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The UK government has sold the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank to global investment banking and financial services organisation the Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion, creating one of Europe’s largest teams of green energy investment specialists. Launched in 2012 to channel investment into lo

Submarine cable to be placed in Scalpay Bridge Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has amended its plans regarding the planned replacement of the existing submarine cable that connects Harris to Scalpay and is now proposing to place the replacement cable within the Scalpay Bridge.

A housing development of over 1,300 homes in Edinburgh has edged closer after councillors gave initial plans the green light. A narrow vote of seven to six in favour of granting approval of the New Brunstane Masterplan will now allow the City of Edinburgh Council’s arms-length developer EDI Group

The City of Edinburgh Council’s planning sub committee has granted detailed consent for the development of a boatyard and associated infrastructure for the new 300 berth Edinburgh Marina. The new world-class 300 berth Edinburgh Marina at Granton Harbour, the revised masterplan for which was given

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced it will fund a new £600,000 programme to help hundreds of people to become qualified on-site training assessors. The Assessor Infrastructure project is designed to increase the number of on-site training assessors available across Great

Workloads for small and medium-sized construction firms in Scotland rose faster than at any time since the 2007 financial crisis, a new survey has revealed. The latest report from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) shows that workloads for Scottish construction SMEs rose faster than at any time

AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning consent for a new £17 million development of 132 homes for social rent and sale in Paisley. Plans and information about the homes at Love Street, which are built for Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association, were submitted to Renfrewshire Council in D

The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s largest consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, is back at the SEC Glasgow on May 20 – 21 2017. Is your goal this year to tackle that extension?

Morgan Sindall has announced the appointment of Tracey Killen as a non-executive director with effect from May 5. A director of personnel, main board director and member of the executive team for the John Lewis Partnership, Tracey will be a member of the remuneration, nomination and audit committees

Two schools in Motherwell are to receive a facelift this year following the award of a £5 million contract to Kier Construction Scotland. Kier will start work this summer on Taylor High School, a comprehensive secondary in New Stevenston, and Braidhurst High School, a 600-pupil secondary in the For

The Scottish Government has published the responses to its consultation on proposals for transforming the planning system. A total of 450 submitted responses are available to view from respondents who gave permission for their correspondence to be made public.

New figures have revealed an 8% rise in the number of approved residential units in Scotland. In its new report, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) revealed planning permission was granted for 293,127 new homes across Great Britain.

The public are being asked for their say on proposed changes to how Aberdeenshire Council calculates developer obligations. Launched as the local authority adopted its Local Development Plan (LDP) last week, the eight-week public consultation is set to help assess the level of proportional contribut

Plans submitted for long-abandoned East Ayrshire coal mine L-R Cameron Gibson, deputy site manager and Drew Barber, plant mechanic, Banks Mining

The developer behind Scotland’s largest planned new town has signalled its continued confidence in the North East as it agrees a number of new contracts. The £5 million investment by Elsick Development Company (EDC) will pave the way for the next stage of development at the Chapelton site.