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A group set up to investigate where appropriate regulation could support and stimulate the district heating market in Scotland has published its first report. Set up by the Scottish Government in 2014, the Special Working Group (SWG) looked at the current regulatory environment and has made recommen

Plans have been revealed for a new jail at Milton of Leys in Inverness. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has notified Highland Council of its plan to potentially submit a formal planning application for an area of land in the Braes of Balvonie area. The proposed site is next to homes built for Scot

Morrison Construction has teamed up with the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) to develop an engineering project for pupils inspired by the Queensferry Crossing. The Go Forth! challenge, created by SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) Scotland, will see over 300 schoo

Kingdom completes new £8m Guardbridge housing development The Fife community of Guardbridge is celebrating more good news with the completion by Kingdom Housing Association of its latest new housing development delivering 66 new homes to the village.

Homeowners in Scotland are the least likely in Britain to pursue major home improvements such as adding extensions or conservatories, the Herald has reported. A report looking at national planning application trends found that Scotland was the only part of Britain where the number of households seek

Oxgangs Primary School Safety inspections will be carried out at schools built across Scotland by Miller Construction following the collapse of a wall at an Edinburgh primary.

The world's largest fish-farmer has identified a quarry on Skye as the place it wants to build a new £80 million fish feed plant. The site at Kyleakin near the Skye Bridge was earmarked for the development by Marine Harvest after consideration of a number of different sites on the west coast. It is

An £11 million pound scheme is to enable a University of Edinburgh campus to produce its own low-carbon energy. The new Combined Heat and Power system, to be installed at the University’s Easter Bush campus, will provide electricity for the Roslin Institute and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterina

An artist's impression of the new Oban High School A £60 million scheme to build new secondary schools in Campbeltown and Oban is set to start construction in July after the contract with project partners was signed last week.

A further eight week time extension for the new £22.3 million Third Don Crossing project has been agreed between Aberdeen City Council and the main contractors Balfour Beatty. The local authority said the extension was agreed “due to problems with weather, re-routing underground utilities and unf

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Glenn Allison Stewart Milne Group has said it is in a strong position to capitalise on further growth after reporting increases in both turnover and profit.

Construction work on a brand new secondary school in Falkirk for young people with additional support needs is starting soon after councillors gave the project the green light. The new £17.5 million school, which will replace the current Carrongrange School, will be built on land next to Moray Prim

An £8.5 million scheme to build a new link road in Elgin has been scrapped by Moray Council. Councillors voted 13 to 11 in favour of abandoning plans for the Western Link Road during a Full Council debate on the council’s capital expenditure programme, which senior officers described in a report

Judy Hamilton Over £225 million is to be invested in Fife’s council homes over the next three years to ensure the local authority continues to reach the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).