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Plant, tool and equipment hire specialist GAP Group has achieved record annual turnover and its second-highest-ever profits as it reaps the rewards of diversification and expansion. The Glasgow firm, which is run by brothers and major shareholders Douglas and Iain Anderson, achieved an 11% jump in t

A new report by Dundee City Council planners has identified a series of sites across the city to accommodate more than 5,200 new homes. Forming part of a major long-term planning strategy for the city, the report includes larger housing sites such as 400 properties at Dykes of Gray as part of the We

South Lanarkshire Council has received further reassurance about the four schools in the region where aluminium composite cladding was used in their construction. It was revealed last month that as many as 44 schools across Scotland contain the type of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding rep

UNESCO plaque unveiled for the Forth Bridge Transport minister Humza Yousaf has unveiled a plaque to commemorate the awarding of World Heritage Status to the Forth Bridge – the first of the three bridges which spans three centuries of history across the Firth of Forth.

Planning permission in principle for a new 1,500-home development in the Cairngorms National Park has been extended for a further three years following a Section 42 application to vary a condition of the previously granted consent.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has successfully recruited a new cohort of lawyers to its construction adjudicator panel. Shona Frame (CMS Cameron McKenna LLP), Richard Silver (Silver Shemmings LLP), Brandon Malone (Brandon Malone & Co), Peter Aeberli (3 Paper Buildings), Ken

An architect from Edinburgh is hoping to be crowned the next winner of Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off. The Scotsman reports that the 29-year-old, known only as Tom, lives in the Capital with his partner David, and often makes shortbread for his relatives and friends.

Glencairn Properties is to submit plans to turn a former iconic Art Deco cinema in Edinburgh into a residential development of around 37 apartments. The State Cinema in Leith closed in 1972 and has since been used as a bingo hall, a nightclub and church.

Councils in Tayside have lost a legal bid to win damages from a local quarry merchant they claim supplied faulty materials for roadworks. Tayside Contracts, the commercial trading arm of Angus, Dundee and Perth & Kinross councils, raised an action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh following a

ISG has secured a £5 million contract with Sports Direct to deliver its first new build outlet in Scotland. Designed specifically to house the company’s leading retail fascias under one roof, including Sports Direct, Flannels, USC and an Everlast Fitness Club, the new development is located close

The first section of dual-carriageway to be built as part of the A9 dualling programme will be open to traffic in the coming days as companies bidding to construct the next sections are revealed. Cabinet secretary for economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown, announced the news during a visit to ins

The £6.5 million fourth phase of the Bishopbriggs Relief Road project has been delayed until early next year. Following a recent meeting between East Dunbartonshire Council and Network Rail, the local authority has confirmed the scheme's completion date has been pushed back to early 2018.

Scottish Government’s £800,000 backing for Coalfields Regeneration Trust Local government and housing minister Kevin Stewart chose the historic setting of the Scottish Mining Museum to announce an £800,000 funding package to enable the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) in Scotland to ensure a

Just one fifth of Scots claim to already live in their dream home as planning applications for home improvements slow to their lowest ebb in five year growth to stand at just 3%, new data has shown. According to Halifax Insurance, since 2012 just over 92,000 planning applications have been submitted

The transformation of the former Donaldson’s School for the Deaf site in Edinburgh has been supported by a £14.2 million package from Royal Bank of Scotland. City & Country (Edinburgh) Limited, a joint venture between UK and European Investments Limited and City & Country, will use the fu