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Communities will have greater prospects to have their say in influencing how Scotland's largest landholdings are managed under proposals which are now open for public consultation.

A sod-cutting ceremony celebrated the beginning of construction on Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s final homes in Bishopton, with the housebuilder and BAE Systems marking progress on the delivery of the Dargavel Village masterplan.  Attended by senior representatives from the two organisati

Wheatley’s £100 million plans for regeneration in north Glasgow have been approved by Glasgow City Council’s planning committee. The project will see the delivery of 401 new homes in Wyndford. 

A new qualification developed by Heriot-Watt University and Midlothian Council, which uses software from global infrastructure engineering company Bentley Systems, will introduce a new route into engineering for secondary pupils in Scotland. Scotland's Infrastructure Pathway, launched on 19 October

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has welcomed the official opening of the UK’s first HVDC subsea cable factory, situated at the Port of Nigg in Easter Ross.

A £1 million grant scheme will support owners to bring vacant listed buildings in Glasgow back into productive use.

Funding has been secured by North Ayrshire Council to progress plans to knock down the structurally unsafe Valefield pedestrian bridge in Kilbirnie. The funding pledge from the Scottish Government, working in collaboration with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, will enable the bridge to be removed, with plans

A new flagship building for Spectrum Properties in the East End of Glasgow is seeing progress, with new commercial units being bought. Later in October, ground floor units in Spectrum House will be offered onto the market for rental, with half of the commercial units currently marked for occupation.

The build-up is well underway at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, where Hall 5 is filling with exhibition stands ahead of the Scottish Construction Summit 2026.

A Hampshire-based defence contractor has submitted plans to convert the former ExxonMobil chemical works at Mossmorran in Fife into an “energetics manufacturing facility”. TBG International Limited lodged a pre-application screening request with Fife Council last month. Energetic materia

Commercial property company Castlecroft Group is reducing energy costs, cutting carbon emissions and gaining long-term price certainty after installing a rooftop solar system funded through a partnership between HDM Energies and Paragon Bank.

Ahead of this week’s Scottish Construction Summit, Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) chief executive Peter Reekie has argued that the biggest gains in the sector will come from making good practice universal, not from chasing the next big idea. In an interview with our sister title Daily Business,

Perth and Kinross Council has granted planning permission in principle for infrastructure associated with a new underground electricity transmission cable between Kinardochy and Errochty substations in Perthshire. The Kinardochy to Errochty Underground Cable project will involve two 132kV undergroun

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has strengthened its sales operation with a new-look team bringing together experienced housing professionals from across the west of Scotland. Led by sales director Tara FitzPatrick, the Glasgow-based team is now at full capacity as the homebuilder continues to support

Work on the access road to the new University Hospital Monklands at Wester Moffat in Airdrie has taken a significant step forward with planning permission granted and confirmed support from the Scottish Government. North Lanarkshire Council granted planning permission this week for a 2.3km route in