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A manager at a Dundee building merchants who embezzled more than £73,000 from his bosses is facing jail. Jonathan Green was a sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants in Dundee when he carried out the year-long fraud.

Over £700,000 funding to improve housing for crofters Crofters in some of Scotland’s rural and remote communities will benefit from better housing through funding from the Scottish Government.

Building services contractor T Clarke has returned to a net cash position after a solid first half performance. Revenues from continuing operations rose to £121,6m from £107.3m last time. Underlying operating profits rose to £2.2m from £2.1m and reported operating profits of £2.1m were up from

A modified draft of the Angus Local Development Plan (ALDP) has been agreed which identifies land for the development of around 330 new homes per annum across the area to 2026. Given the green light by Angus Council this week, the plan also gives continued support for existing sites and brownfield o

Heart of Midlothian Football Club has formally submitted a planning application for a new Main Stand at its Tynecastle stadium. The next stage of the Tynecastle redevelopment will see the stadium transformed into a 20,000-plus capacity stadium in time for the 2017-18 season.

Proposals have been announced for the delivery of new neighbourhood facilities at Southdale, the £300 million mixed-use development in West Lothian. Located immediately south of Armadale, the overall Southdale project has the potential for around 2,000 houses and flats if future phases are consente

Builders’ merchants in Scotland have reported some of the strongest sales in the country compared to this time last year despite uncertainty leading up to the EU referendum. Data released by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) shows that June sales in Scotland are up 12.4 per cent compared to

The Caithness Broch Project is planning to recreate Iron Age roundhouses in Lego to loan to museums, encouraging people to find out how they were built and used thousands of years ago. Kenneth McElroy, chairman of the Caithness Broch Project, believes that constructing a replica building from Lego w

The Scottish Government has given Glasgow City Council permission to compulsorily purchase 14 areas of land on the edge of Glasgow Green to pave the way for Thenue Housing Association to develop new homes. The majority of the sites on London Road, Monteith Row and Monteith Place have been cleared of

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has created a new industry relations director role to boost industry engagement at a time of critical change for employers. Construction firms face major changes, including the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit, an overhaul of skills policy and Fur

Robertson Tayside is reaching the final stages of the £8 million construction of the new Sidlaw View Primary School in Dundee. Up to 400 pupils would be able to attend the new two-stream primary school, which will be part of a campus including Jessie Porter Nursery and the replacement for Baldragon

Iconic Bellahouston Academy brought back to life The original Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow has been transformed into high-quality office accommodation.

North Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a distillery on the Isle of Arran. Independent Scotch producer Isle of Arran Distillers received the green light for its plans for the facility in Lagg on the south end of the island.

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has been appointed by Perth & Kinross Council to design and build a new road bridge over the Black Water. The original Bleaton Hallet Bridge was damaged beyond repair when the eastern abutment was washed away by the sheer force and volume of

Plans lodged for Huntly affordable homes Aberdeenshire Council has submitted plans for the creation of 12 affordable homes within a conservation area in Huntly town centre.