameworks covering Scotland and all remaining areas of the UK separately. Among the appointments are industry-leading names such as multi-disciplinary consultancies Rider L

Work will soon get underway to significantly improve public spaces on Melville Crescent thanks to £2.1 million in Transport Scotland funding secured by the City of Edinburgh Council. Improvements to the historic west end street will complement the recently completed City Centre West to East Li

Plans to conserve and redevelop a bingo hall in Leith into new student homes have now been submitted for planning.

Edinburgh College has an ambition to be at the cutting edge of environmental sustainability within the further education sector and aims to dramatically reduce its carbon emissions by 2030. With over 27,000 students, staff and specialist engineering equipment across the four campuses, the College ha

The new ONE SeedPod industry innovation hub for north east Scotland’s £2.4 billion food manufacturing sector has marked a major construction milestone. The project partners celebrated the 'topping out', or highest point, of the new build on the outskirts of Aberdeen.