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To mark World Earth Day today, Neil Bancroft details his work with HarrisonStevens on Wavegarden and the Custom House Quay project in Glasgow.

Housing association Link Group has negotiated a new £60 million ten-year term loan facility with Royal Bank of Scotland to help support the delivery of its sizable development programme This new medium-term borrowing is secured just before the financial year end and takes Link's overall f

Plans to build 85 new houses on land near Pirnhall in Stirling, including 21 affordable homes, have been given the green light by Stirling Council. Members of the council’s planning and regulation panel approved an application by Bellway Homes for land between Croftside Farm and Hillhead Farm

Glasgow City Council planners are being asked to approve serviced apartments on the upper floors of a city centre building. The proposal by Delicata Associates is for 24 Drury Street, at Renfield Street, above entertainment premises.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors is bringing to market a full townhouse in Glasgow’s West End with prime residential development potential for sale or lease.

A new project to develop printed Lego-style bricks from waste construction materials has been launched at Brunel University London. Backed by funding from the EU Commission, engineers behind the three-year DigiMat project hope to develop and demonstrate an eco-friendly cement mix, created from build

A two-year turnaround strategy has resulted in materially improved results for Kier Group which now hopes to raise funds to complete the process. Announcing a £9 million pre-tax profit from a £41m loss in the first half to the end of December, Kier said today it returned to reported

Two student accommodation developments in Dundee city centre which will house more than 500 people have been given the green light.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMC) application to East Lothian Council for the provision of a further development of new homes on land at Futures Way in Wallyford, East Lothian.

Fife Council has received plans for a major development in Kinghorn comprising of 140 new homes. Gladman Developments is seeking permission to build the homes at Mid Mire in Kinghorn, which it said could bring 294 new residents to the town.

Following the launch of a Police Scotland campaign aimed at tackling modern slavery concerns within the construction sector, Ramsay Hall outlines what modern slavery actually involves and what can be done when there's concern about its presence in the supply chain. Exploitation of people c

Miller Samuel Hill Brown has welcomed a decision issued by Lady Wolffe in the Outer House of the Court of Session this week, regarding the enforcement of post-termination non-compete restrictions in a contract of employment. Representing the pursuer, construction recruitment firm Apex Resources

Bid and tender specialist AM Bid has strengthened its board with the appointment of Philip Thomson as bid director. Mr Thomson, 53, is the first company director appointed to the business since managing director David Gray in October 2017 and joins as part of an ongoing growth strategy.

Scots innovator Gravitricity has successfully commissioned its 250kW energy storage demonstrator proving the capability of its novel gravity-powered technology.

Shettleston Housing Association has secured detailed planning consent to transform the site of the former St Mark’s primary school into a new, family-focused development.