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Construction has begun on a new £1.8m nursery in Keith, which will provide an additional 60 early learning and childcare (ELC) places. It now needs the help of the community to find a suitable name.

A Confederate statue which was the subject of protests seeking its removal was brought down in a storm just days after local officials had voted to keep it.

Plans have been lodged to replace disused car wash buildings on Edinburgh's London Road with a 76-bed Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development.

Aberdeen Harbour Board has awarded two new contracts for rock removal and revetment work at the South Harbour expansion site, with a total value of £20 million.

Rangers Football Club has submitted a planning application for a two-storey multi-purpose facility that will replace Edmiston House.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart is calling for the UK Government to reduce VAT charged on construction works to existing buildings to 5% to support the sector's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, Mr Stewart said that while success

Bancon Homes is to expand its operations into the central belt for the first time with a development of four and five-bedroom homes in Strathaven. Under planning permission granted by South Lanarkshire Council, the company’s new 'Overton Gardens' development will be located off Glassford Road

A £3.4 million investment project to help reduce the risk of sewer flooding begins today in Tarbert, Argyll and Bute.

hub South West has agreed a £12.43 million social housing contract with Graham Construction to build 79 new homes in Kilwinning on behalf of North Ayrshire Council.

While employers in the plumbing and heating sector in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been pulling out all the stops to keep their apprentices working, a major new Scotland-wide survey reveals just how immediately they are in need of new funding to maintain their support.

International winch specialist Huisman has begun fabrication of a £1 million energy storage demonstrator destined for trial by Gravitricity in Edinburgh early next year.

Plans have been submitted to build 43 homes and two business units near Udny Station in Aberdeenshire. 

Councillors have agreed an action plan and strategy for Midlothian Council to become carbon neutral by 2030. The approval of the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan comes after the council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ in December 2019.

A just transition to net zero emissions by 2045 is one of three core missions for the new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) which have been laid before the Scottish Parliament for consultation.

Farrans Construction, the contractor for the A92/A96 Haudagain Junction Improvement for Transport Scotland, will soon begin the next phase of delivery with the construction of two key junctions.