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South Lanarkshire Council will add to its housing stock thanks to a decision by its housing and technical resources committee yesterday.

A Scottish flooring supplier has opened two new shops south of the border and celebrated its UK footprint by climbing the country’s four highest peaks. The new showrooms in Reading and Peterborough take The Wooden Floor Store’s total retail sites to nine, making it the only independent f

Apropos by DJ Alexander has announced the appointment of Nick Maunder and Matthew Garstang to its board of directors as the firm builds up to the launch of its new property portal next year. The firm said the appointments reflect its desire to grow its senior management team to deliver on its expand

Apprentices at residential fire and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm provider Aico Ltd have commenced the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) Product Knowledge Programme, starting with the Customer Service module. At the end of this module, the apprentices will understand ‘What constitu

The condition of privately owned tenement housing will continue to deteriorate unless the Scottish Government partners with councils and housing associations to arrest the decline, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has warned. Earlier this week, at the Forum&rsquo

An ode to the Queensferry Crossing by Scotland’s national poet has been set in bronze in a specially commissioned work. 

CMS Window Systems has added significant building product manufacturing and supply expertise to its senior management team with the appointment of former Tyman plc CEO Louis Eperjesi as chairman. Louis brings three decades of director-level experience to CMS, having most recently been CEO at Tyman p

Robertson has strengthened its Residential Group business with three senior appointments. John Low has been appointed as new CEO, while Colin Mitchell and Craig Smith join as finance director and operations director respectively.

Plans for a hotel and retail project near to the Borders Railway terminus in Tweedbank have been approved.

A £3 billion Green Investment Portfolio and a vow to end polluting gas heating in new homes within five years are part of the Scottish Government’s next steps to tackle climate change, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced in Parliament yesterday.

Barratt Developments have experienced a pre-tax profit of £909.8 million for the year to the end of June - an increase of 8.9% compared to the previous year. The UK's biggest housebuilder posted the record annual profit after it experienced a sales boom and improvement in its margins due to a

Morgan Sindall Construction has won a major contract with the City of Edinburgh Council to build a new primary school in south east Edinburgh, in a deal valued at £13 million.

The developers behind the new town of Shawfair have today welcomed the news that a new community campus is designated for the town centre.

Specialist foundations contractor Aarsleff Ground Engineering has appointed Mark Fuller to lead its piling division.  Most recently, Mark was business head of the driven piling division at Balfour Beatty, where he successfully maintained and increased gross margin and turnover year on year.

Sarah Albon has taken up her post as the chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Ms Albon vacated her post as inspector general and CEO of the Insolvency Service, where she has been since 2015 to take charge of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator.