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Up to 4,000 Scottish households could benefit from a new £14 million interest-free loan fund to make their homes cheaper to keep warm. For the first time, housing associations will be able to apply for loans from the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) Loan Sch

Holyrood and Westminster have reached an agreement with the long-term aim of three-hour train journeys from London to Scottish cities. The move coincides with the publication of the HS2 Ltd report on extending a faster rail service to the north of England and Scotland.

Falkirk Council has commenced construction of four new speculative industrial units at Abbotsford Business Park at a cost of £1.3 million. JB Bennett was appointed as the design and build contractor and has started the construction preparation works, including establishing the site and its boundari

£2.6m grants bring first Scottish Creation Centre a step closer Three quarters of the funds have been secured for Scotland’s first Creation Centre – a project that could radically change the cultural landscape.

Organisers of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Tay Road Bridge are looking for images of the iconic crossing. Spanning the estuary of the river Tay between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay, the 2250m bridge was designed by William A Fairhurst and took three years to build between 1963 and 1966 at a

Lanarkshire radiotherapy treatment centre opens after Keppie revamp

The construction of an £800 million new community development in Aberdeen can begin next month after the UK government pledged funding for the project. The Westminster guarantee of £86m means Stewart Milne Group can now deliver new housing, schools, healthcare and parks at the Countesswells site.

A new operating theatre is to be built at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as part of a three-year £28 million investment. The Scottish Government has approved the full business case submitted by NHS Highland earlier this month.

A planning application has been lodged by Gray Macpherson Architects for a £10 million distillery and visitor centre in Hawick. Glasgow based The Three Stills Company Ltd, which secured funding for the project back in November, plans to redevelop the former Turnbull & Scott (Engineers) premises

Richard Murphy Architects will battle it out with fellow practices Beecher and 7N for the Building of the Year title from the Edinburgh Architectural Association. The Association has whittled down 34 submissions to reveal the shortlist for its 2016 EAA Awards.

Proposals have been submitted to Moray Council for the first phase of a development which will eventually bring 1,500 new homes to Findrassie on the northern edge of Elgin. Jointly submitted by Pitgaveny and Robertson Homes, the Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) represents the first phase of an a

Plans for a brand new Community Hub in Bearsden took a significant step forward this week as the partners involved in the £3 million project achieved financial close. The landmark agreement was reached between East Dunbartonshire Council, development partner hub West Scotland and contractor CCG.

Redpath to transform Blackfriars church in Edinburgh Redpath Construction has been appointed as main contractor by Stone Acre on a project to transform Blackfriars Presbyterian Church just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Plans for a new £150 million mixed use development that will create a new town centre, with housing, retail, leisure and business facilities at Blackdog have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. If successful the development will create 600 new homes, including 150 affordable homes, to accommoda

Plans have been revealed to transform one of Aberdeen’s most historic buildings into a 50-bedroom boutique hotel. Developers CAF Properties want to transform the 18th century Woolmanhill Hospital into a hotel and residential complex including 27 serviced apartments, 32 residential apartments and 1