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The community purchase of the Lochinver Glebe from the Church of Scotland has now gone through with the Assynt Development Trust planning to use the land for affordable housing.

The great granddaughter of a man who helped build the Katrine Aqueduct has welcomed the completion of the latest upgrade work. After the discovery of amazing old photographs of the construction of the aqueduct were publicised on BBC Scotland’s Landward programme and Channel 5’s Secret Sc

Care operator Simply UK has earmarked brownfield land overlooking the River Tay in Broughty Ferry for a new £10.5 million 64-bedroom care home.

Tayside construction company Algo has reported a fall in profits but a rise in turnover as directors take steps to ensure that it comes out of the Covid-19 pandemic in as healthy a position as possible. Algo, which employed nearly 100 people during the 12-month period to the end of June 2020, saw pr

Experienced site and project manager David Natusch has been appointed project director at Glasgow development company Calma Group. With a wealth of construction management experience and from running his own project management consultancy Staunch Projects since 1999, he joined Shawfield-based C

The average cost of developing a new build home in Scotland has increased by as much as 21% over the life of the last Parliament, research by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has revealed.

Highland-based housebuilder Tulloch Homes has experienced a surge of interest from potential buyers keen to move to the area. New sales and marketing director Jo McLaren has moved from Savills, where she was head of new homes for Edinburgh and the East of Scotland to take up the post, and stresses t

Muir Homes has been given the go-ahead to build the final phase of the development in the grounds of Castlebank House in Port Glasgow. Designed by EMA Architects, the Tree Tops development will offer a mix of 17 high specification two, three and four-bedroom homes on a stunning hilltop location

More than 50 vulnerable men are to be offered new homes after a partnership enabled Lowther Homes, a subsidiary of Wheatley Group, to buy the Bellgrove Hotel, a private hostel in Glasgow's East End.

The environment business of Galliford Try has been appointed to Scottish Water’s new Non-Infrastructure Framework for the SR21-27 investment programme, in joint venture with MWH Treatment.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has launched a new initiative to train construction sector professionals in Passivhaus standards.

Plumbing trade association SNIPEF has welcomed the latest Construction Policy Note (CPN 1/2021) from the Scottish Government on Sustainable Tender Pricing after its manifesto called for more support for the plumbing and heating sector on the issue. The note, issued in March by the Construction

Excellence in the creation of new homes and place-making across the country during the challenges of the last year will be marked once again with the launch of the annual Scottish Home Awards. Sponsored by property management firm Ross & Liddell, the event will see 20 aw

The number of unique visitors to the Scottish Housing News website has broken through the 100,000 mark for the first time — just as the SCN sister publication celebrates its 20th anniversary. Visitors in March rose to 108,374 from 97,971 in February. Subscribers to the free daily newsletter in

Fife College has welcomed Kirkcaldy-based company Astrak as it became the first small or medium enterprise (SME) in Fife to benefit from the Flexible Workforce Development Fund.