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The UK’s largest independent timber distribution and processing group, National Timber Group, has entered administration, resulting in the immediate closure of six Scottish sites and the loss of 169 jobs across the country.

A wind farm management services company has been fined £80,000 after a worker was seriously injured by an electrical flashover.

Schools, libraries, and council buildings will share £12 million of Scottish Government funding to help them become more energy-efficient and cut carbon emissions. Scotland’s Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund will support 10 projects with grants ranging from £41,000 up to &po

Buchanan Galleries owner Landsec has received planning approval to refurbish and enhance the centre. With this endorsement from the city, Landsec plans to commence the first wave of investment in the centre in the second half of 2026.

Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes are celebrating after five site managers across Scotland were awarded with a ‘Seal of Excellence’ at the 2025 National House Building Council’s (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards. Awarded a Pride in the Job Quality Award earlier in the year, Midloth

Scotland is gearing up for a powerful return to the global stage at MIPIM 2026 – the annual real estate conference in France – as property experts come together to accelerate plans to put Scotland back on the map for global investors. Earlier this year, a taskforce of leading businesses

Works are progressing with a new extension and refurbishment project for Ferryhill School. The works are part of Aberdeen City Council’s wider sustainability improvement initiative that aims to create an enhanced learning environment for nursery and primary school-aged children in the Ferryhil

Road Expo Scotland and Bridges Scotland concluded yesterday at SEC Glasgow, recording a 10% increase in visitor numbers compared to the previous event and securing early commitments from exhibitors for the 2026 edition.

A major housing development at the former Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) is expected to be approved next week.

Aberdeenshire Council has marked the completion of 73 new rental properties as part of a housing development at Nether Aden, Mintlaw. The homes are a mix of houses, flats, and bungalows with between one and four bedrooms and were completed in the summer. Most are now in occupation, with the final pr

An eye-catching time-lapse video has been released documenting the construction progress of high-quality student apartments at St Vincent Studios in Glasgow. The seven-second video shows the flagship development of 321 self-contained studio apartments spectacularly rising out of the ground – a

Celebrating its 20th year, the Fife House Builders Forum recently came together at the newly opened Fife College Conference Centre in Dunfermline, attracting over 100 delegates from across the housing sector. Attendees included house builders, housing associations, local authority representatives, c

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust has launched an international fundraising campaign to save the historic farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne and more than a quarter of his entire body of work.

Planning consent has been granted for the Banniskirk Hub – a major clean energy project that will see the construction of a new 400kV substation and high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in the Spittal area.

The Wernick Group has unveiled a series of senior leadership changes to strengthen the organisation as it delivers on its ambitious long-term strategy.