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Home improvements company CR Smith has resumed its apprenticeship programme following the introduction of COVID protocols and full risk assessment with partners Fife College to ensure a safe learning environment. Eight apprentice joiners are now back on course to complete their apprenticeships next

CALA Homes (West) has struck up a partnership with an expert gardening company to give buyers the chance to grow their own veg in their new homes. The housebuilder has joined forces with East Renfrewshire-based Goody Foody Gardens to give clients the opportunity to have their very own raised bed veg

Shanghai residents passing through the city's eastern Huangpu district last month might have stumbled upon the unusual sight of a five-story-building being "walked" to a new location. The 85-year-old primary school was lifted off the ground - in its entirety - and relocated using new technology dubb

More than 50 suppliers have won a place on a major new consultancy framework which aims to support the delivery of state-of-the-art new schools, early years centres, sports facilities and affordable homes across Edinburgh.

Cruden Group has welcomed a "robust" set of results in which it reported its 21st consecutive year of profit.

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.