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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.

The Royal Family is hiring for an energy and environment manager to reduce the heating bill at Buckingham Place and the negative impacts that the ageing building has on the environment. In 2009, a report said that Buckingham Place was the worst building in London for energy efficiency and in 2015, r

Plans have been unveiled for a potential expansion of the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow. Scottish Event Campus Limited said a feasibility study is being conducted to establish viable options for upgrading and expanding the campus, which includes the SEC Centre, the SEC Armadillo and the SSE

Morgan Sindall has handed over its multi-million pound project to restore Ballater Old Royal Station in Aberdeenshire.

Shares at Galliford Try rose over 5% this morning after the contractor achieved significant growth in both revenue and profit across the full-year period, though another financial hit is expected due to the ongoing Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project. In a trading update, the group said

Architects have submitted plans to build 84 new homes on a derelict site in Easterhouse on behalf of Lochfield Park Housing Association (LPHA). The proposals include a mix of two, three and four-bedroom terraced houses, alongside one, two and three-bedroom flats. Eight of the properties will be whee

Stirling Developments, the lead developer of Calderwood in West Lothian, has opened the doors to its latest community asset ‘The Calderwood Larder’ last month. The café is being run by The Larder Cook School, a local social enterprise based in Livingston. The Larder Cook School aims to encourag

Work begins on Dundee city centre flats development Work to transform a derelict site in Dundee city centre into more than two dozen flats is now underway.