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Historic buildings at a former Leith gasworks are set to be replaced with student accommodation, affordable homes and shared office space following the approval of a planning application this week.

The best of Scotland’s new build housing was celebrated as part of a digital broadcast with winners revealed in the country’s largest independent awards competition. The Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by property management firm Ross & Liddell, crowned 18 housebuilding com

Neil McKay highlights the importance of social housing and building communities as a key factor in helping Scotland recover from the COVID recession. A new report released by housing and social research charities demonstrates that not only could the construction of affordable and social housing help

Financial distress is increasing exponentially across Scotland’s economy with real estate, property services and construction businesses experiencing a substantial rise in the advanced signs of financial difficulties since the previous quarter. Red Flag Alert data from insolvency and

Rowan Timber Supplies has announced it will officially rebrand to Woodrow Timber & Supplies after 40 years of supplying central Scotland’s construction trade. The company said the new name pays tribute to Rowan Timber Supplies’ heritage, retaining the letters ROW and combining t

Network Rail has said it will work with its manufacturing and construction supply chain companies to help it achieve world-first targets to cut carbon emissions.

Contractors working on the Inverness West Link bypass have said the project is progressing well and is on target to be completed in the early summer of 2021.

Lovell Homes has submitted a detailed planning application to Glasgow City Council hoping to build 47 homes at a former B&Q site near Hogganfield Loch in the north east of Glasgow.

Members of Aberdeen City Council’s city growth and resources committee were this week given updates on three separate transport projects.

Progress is continuing on an Aberdeen City Council project to build a heat network for part of the community of Torry which will get energy from a nearby energy from waste plant.

With Christmas events cancelled across the country, the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is offering companies the opportunity to win a share of a £25,000 prize pot through its e-card initiative.

New findings from Savills Home Truths Research on the Glasgow and the West of Scotland property market reveals properties in Scotland’s largest city are selling faster than anywhere else in the UK. Greater Glasgow’s housing market has seen exceptional growth in activity since it reo

Keltbray Group is to work with key supply chain partners Wagners and Capital Concrete to sign a limited exclusivity licence to supply and place Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC) in the UK.

A new sports and outdoor centre in north Edinburgh has been given the green light by the local authority.

UK building and plumbing supply company M Markovitz Ltd has chosen North Lanarkshire for its first Scottish outlet.