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Proposals for a new distillery and bespoke visitor experience within a 19th century Engine Shed building have been granted planning permission by the City of Edinburgh Council. The Holyrood Park Distillery will bring the existing Category B Listed building on St Leonard’s Lane in Edinburgh back in

The boss of a Scottish scaffolding contractor has been disqualified from being a director following an investigation by the Insolvency Service. Irvin John Downey, 37, director of Tubular Scaffolding Limited, was handed a 12 year order against him being a company director at a hearing in Hamilton She

A new system for submitting building standards applications is due to go live on Wednesday, 24 August. The eBuildingStandards.scot service will enable the electronic submission of applications for building warrants and other related forms, such as completion certificates. It will also allow multiple

Perth Theatre project transforms city skyline The Perth skyline has taken on a dramatically different look for the next few months with the addition of a 27-metre-high crane.

The opening of a £150 million hospital in Edinburgh has been delayed by at least six months after construction firms entered administration and provisional liquidation. IHS Lothian Ltd, the consortium building the £150m Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has

Persimmon has unveiled a substantial jump in interim profits as it shrugged off the potential impact of post-Brexit economic uncertainty on the housing market. The housebuilder’s profit before tax in the six months to the end of June increased 29 per cent to £352.3 million (2015: £272.8m) while

Renfrewshire Council has unveiled a five-year plan to target £34 million in grant funding into projects which will deliver more than 700 affordable homes. The draft Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2017/18 - 2021/22 will be presented to Renfrewshire Council's housing and community safety (HACS) bo

Plans have been lodged with Glasgow City Council for an 185-bed student housing development on the site of the dilapidated Jumpin’ Jaks nightclub on Sauchiehall Street. If approved, the proposed development, adjoining the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art campus, will also include roof gardens,

A business case for a proposed regional sports hub has been submitted to Highland Council’s finance service. Councillors agreed in March 2015 to progress plans for a Regional Sports Facility for the Highlands in Inverness, which could include a significant contribution by SportScotland to the proj

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has secured a new £35 million private funding facility to support its plans to build over 480 homes for social and mid-market rent in Leith and North Edinburgh by 2020. The deal, which is one of the first of its kind, combines a revolving credit facility (R

New Orkney care facility plans to go on display Architects plans for the new St Peter's House in the Orkney Islands are to go on display on Thursday, 25 August, for two weeks.

A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days. Hadrian X is a giant truck-mounted robot that can lay up to 1,000 bricks an hour using a 30-metre arm, meaning it can stay in a single position throughout.

Plans to develop a £33 million sports and health facility at the University of Strathclyde have been given the go-ahead by Glasgow City Council. The University said the “leading-edge” Sport, Health and Wellbeing centre will transform its current facilities in a new, state-of-the-art building on

A £12 million hydro power station has been officially opened in the Highlands. Situated on the Abhainn Chia-aig river 20 miles north of Fort William, RWE Innogy UK’s latest run-of-river hydro scheme in Scotland was officially inaugurated yesterday by Paul Wheelhouse MSP, minister for business, in

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Group has agreed a new ten year lease on its Glasgow-based headquarters at 1 Atlantic Quay. The company said the £4 million deal signals its long term commitment to do business in the city. Mactaggart & Mickel is also investing £400,000 to refit the office