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Homeowners in Scotland are the least likely in Britain to pursue major home improvements such as adding extensions or conservatories, the Herald has reported. A report looking at national planning application trends found that Scotland was the only part of Britain where the number of households seek

The world's largest fish-farmer has identified a quarry on Skye as the place it wants to build a new £80 million fish feed plant. The site at Kyleakin near the Skye Bridge was earmarked for the development by Marine Harvest after consideration of a number of different sites on the west coast. It is

An £11 million pound scheme is to enable a University of Edinburgh campus to produce its own low-carbon energy. The new Combined Heat and Power system, to be installed at the University’s Easter Bush campus, will provide electricity for the Roslin Institute and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterina

Construction work on a brand new secondary school in Falkirk for young people with additional support needs is starting soon after councillors gave the project the green light. The new £17.5 million school, which will replace the current Carrongrange School, will be built on land next to Moray Prim

Plans have been submitted for a new civic square in Glasgow’s south side, The Herald has reported. The new Shawlands Cross Civic Square is expected to host a range of markets and events by next May and has been promoted by Glasgow City Council as “a key attraction on the gateway to the city cent

Stirling Council is set to save £31 million over the next 30 years by installing energy saving streetlights. The local authority is borrowing £9.87m from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to install light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of traditional sodium bulbs in 12,000 streetlights over four fin

Aberdeen Bypass beams set for delivery The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) works at Craibstone will take another significant step forward over the next two weekends when 20 beams are planned to be delivered to form the AWPR bridge over the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness tru

McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has completed a £2 million fit-out for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s (SPT) new head office at 131 St. Vincent Street in Glasgow. The Glasgow office of McLaughlin & Harvey was on site for 18 weeks and delivered a full office fit-out for the transpo

An appeal to overturn a decision to reject plans to build new homes on the site of an ancient Perthshire battleground has been dismissed by the Scottish Government. Developer Ribbon Homes wanted to create 12 homes on land which was once the scene of the 17th Century Battle of Tippermuir.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s civil recovery unit will recover £2.2 million, under an agreed civil settlement with a Glasgow-based company which accepted that it had obtained business through unlawful conduct. The recovered funds will be used for community projects across Scotl

The Newburgh Underbridge, part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project, will see more construction activity next week when fifteen 29m long beams, weighing 52 tonnes each, are planned to be delivered to site.

An independent panel of judges has announced the finalists of the fourth annual North-east Trades Awards, after receiving the highest number of applications to date. The awards, which are once again sponsored by Stewart Milne Group, aim to reward and recognise excellence within the North-east trades

Major transformation of Arbroath's Abbey Quarter underway

Aberdeenshire Council workers have had to erase road markings that have baffled drivers and led vehicles directly into each others’ paths. The local authority has had to remove arrows painted on to Stonehaven’s Market Square car park after locals noticed they were directing cars to go in differe

Trade body Homes for Scotland has announced the shortlist for its industry awards as the organisation prepares for its largest ever celebration of the sector’s achievements. Featuring refreshed and refocused categories which reflect what Homes for Scotland’s wide-ranging membership do first and