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Moredun Park Development Ltd has lodged an application to construct a new four-storey residential block at 34 Moredun Park Road, Edinburgh.

The sustainability of plumbing and heating apprenticeships is at growing risk as the Apprentice National Minimum Wage increases announced in the budget continue to rise faster than the support available to employers who deliver training, the Plumbing and Heating Federation (SNIPEF) has warned today.

Property services firm Bellrock has acquired Scotland-based property and construction consultancy Axiom. Axiom will join Bellrock’s Consulting Division, alongside Summers Inman, JRP, Oakleaf & Nifes and C&P. The business will continue to be led by managing director, Gary Logue, who wil

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has been named winner of the Best Health and Safety in the Community Award at the Homebuilder Safety Awards 2025, recognising its outstanding efforts to promote safety awareness beyond the construction site. The accolade celebrates Persimmon’s commitment to commun

Building work has started on a new modern pavilion at Harlaw Playing Fields which will be a huge improvement on current facilities for pupils and staff at Harlaw Academy. The new building will allow PE staff to be based at the site and will reduce time spent by pupils travelling the short distance t

Electrotechnical trade association SELECT used its landmark 125th Anniversary Grand Ball to make a £2,500 donation to Prostate Scotland as part of an ongoing campaign to educate its members about the disease that affects thousands of men every year. Scotland’s largest construction trade

A large offshore oil and gas company has been sentenced and fined £560,000 after failing to properly maintain pipework for seven years.

Edinburgh-based St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is celebrating a major milestone with the completion of one million sales.

Dumfries and Galloway Council will consider the future of the Whitesands Project – combining a major flood protection scheme with significant public realm improvements – at its Full Council meeting on Thursday 11 December.

A pioneering two-bed prototype home in Inverness withstood snow, frost and rain to be rapidly assembled in just one week.

Civic, the team of system thinkers in the built environment with studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has been named the preferred bidder on the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) technical advice framework. Civic will partner with Community Energy Scotland, an in

Moray Council’s Building Standards team has achieved outstanding national recognition, securing two top honours at this year’s Building Standards Leaders Forum.

A report detailing recommendations to stop and withdraw the statutory consultation proposals regarding the relocation of Eyemouth Primary School following significant community opposition against the proposals will be discussed next week at a meeting of the Scottish Borders Council.   Since the

Clark Contracts has launched a new website to build upon the firm's recent success.  

Whitbread PLC, the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has received confirmation from the City of Edinburgh Council that it has granted planning permission for the conversion of Capital House into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn.  Whitbread will invest £21 million in the conversion and rear e