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Work is set to begin on a new affordable housing development located on the site of the former Lairdsland Primary School in Kirkintilloch.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 85% of construction firms say they feel positive about their prospects for the year ahead, according to a new survey from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has delivered £9 billion to the UK's social housing sector in three years. Since 2018, the bank has provided £9bn of funding to the UK’s social housing sector, outstripping its original £2.25bn funding commitment by £6.75bn ov

Plans are progressing for a new activity centre on the banks of the canal in Clydebank.

Tarmac has become the first major cement manufacturer in the UK to move to 50% recycled plastic in its packaging with the roll out of new all-weather, fully recyclable hybrid bags.

Scottish Ministers have given the go-ahead to the completion of the statutory procedures for four more schemes on the A9 Dualling Perth to Inverness.

Balfour Beatty is to hand back more than £19 million in funds used to furlough employees amid its continued recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes as it revealed a record year end order book which increased by 15% to £16.4 billion (2019: £14.3bn); prov

Construction materials group Breedon has reported a fall in annual profits of almost 50% against the backdrop of "considerable disruption" caused by COVID-19.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of three company directors, after finding they broke competition law by forming a cartel in the construction industry.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed a capital programme plan of £214m for 2021/22, including an investment of £150m to regenerate the city centre and link it to the beach area. 

A report to Glasgow City Council has detailed the range of current and future projects which are contributing to the regeneration of Govan-Partick and the waterfront on both banks of the Clyde there.

Hanover Scotland has received planning approval from Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park for its first social housing development to be built to Passivhaus standards.

Scottish factoring firm Newton Property Management has launched an industry-first loan scheme for staff to help provide interest free access to funds if they need it. The company, which has offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, has pledged a six-figure employee benevolent fund to provide finan

Assembly of the superstructure of the new Larkfield Early Learning Centre in Greenock is well underway with the project as a whole progressing well.

A public realm improvement scheme which aims to reinvigorate Bridge Street in Banff has taken another step forward with the appointment of a main contractor. Hunter Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd will undertake the ambitious works which are expected to commence in April.