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Hub East Central Scotland has recorded a £1.2 billion portfolio of investment in public infrastructure and £57.8 million of social and local economic value generated across the region, according to its 2025-26 annual report. 

Persimmon Homes West Scotland’s annual charity golf day at East Renfrewshire Golf Club has raised £10,624 for The Beatson Cancer Charity.

The Scottish Land Commission has set out out a programme of work to "help ensure the ownership and use of land supports thriving people and places across Scotland". The Strategic Plan sets out the commission’s priorities for a significant period of change, as Scotland implements the Land Refor

The infrastructure services partner, M Group, has introduced its first Sustainability Strategy, laying out a set of commitments through to 2032.

Cruden Homes has started work on its new residential development at Kirkton Road in Neilston, marking a major step forward in delivering 90 new homes for the area.

Social justice and housing secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has maintained that the Scottish Government "continues to deliver on affordable housing" despite a 25% fall in annual completions in the social sector to the lowest level since 2007.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) announced on 28 September the successful applicants of its Specialist Upskilling Fund.

Alumno has marked a significant milestone in the construction of its new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development, Woodlands Point on St George’s Road in Glasgow, celebrating the topping out of the six-storey, 262-bed residence. The topping out ceremony marks the completion of th

James Jones & Sons Limited (JJSL), a Moray-based timber processing company, has started a £21 million project that aims to enhance production and facilitate a more modern working environment, which will see the expansion of a Mosstodloch site.

Planned works to extend the life of Dunoon’s Cot House bridge, which presents an investment of £600,000, will be starting on the second week of next month and will proceed until the end of 2026. 

Planning permission has been granted by Argyll and Bute Council to transform a former oil depot on Ardrishaig’s waterfront into a craft distillery and visitor destination. 

Sixteen new affordable homes at a development named Robin Currie Way in memory of Islay's long-serving councillor have been officially opened in Port Charlotte.

The investment of over £5 million by Subsea Micropiles to set up a new manufacturing facility at Montrose Port has been welcomed by First Minister John Swinney. The facility will manufacture components which are used to secure floating offshore wind turbines within Scotland’s deep waters

London’s Cloud House, a pink property which took ten years to build, has recently appeared in Channel 4’s Grand Designs, drawing attention to the building’s complex construction process. 

A Coatbridge graduate is celebrating completing her Town Planning degree after being supported by Persimmon Homes to combine her studies with building a career in the housebuilding industry. Emily Bond, from Coatbridge, graduated from the University of the West of Scotland in July 2026 with a BSc (H