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Housebuilder Barratt Developments has reported an "excellent" first half performance with a record number of sales and a return to dividend payments.

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has announced plans to open its fourth store in Aberdeen and to replace an existing store in Perth. According to the plans, a 14,000 sq ft supermarket will be based at the site of some former oil offices on Hareness Road, Altens, and have 109 parking spaces.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, along with its development partner BL Chesser Ltd, plans to make a Planning Permission in Principle application to the City of Edinburgh Council later this year for the provision of around 150 new homes through the development of further land at Highfield, Gilmerton

An extra £20 million is to be invested in roads infrastructure throughout the Highlands, an updated report into the local authority’s Capital Plan 2018/19 has revealed.

Engineers worked around-the-clock over Christmas and New Year at dozens of locations to carry out £16 million of enhancements on key pieces of Scotland’s railway.

Highland councillors have agreed to raise a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to acquire the Struan House Hotel in Carrbridge to develop the land into much needed affordable housing. The Order, which is to be applied for under Sections 9 and 10 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, will see the council

CessCon Decom has launched its new decommissioning facility at Energy Park Fife, Methil, with the announcement that it has been awarded Scotland’s largest decommissioning contract to date, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.

Shipping-container clinics and city centre pod have been proposed by architects to help speed up the process of Covid-19 vaccinations. At the request of the Italian Special Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency, Domenico Arcuri, the architect Stefano Boeri – together with a team of cons

Clients of Clark Contracts have shown their confidence in the business after it unveiled £40 million of new orders in its first trading quarter of 2021. Orders secured from repeat customers include two refurbishment projects within the Curran Building for the University of Strathclyde, to

Plans have been put forward for a 60-bed care home plans put forward for site in Brechin.

Holmes Miller has submitted a planning application for a new build Kirkliston Early Years and Primary School extension on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council.

Councillors have given the green light for a £4.2 million transformation of the outdoor spaces around Glasgow Science Centre.

The UK construction sector held up well in December despite restrictions on activity in many regions, according to the latest monthly survey of purchasing managers.

A proposed housing development on the banks of the River Tweed threatens views from Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated Borders home, its trustees have warned. A campaign has been launched to protect Abbotsford, the country house created by the 19th-century novelist, has been launched amid claims th

Bellway Homes has received the biggest-ever fine for a wildlife crime, for destroying a soprano pipistrelle roost at a construction site in 2017.