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UK investment specialist Blackfinch Group has acquired a 174-hectare commercial forest in Argyll and Bute. The acquisition, made through its subsidiary Litchfield Trading Limited and funded by retail investors through the Blackfinch Adapt IHT Service, marks Blackfinch's first foray into the forestry

A major planning application has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council for the extraction and remediation works of 200 acres of land at Ravenscraig, marking a major milestone in the regeneration of the former steelworks. Ravenscraig is one of Europe’s largest regeneration and community c

Surveying firms Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Whyte & Barrie Chartered Surveyors have come together to form a new practice. Established in 1880, Shepherd is a chartered surveyor and Home Report provider in Scotland providing clients with comprehensive local market knowledge with the benefit o

Scottish Water has completed one of the first sewer network upgrade projects under its flagship £500 million Improving Urban Waters programme.

Knight Frank predicts that the utilities and information & communications sectors will dominate economic growth in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow through 2050. This growth will be buoyed by the transition to net zero and the rise of AI.

Network Rail will soon begin a £3 million project to upgrade the platforms at Dunkeld and Birnam station. 

Members of The JR Group team attended The Lighthouse Construction Charity Scotland West Annual Dinner, an event which took place at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, highlighting the charity’s work supporting workers within the construction impacted by mental health challenges.

Groundbreaking new technology capable of generating power without emitting carbon is set to be developed in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Durham, following a major investment deal. Middlesbrough-based H2CHP, a spin-out from Durham University, has secured a six-figure cash injection to advance its free-pi

A major £48 million flood protection scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae has been completed.

Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes have injected £406.9 million into the Scottish economy in the year ending 30 June 2024. The firms completed 1,613 new homes and supported 4,045 direct, indirect and induced jobs across its North, East and West Scotland divisions.

Accommodation for service personnel and their families is “shocking”, with two-thirds of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) needing major work to meet modern standards, and families facing uncertainty over allocation, a new report has found. Amid persisting issues with damp and moul

The Scottish Government has laid amendments to the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations to enable the implementation of the Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard and unveiled the timetable for its introduction.

Walker Profiles has been selected by North Lanarkshire Council to deliver a large-scale window, door and screen replacement programme across the council’s domestic housing portfolio. The firm said the prestigious contract reflects the council’s trust in its expertise and commitment to ex

Hundreds of primary pupils across West Lothian are receiving free copies of a new children’s book, thanks to a generous donation from Persimmon East Scotland.

Councillors have approved Aberdeen City Council's housing revenue and capital budget for the forthcoming financial year 2025/26.