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Arkadiusz Rudzki, executive vice president of leasing & sales at Skanska commercial development business unit in CEE, believes that the pandemic has created a reality that will strengthen the trends which have existed in the industry for years. In 2021, however, developers will prepare a new off

Construction trade association SELECT is throwing its weight behind the Scottish Government’s vaccination roll-out with the offer of a ready-to-use facility which could accommodate hundreds of people.

Architecture and planning practice Halliday Fraser Munro is launching a search across the UK for young creative designers to show off their skills and imagination in its latest competition ‘Design your dream school’.

The Edinburgh Evening News is inviting nominations for its Edinburgh Apprenticeship Awards in partnership with Openreach. The capital's new workforce will be celebrated at an inaugural virtual event, as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2021.

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) and greenspace scotland have today welcomed the 40 organisations who will participate in the 18-month NLHF funded Business Support Programme, ‘Surviving to Thriving’ (StT). At a time when heritage organisations are

The average property selling price in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders over the past three months was £265,953, up 7.4% compared to the same period last year, according to ESPC.

A 14ft python has been found near a pub in Greenock by passing builders. The huge reptile, believed to be a Burmese python, was coiled up next to a metal fence and the men thought it was dead - before it started to slither.

A bid to reimagine West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh as a new venue for open-air concerts and events is on the verge of being scrapped due to opposition from the heritage sector, a lack of funding and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Housebuilder and offsite timber systems manufacturer Stewart Milne Group has bounced back to profitability following a “transitional” financial year in 2018/19 which was adversely impacted by poor market conditions and exceptional items of £43 million. Historic accounts for a&

Plans have been lodged to demolished most of a derelict listed building in Bridge of Allan to make way for a new care home. Real estate developer Simply UK has submitted applications to Stirling Council to build the three-storey 70-bed facility at 103-105 Henderson Street. Elements of the 

Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has returned from the festive break with six new contracts with a combined value of approx. £5.5 million.

A third of construction companies expect to provide more jobs for British workers as the sector rises to challenges presented by Brexit and Covid-19, a new survey by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has found.

Smith Scott Mullan Associates has been appointed to the New Gorbals Housing Association Framework, along with six other leading architectural practices, to provide high-quality social housing in a key area of Glasgow.

Glasgow City Council is being asked to approve off-market disposal of land to Thenue Housing Association for the delivery of 45 homes for social rent. The Association hopes to develop land at Lily Street and Connal Street, beside Springfield Road, which was previously occupied by Dalm

Historic Dundee tenement blocks at the centre of a much-criticised decision process in 2017 are now set to be demolished. The 26 properties which make up 219-245 Blackness Road, 16 of which are council flats, were originally built in the 1890s during the city’s heyday as a jute giant.