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Broad Street revitalisation plans given the go-ahead in Aberdeen New plans to revitalise Broad Street as part of the City Centre Masterplan have been given the go-ahead by Aberdeen City Council.

A document which provides a strategy for the efficient use of land and the provision of vital infrastructure over the next decade has been approved by Glasgow City Council. Policies included in the revised City Development Plan will be used to consider all future planning applications while investor

The full business case for a £60million new hospital for Orkney has been approved by the Scottish Government. The project is the biggest in NHS Orkney’s history and will replace Kirkwall’s Balfour Hospital as well as integrating other health care facilities.

The Young Professionals in Construction (YPiC) group, established in 2015 to bring together junior professionals from across the Scottish construction industry, has revealed Savills as its headline sponsor. Through educational workshops and social events YPiC aims to encourage regular multi-discipli

Over a third (35 per cent) of UK homeowners have regretted the results of a DIY project and wish that they had called in a professional to handle it, according to a new survey. As the property ladder has become unsteady due to the UK voting for Brexit, a poll by home services marketplace Plentific.c

The BBC Good Food Show Scotland returns to the SECC in Glasgow for the 10th year from November 4-6 and to celebrate Scottish Housing News is offering free tickets to the event. The event promises to be a celebration of regional flavours with top quality exhibitors from across the country, including

Output in the Scottish construction sector contracted by 1.9 per cent in second quarter of 2016, new statistics have revealed today. According to official Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures, the Scottish economy as a whole grew 0.4 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2016, though growth in t

Plans by Heart of Midlothian Football Club to build a £12 million new stand at its Tynecastle stadium in Edinburgh have been approved by councillors. The club's existing main stand will be partially demolished to make way for the upgrade, which will see the stadium transformed into a 20,000-plus ca

Plans have been submitted for up to 166 new homes on the site of the former Derby Street multis in Dundee. Brought forward by Collective Architecture and Robertson Partnership Homes, the scheme aims to recreate the street patterns of the Victorian era with the creation of two blocks of accommodation

Scottish Construction Now has been named as joint industry partner alongside the Federation of Master Builders for the Construction heat of Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament Business Fives. After the success of the summer edition, Business Fives moves indoor for the winter ahead

Novus ensures safe delivery of school summer upgrade Novus Property Solutions has successfully delivered a range of internal alterations at a North Ayrshire primary school during the summer holidays.

Cancelled and delayed infrastructure projects are seeing Scotland’s economy miss out on tens of thousands of pounds each and every minute, according to a new report. Construction consultants Arcadis said a mere one-month average delay in the national transport infrastructure pipeline will see the

Contracts procured “during the depths of the economic downturn” led to a £5.4 million loss for McLaughlin & Harvey in 2015 with further losses on those contracts predicted. The Northern Ireland construction group, which has worked on infrastructure and retail projects in Scotland, formed a

Plans have been unveiled for a 150-bedroom hotel overlooking the River Clyde in Glasgow. The proposed 18-storey tower at the corner of Dixon Street and Clyde Street incorporates a ground floor restaurant and retail space, as well a publicly accessible rooftop bar.

Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Quarry could be transformed by £25 million plans to create a complex of 280 apartments. Canada-based Carttera Private Equities is behind the project, which would see the flats all available for the rental market.