Paisley’s new £7 million home of library services has opened its doors this month bringing back into use a formerly-vacant unit at the heart of the town’s High Street. The Paisley Learning and Cultural Hub is the new home for Paisley Central Library and has been designed as a moder
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A flood of green investment into Scottish land holdings could deepen divides between landowners and rural communities if new policies and regulation don’t keep up, a study by researchers at The James Hutton Institute has found. The Scottish Government-funded research, being published today, in
Real estate advisory firm CBRE has appointed Sarah Hagen as a director at its Glasgow office. She will lead the Glasgow Office Agency team with responsibility for investor and occupier services. Ms Hagen joins following a nine-year stint at Knight Frank, where she has been a partner.
Fiona Hodgson, chief executive of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation (SNIPEF), has responded to the publication of the Scottish Government's 'Starting a National Conversation on the Heat Transition in Scotland'. The government said its Heat in Buildings Public Enga
Angus Council has approved plans for 57 new homes on the outskirts of Carnoustie. DJ Laing Homes Ltd will deliver a mix of single, one-and-a-half and two-storey detached and semi-detached properties – 14 of which will be in the “affordable” criteria – on unused Gree
Scotland's energy minister has called on the UK Government to explore options to mandate community benefits from all onshore renewables projects. In a letter to the UK secretary of state for energy security and net zero Claire Coutinho, Gillian Martin MSP welcomed the recent UK Govern
Savills has enhanced its infrastructure and projects division in Scotland with the appointment of Jessica Arrowsmith as a new operations director. Ms Arrowsmith, based in Savills' Edinburgh office, joins from Edinburgh Airport where she led the change management programme for the operations tea
CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble brings this year's monthly Scottish Construction Now column to a close by looking back over the past 12 months. Readers of Scottish Construction Now will know how busy this year has been for CIOB. In this article, I want to reflect on a couple of our 2023 highlights, althoug
Scotland’s leading electrical bodies say they are looking ahead to 2024 with confidence as new figures show a healthy pipeline of emerging young talent – but also insist that industry-led apprenticeships are the only way to deliver the future of skills development. The Scottish Joint Ind
A Scottish charity providing medical and welfare assistance on the streets of Glasgow’s city centre has been given a significant financial boost in the form of a £4,000 donation from Mac Mic Foundation. Established in 2020, Glasgow Street Aid has already treated its 4,000th patient and o
The net zero services team at Burges Salmon has advised UK solar developer and asset manager Zestec Renewable Energy (Zestec) on a deal to acquire and invest into Scotland’s largest airport-based solar farm. The special purpose vehicle, acquired from ikigai Energy, holds the rights to build a
Advanced Traditional Screeding, the Fife-based screeding, resin, underfloor heating and consulting specialist, has become Scotland’s first Kiwa UK-approved installer of energystore TLA. Kiwa is an impartial, global testing, inspection, and certification leader whose Installer Assessment and Su
Scotland’s Regeneration Forum (SURF), a charity dedicated to the sustainable regeneration of places with social and economic challenges, has appointed four highly knowledgeable professionals to its board of trustees. The appointments were formally approved by the SURF board following an open r
A former nightclub in Dundee is to make way for an eight-storey student accommodation development after councillors approved proposals this week. Newtide Investments Limited had applied for permission to deliver 215 bedrooms where the old Liquid building currently stands on South Ward Road.
Kevin Reid looks at why supporting communities is more than a choice for The Cruden Group. With the season of goodwill in full swing, it’s a poignant time to reflect on how important it is for businesses to embed social value at the heart of everything they do. This has certainly become a

