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The UK construction sector continued its tentative post-lockdown recovery with an 8.2% rise in output during May 2020 after the record decline of 40.2% in April.

Final preparations are being made to deliver an £18 million plan for a comprehensive flood protection scheme for the Upper Garnock Valley after the appointment of McLaughlin & Harvey as the main contractor.

An Aberdeen-based kilt shop has lost its challenge against the local authority in respect of water ingress problems affecting its premises.

Guy Marsden discusses the future of offices, sustainability features that we need to think of, the indoor and outdoor environment and why COVID is likely to accelerate its rebirth. With so many people making the transition to working from home, there is a school of thought that the coronavirus pande

Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have today launched an international competition to shape the future of Britain’s railway stations.

NHBC has launched a new service dedicated to Modern Methods of Construction.  NHBC Accepts is an all-inclusive, end-to-end service that will help to build confidence in innovative construction and enable MMC systems to be fast-tracked for NHBC warranty.

The business model used by most large UK private housebuilders cannot deliver the necessary level of rural housing in Scotland, according to a new report. Published today by Savills for the Scottish Land Commission, ‘The Role of Land in Enabling New Housing Supply in Rural Scotland’, has

Skyrora has established an engine test complex in Fife, where it already has successfully tested its 3.5kN engine and three-tonne engine for its sub-orbital and orbital rockets. Skyrora expects the newly established Engine Test Complex to help the company create over 170 new jobs in the area by 2030

Russian officials have been accused of using "invisible ink" on valuable contracts to facilitate corruption and kickbacks.

akp Scotland has emerged from the lockdown with a raft of new business secured and a new managing director to steer the business forward. Ian McEwan, who founded the business 30 years ago, is to take on the role of CEO and has selected director Martin McColl to succeed him as managing director with

Multiplex has won a contract to deliver a 13-storey office development on Glasgow’s Argyle Street on behalf of global property and investment firm Osborne+Co.

Drum Property Group has submitted detailed plans for a high-profile office building at its mixed-use riverside campus in Glasgow.

Homebuyers will be able to take advantage of reduced rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) from this week, after finance secretary Kate Forbes responded to calls for a quick implementation of the change. The threshold at which LBTT begins to be paid will rise from £145,000 to &pou

Glencairn Properties has submitted revised plans for its proposed residential transformation of a vacant office building in the Bonnington district of Edinburgh. The developer was granted planning permission in March to deliver a mix of 58 private and affordable apartments at the Ashley Place site.

The Trump Organisation is planning a major expansion of its flagship Turnberry resort in Ayrshire, according to reports.