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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

The director of an Edinburgh construction company, who lied about her business expenses in a VAT fraud, has been jailed for two years after an investigation into her company’s finances by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Avril Jane Elliott, 49, from Gilberstoun in the Brunstane area of the city, ple

Aberdeen City Council has approved a preferred option for a key junction for the £26.4 million Berryden Corridor Improvement Scheme. The scheme is designed to help traffic move around the city better and work alongside the improvements already delivered by the new crossing over the River Don which

Plans have been submitted for hundreds of homes at a brownfield site on the edge of Perth. Glasgow-based consortium Perth City West has outlined proposals for up to 270 new homes on the site of the former Perth Mart off Crieff Road.

Glasgow City Council has approved grant agreements with partner organisations to regenerate areas and communities along both sides of the Forth and Clyde canal on the north side of the city centre. These grant agreements - with Scottish Canals and BIGG Regeneration - will help deliver funding worth

Queensberry announces Peebles Hydro development Developer Queensberry Properties, a partnership between Cruden Homes and land and property experts Buccleuch Property, has announced plans for a development within the extensive grounds of the famous Peebles Hydro Hotel in the Scottish Borders.

A Scottish building company director who was killed when his plane went down over the Irish Sea has left £6.5 million in his will. Ian Stirling, a former director with building company Allanwater Developments, was flying solo from his home on the Isle of Man to Blackpool when the aircraft disappear

The next stage of a ten year regeneration strategy for Glasgow city centre was launched today by Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council. Focusing on four of the city centre's nine districts: Broomielaw, Blythswood, Central and St. Enoch, the next stage of the Glasgow City Centre D

The collapse of a contractor involved in an affordable housing project in Angus will have no financial impact on the local authority, councillors have been told. Northern Ireland construction firm T&A Kernoghan fell into administration in April owing thousands of pounds to suppliers.