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Projects such as the regeneration of Granton waterfront should be accelerated to “reflect the urgency and scale of the current climate crisis”, according to a report considered by the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday.
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Developers have been warned to get in touch with Scottish Forestry before felling trees or risk penalties ranging from hefty fines to losing the chance to build on a site for up to 10 years.
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The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced the appointment of Graeme Fox as its new head of technical. Mr Fox, a Dundee man who has headed REFCOM since late 2016, said he was delighted to be taking up his new position “at an exciting time for the industry”.
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An independent specialist body should be given responsibility to help prioritise the infrastructure needed to enable an inclusive, net-zero carbon economy and to develop a 30-year infrastructure strategy that is reinforced by a long-term needs assessment, the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland (
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CCG (Scotland) Ltd, Partick Housing Association, and Hanover Scotland have submitted plans to build 50 flats on the site of a former sawmill in Anniesland.
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Tayside property developer DJ Laing Homes has launched a new series of online webinars aimed at helping home buyers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars aim to look at the different options and changes in buying, financing and government initiatives when buying a new home.
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The recently announced Green Homes Grant is a chance for the UK Government to put indoor air quality on a par with other health and environmental efforts and it needs to include Scotland, claims BRS Technology, the Scottish IoT sensor company. As part of the Green Homes Grant scheme, eligible homeow
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Holmes Miller Architects are to formalise plans for the conversion of seven townhouses in Shawlands.
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The price of houses in Aberdeen and its suburbs have risen by 3.5% in the last quarter, signalling a slight recovery after coronavirus lockdown, according to the latest Aberdeen Housing Market Report from Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited (ASPC).
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Glasgow-based civil engineering firm MHB Consultants has become employee-owned, with 40 members of staff given a stake in the business. The engineering design consultancy, founded by managing director Hendrie Barbour in 2006, specialises in bridge design, civil and geotechnical engineering, temporar
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Trade unions and think tanks have renewed their calls for the establishment of a Scottish national infrastructure company following a "disappointing" report from the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland (ICS). In its report, presented to the Scottish Government earlier this week, the commissi
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Property company Ediston and Orion Capital Managers have submitted plans for new homes, offices and a hotel in Edinburgh's New Town following a large consultation exercise.
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The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is supporting redundant workers by allowing them to apply for and renew SKILLcards free of charge. Anyone who suffered redundancy as a result of the COVID-19 crisis since 1 March 2020 will have their fees waived if they apply between August and Oc
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Housebuilder Tulloch Homes is enjoying a lockdown bounceback with July sales up by 25% on last year with the Inverness-based firm fielding queries from buyers who want to continue working from home. COVID-19 has dampened the celebrations on Tulloch’s 95th anniversary but chief executive George
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