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Private and affordable housebuilder Springfield Properties welcomed MSP Jamie Hepburn, minister for business, fair work and skills, to its Dykes of Gray village at Dundee. The minister visited Dykes of Gray to meet with a number of Springfield employees in a bid to see first-hand the variety of care

Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has bought Livingston-based Walker Group for £31 million. Funded from Springfield's existing cash balances and borrowing facilities with Bank of Scotland, the acquisition of the entire share capital of Walker Holdings (Scotland) expands the Elgin-ba

Plans for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk have been rejected by councillors. Drum Property Group had planned to demolish the two-storey red sandstone shop frontages and industrial units at Stead’s Place and replace it with a five storey facility co

Stewart Milne Group chief executive Glenn Allison has announced his retirement after 30 years with the company. Mr Allison will be replaced by Stuart MacGregor, the housebuilder’s chief operating officer, when he retires in March.

A project to transform a former school in Glasgow’s West End into student accommodation has been given the green light. Under plans designed by IDP Partnership on behalf of Urban Pulse, the building at 333 Woodlands Road will become 71 separate flats for those in full time education at one the

NHS Lothian has unveiled proposals for a new two storey renal unit within its Western General Hospital site in Edinburgh. Initiation plans from HLM Architects show the development will comprise clinical, staff and support accommodation, with associated landscaping.

Glasgow-based commercial property adviser Reith Lambert has appointed one of Scotland’s leading property agents to support the company’s expansion plans over the coming year. Audrey Dobson, previously senior director at CBRE, will join the 17 strong team as director, office agency.

A former architecture employee has admitted carrying out an armed robbery on a Dundee bookmakers six weeks after losing his job, a court has heard. Nathan Ritchie had been working for a practice in Dundee – but was made redundant last summer without a severance package.

Design and fit-out specialist Havelock International is to bring in reduced hours and four-day working weeks as part of a new ‘sustainable manufacturing’ plan aimed to boost growth. The firm, which was rescued after Havelock Europa was bought out of administration by Rcapital in July, em

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has reported a rise in half-year sales and profits as it continues to benefit from operating efficiencies. The country’s largest housebuilder posted a 7.2% rise in revenues to £2.1 billion in the six months to December 31, while pre-tax profits jumped 19

Four times as many Scots would choose to build underground systems for the UK’s most important cities over the post-Brexit “vanity projects” proposed by Boris Johnson, a poll has found. Since the referendum result, the former foreign secretary has suggested the creation of two brid

Mick Schou Rasmussen has been appointed as new managing director to lead Velux Company Ltd’s roof window business from its UK headquarters in Fife. Work on a £7 million expansion at the company’s UK and Ireland head office building at Woodside Way in Glenrothes got under way last m

The impact of continued uncertainty over Brexit, rising costs and squeezed margins are all reflected in the latest construction output figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Scottish contractors have said. According to today’s report, the all work series decreased by 0.3% in Qu

Contractors are being invited to bid for work on the Helensburgh Waterfront Development. The £18 million project will result in a new leisure centre and swimming pool opened in the town, replacing the existing facility which will be demolished.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and Zero Waste Scotland are joining forces to encourage the construction industry to find innovative ways to reduce construction waste. The construction sector is the largest consumer of natural resources and the largest contributor to waste to landfill