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Output in the UK construction sector has officially recovered from its pandemic-forced plunge with new figures for March showing a 5.8% increase, led mostly by growth in both new work (6.7%) and repair and maintenance (4.4%).

Strategic real estate advisor Avison Young has promoted Kerry Maguire to director in the valuation consultancy team. Based in Avison Young’s Glasgow office, Kerry is an RICS registered valuer with twenty years of experience in commercial property. She has experience in undertaking valuati

SSE Thermal and Equinor have unveiled plans to jointly develop a new low-carbon power station at Peterhead, which could become one of the UK’s first power stations equipped with carbon capture technology.

A £13.669 million budget for capital road improvement works for the 2021/22 financial year has been approved by Aberdeen City Council’s city growth and resources committee.

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has formally suspended HJ Enthoven Limited (trading as BLM British Lead) as a supplier member for one year for breaching the competition clause of the NFRC’s Code of Practice. The suspension follows the decision of the Competition and Marke

Listed buildings and conservation areas could suffer damage to their quality and character unless great care is taken with plans to reduce carbon emissions produced by Scotland’s homes and workplaces, according to a conservation charity. Responding to the Scottish Government's Heat in Building

In keeping with the theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week, Doig+Smith is encouraging its employees to ditch the working lunch in favour of getting outdoors and into nature during their lunch break. The campaign, launched by the Mental Health Foundation, is in its 21st

The demise of the UK’s retail industry has left empty premises with enough space to provide nearly 25,000 homes to a market value of £7.4 billion, according to new research.

Councillors have been recommended to approve plans for a second phase of a housing development on land at Ballumbie Castle Golf Course in Dundee.

A masterplan setting out long-term plans to regenerate the area of Aberdeen beach is to be developed after the move was agreed by councillors.

East Renfrewshire Council has opened a public consultation ahead of a planning application being made for the development of a new leisure centre in Giffnock.

Mecalac has announced the launch of its all-new 3.5MDX cabbed site dumper, the latest addition to its state-of-the-art portfolio.

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is launching a poignant ‘Help Inside the Hard Hat’ campaign to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week to raise awareness of mental wellbeing issues in the construction industry and how the workforce can reach out for help. The campaign add

A brand new Early Years Centre has opened in Milngavie and is welcoming local children starting out on their pre-school journey.

The husk that surrounds the fruit of coconut is being used within a new product to enhance wastewater effluent quality for both residential and commercial projects that require off-mains wastewater treatment.