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A new £40 million health and social care hub for the north east of Glasgow has moved a step closer. The Board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has agreed the draft Initial Agreement for the proposed new hub as part of a plan to improve performance across a number of services and reduce ine

No more than 5% of households in Scotland should be living in fuel poverty by 2040, under a new target set out in a new bill introduced to parliament. The Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill also sets out a new definition of fuel poverty with innovative use of the UK Minim

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has appointed Michael Matheson as the new cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity while planning has been added to the title of current housing minister Kevin Stewart. The Scottish Government reshuffle sees five new cabinet secretaries appointe

The total amount of derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland decreased by 844 hectares (7%) in the last year, new figures have shown. Data from the 2017 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey revealed that there was 11,649 hectares of derelict and urban vacant land in 2017 compared to 12,493 hec

Shares in shopfitting and interiors group Havelock Europa have been suspended as the company seeks urgent funding to avoid collapse. The company told investors trading in its shares on the Alternative Investment Market had been suspended with immediate effect pending clarification of the group’s f

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into financial statements of construction materials supplier SIG. The inquiry centres around the audit by Deloitte of the company’s accounts for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016.

Hill House appeal donations reach £1m The urgent multi-million pound campaign to save Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece, the Hill House, has reached the £1 million in donations mark – two-thirds of its £1.5m target, the National Trust for Scotland has revealed.

The director of a Glasgow contractor has been disqualified for failing to maintain and preserve adequate company records. David Simpson Duffy was the sole director of Annick Structures Ltd (ASL), which traded as a construction and civil engineering company.

A multinational cement company has been indicted by French investigative judges on charges including complicity in crimes against humanity and financing of Syrian terrorists. The allegations relate to the conduct of Lafarge Cement Syria, a subsidiary of French-based Lafarge SA, between 2011 and 2014

Kilmarnock town centre is now home to a host of new and expanding businesses thanks to the opening of the innovative Ingram Enterprise Centre. Sitting on a prominent site at the top of John Finnie Street in the heart of Kilmarnock’s historic business quarter, it’s the latest of over 20 heritage

Fife shopfitting and interiors group Havelock Europa has announced its intention to appoint administrators, putting 300 jobs at risk. In a stock market statement today the company said unless circumstances change the board intends to appoint administrators within 10 business days - although its secu

CCG and Cooper Cromar Architects have submitted plans for a new 136-home development in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh on behalf of Places for People. Consisting of one and two bedroom apartments spread across a series of five blocks, the new development will be constructed upon the site of the f

Plans to build a major new housing development that will transform the old Tullis Russell Paper Mill site between Glenrothes and Markinch have been submitted to Fife Council. Town planners and designers Barton Willmore have submitted a Planning Permission in Principle (PPP) application on behalf of

The Glasgow School of Art and Kier Construction have agreed to end the current contract to restore the Mackintosh Building with immediate effect following the recent devastating fire. In a joint statement both parties said that the current contract “could no longer be fulfilled or completed”.

Plans to build a new Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh have been approved by city planners. The £47 million project will see a new state-of-the-art community sports facility built on the site of the original Meadowbank, which closed in December 2017. It is hoped the accessible new venue will be