First teacher takes up Springfield’s rent-free housing offer An initiative which offers rent-free accommodation to entice teachers to move to Moray has received its first beneficiary.
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Balfour Beatty look set to be appointed to the Dundee Rail Station Concourse, despite project cost being more than £7 million over the pre-tender estimate. The contractor submitted the lowest tender and received the highest quality score for its £28m bid, which includes a commitment to create loca
Inverurie has been named as Scotland’s solar capital as new figures reveal the nation’s love affair with home-grown energy for the first time. Figures from industry body Scottish Renewables and Scotland’s Rural College show that around 42,000 solar schemes (equivalent to around 660,000 250W so
Factory manager Colin Eadie at the CR Smith factory in Cowdenbeath New machinery which can reduce the production time to make a window from days to minutes has been installed at the manufacturing plant of home improvements company CR Smith.
Environmental groups have urged Scotland to catch up with England and Wales by making it easier for householders and businesses to reduce carbon emissions through the installation of solar panels and air source heat pumps. The call by WWF Scotland, RSPB Scotland and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland comes
The Scottish Government overrules local authorities more often than not when applicants take their planning permission appeals to ministers, according to new figures. Statistics compiled by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have revealed that 77 of the 145 planning appeals so far th
The Shetland Islands may have to resort to using barges and ships as homes unless measures are taken to address a serious shortfall in workers’ accommodation, an official report has warned. A new report commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) forecasts that recent pressures on worke
Major energy work to transform Melville homes in Forth Melville Housing Association customers in the South Lanarkshire town of Forth should see significant savings on their heating bills, following the announcement of a major energy efficiency project that will start this autumn.
A severe shortage of skilled workers and a “slow planning system” are hindering efforts to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland, according to a new research. A report from Lloyds Bank into the state of the UK housebuilding industry found real concern over the effect of the sector’s skills sho
The evening's speakers Craig Miller, Juliana Delaney CEO Continuum Attractions, Bailie Angela Blacklock, Andrew Kerr CEO City of Edinburgh Council with Kevin Smith (Image courtesy of The Real Mary King’s Close) £500,000 Real Mary King’s Close redevelopment completed
Ted Ayres Bellway has revealed plan to build up to 10 per cent more homes this year after it sold a record 7,752 properties in the 12 months to end-July, helping to raise pre tax profits by 44 per cent.
Nicola Sturgeon First minister Nicola Sturgeon has made an early election commitment to embark on a £3 billion programme to build 50,000 new affordable homes in Scotland if the SNP were to win a third term next May.
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has called on governments north and south of the border to provide more investment to assist Scottish construction firms through the public sector procurement process. A survey from Scottish Chambers of Commerce last week showed growth in sales revenue in the constr
MLA unveils new Scotch Whisky Association HQ Moving away from their traditional ‘home’ at Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh’s New Town, MLA have assisted the Scotch Whisky Association in their transition to a flexible, sustainable and collaborative way of working in their new HQ office at Quartermi
New research by trade insurance specialist’s construcaquote.com has revealed that the average British construction worker will eat upwards of 1,500 calories more than the recommended daily intake. Despite this revelation, less than one fifth of workers polled considered themselves to be at all ove


