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East Renfrewshire Council breaks ground with ‘ambitious’ social housing development Work to build the first council homes in East Renfrewshire for a generation continues with construction now underway at the Fenwick Drive site in Barrhead.

A Devon town has turned its traditional red phone box into a tiny nightclub – complete with a music system, glitter ball and lighting. Instead of making phone calls, the kiosk in Fore Street in Kingsbridge plays records including Blondie’s Hanging On The Telephone and Telephone Line by Electric

The Scottish Government has been urged to launch an immediate investigation after it was revealed that employment agencies have been advertising for workers to operate for 15 hours a day or 80 hours a week on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR). In one of the adverts, which were uncovered b

More than 1,100 new homes are to be built in Manchester and Glasgow after Maslow Capital completed a record-breaking £100 million of new facilities across four deals in June. The specialist real estate financier will fund a total of four schemes, which will see the delivery of over 1,100 new reside

An apartment project has been completed in Largs town centre for Cunninghame Housing Association. The new five storey design and build project was constructed on the site of the former Victoria Hotel and is located at the corner of Gallowgate Street and School Wynd.

CALA Homes has submitted a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for the second phase of its CALA at Grandhome development in Bridge of Don. The submission comes less than a year after work began on the housebuilder’s first phase, which comprises 71 semi-detached and terraced homes as well

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has launched the Facilities Management Marketplace agreement, giving the public sector access to a wide range of suppliers for their FM requirements. A total of 47 companies have been awarded places across three value-banded lots. The winning bidders include 10 sma

International chain Yotel has secured planning consent to convert a disused office building on Glasgow’s Argyle Street into a new 'cabin' hotel. Following a similar conversion on Edinburgh’s Princes Street, the redevelopment will see Westergate House gaining a new feature entrance off Hope Stree

Ogilvie Construction has broken ground on the new Premier Inn development in Howard Street, Glasgow. The firm has been appointed by developer, North Limited, to construct the building in what is a major regeneration for the area between St Enoch Square and the River Clyde.

Springfield Properties has submitted plans to Highland Council for 94 private and affordable homes just off Kilmore Road in Drumnadrochit. The plans include designs for private two, three and four bedroom homes. Among the 25 affordable homes on the site, flats, semi-detached houses and bungalows hav

New East Kilbride Shopping Centre project for Redpath Following the successful completion of the landlord strip out and retail unit sub-division of the former BHS unit in East Kilbride Shopping Centre, on behalf of EK Devco Ltd; Redpath has announced the award of the subsequent retail unit fit-out w

Bosses at a construction site came up with a novel way to keep workers cool during high temperature workdays. Progress on the Park Street site in Cardiff city centre, which is thought to be one of Wales’ biggest office developments, was being threatened by the recent boiling heat but managers hire

Bilfinger UK, the company at the centre of the Edinburgh trams inquiry, has failed in its attempt to prevent publication of documents it provided to the inquiry. The company had sought a restriction order preventing publication of information contained in certain reports, but inquiry chairman Lord H

Emtec Building Services has successfully completed the new 102-bedroom Indigo Hotel in Dundee. Transformed from a two-hundred-year-old jute mill, the Lower Dens property sits between the waterfront and the heart of the shopping district. Rich in history, the first spinning mill was built on the site

NWH invests £500k in driver apprenticeships Environmental and land services provider, The NWH Group (NWH), has committed £500,000 investment in its own unique HGV driver apprenticeship scheme for the next five years and beyond.