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Wheatley Group has drawn down £72 million of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) at a "highly-competitive" rate to build and improve more homes across Scotland. The funding deal – at a rate of under 1.70% fixed over 22 years – will enable the UK’s largest builder

Provisional liquidators have been appointed at Doorset Technology Limited after the firm ceased trading earlier this month. Established in 2010, the company trades as a manufacturer, distributor and project manager for doors, doorsets and related component products, operating from its main manu

Wates Group has become the first major contractor to unveil large-scale redundancies in direct response to the coronavirus crisis. The privately-owned construction, property services and development group has announced a programme of redundancies that will reduce staff numbers by approximately 300,

Social distancing failed to prevent Women in Property from holding its Northern and Central Scotland Student Awards 2020 events. Families, friends and professionals from the built environment industry gathered on May 27 and 28 to celebrate the achievements of the talented regional stu

Construction work on a development of 45 new affordable homes on the site of the former Lockerbie Academy is now under way.

Property developer Wemyss Properties has appointed Scott Brotherstone as contracts manager as the company completes a development which was paused due to the demise of the main contractor. Scott was the contracts manager for Central Building Contractors (CBC), which had been tasked with delivering t

The first major engineering works on a state-of-the-art composite structures research facility will begin in July as part of an industry-academic partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Babcock International Group.

A national scheme to help reduce people’s fuel bills restarted yesterday, bringing more than 300 staff out of furlough to start installing energy efficiency measures in people’s homes.

A conservation charity has submitted a planning application for the world’s first rewilding centre at its 10,000-acre Dundreggan Estate in Glenmoriston, between Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye.

Simon Lewis, Vicky McCombe and Sarah Wales take a look at the latest case in the ongoing share of disputes on the subject of energy from waste (EfW) plant construction contracts. Energy from waste plants have been the subject of their fair share of disputes, one of the most recent being in relation

Renfrewshire Council is to install Internet of Things (IoT) technology in its social housing stock which measures temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide levels and provides early alerts on issues such as problems with ventilation and potential dampness. (from left) Dane Ralston, MD; Jack Slater, h

Guidance published this week by the Scottish Land Commission argues that wellbeing should be a central consideration when assessing the business case for developing vacant or derelict land. There are an estimated 11,000 hectares of such land nationally and much of it sits in areas with the greatest

Westpoint Homes has submitted plans to build three five-storey blocks containing a total of 55 flats in Glasgow's south side. 

The Wates Group has today unveiled a series of organisational changes that will “intensify its focus” on the opportunities in its four key sectors. The announcement incorporates the appointment of four new divisional MDs at construction, property services, development and residential.

Wheatley Group has been confirmed the UK’s largest builder of social-rented homes in a newly-released annual new build survey by Inside Housing Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. The housing, care and property-management group built 601 homes for social rent between April 2019