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Glasgow has been voted as the worst city in the UK for potholes. As reported by the Daily Record, a survey revealed that nine in 10 locals claim they have to dodge them on a daily basis.
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The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity hailed the huge impact of the £1.13 million of charitable services it provided to support the wellbeing of the construction industry during 2019. Last year saw a 56% increase in demand for the charity’s services through its 24/7 Construction I
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Councillors have approved plans for the development of 175 homes at Leathan Fields in Portlethen. Stewart Milne Homes will build the new homes, 46 of which will be affordable houses, beside Hillside School.
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Commercial fit-out and refurbishment specialist GHI Contracts has chosen to partner with building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd again with the delivery of three contracts across the central belt of Scotland. Comprising the reconfiguration of offices at 24 St Vincent Place in Glasgow, a h
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CBI Scotland has called for a national housing target to be set and more funding to be allocated to planning departments to improve the speed of decision-making.
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Fife Council has rejected an application to construct a new gas plan in Hillend. The local authority’s planning review body upheld its original decision to reject the plans in 2019.
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission) has resubmitted its investment case for the proposed transmission link to Shetland. Energy regulator Ofgem said revised proposals were welcome when it rejected £700 million plans for the 600MW subsea electricity transm
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Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has lodged plans to develop 74 new affordable homes on the Isle of Lewis. The social landlord wants to expand the existing Blackwater development on the edge of Newmarket.
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Energy and services group ENGIE has partnered with North Lanarkshire Council to host a series of zero carbon transition events ahead of the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP26) event in Glasgow in November. The partnership has launched the ‘ACT 2020 – Action on Climate Toget
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Jon Pickstone, deputy director of regional economic development at the Scottish Government, has been elected to the board of the Institute of Economic Development (IED). The EID is the UK’s leading independent professional body for economic development and regeneration practitioners working fo
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Work is being undertaken to remove asbestos from 160 council-owned homes in Aberdeenshire. The substance was found as Aberdeenshire Council initiated a modernisation programme for the homes.
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Kirkwood Homes has reignited plans for a £100 million hotel and residential development near Banchory. The developer has submitted a proposal of application notice (POAN) to Aberdeenshire Council for a tourism and leisure hotel development and up to 100 homes in Inchmarlo.
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Schoolhouse, Out Skerries is not your normal 3 bed detached house. These days it is more of a tourist attraction than a house. In just 4 years this property is now listed as one of the Top 5 places to visit in Scotland.
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A study is underway into the feasibility of replacing Scotland’s second busiest ferry service with a fixed link bridge or tunnel. The Highland Council, HITRANS and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are joint funding the study at the Corran Narrows in Lochaber.
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A company specialising in roofing work has been fined after a self-employed roofer was seriously injured when he fell from a roof. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that, on 1 September 2016, a self-employed roofer was carrying out work for Phoenix Roofing and Cladding Limited, placing new roof panels a
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