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Scotland’s residential market remains less affected by the political uncertainty impacting housing markets in London and the south, according to Savills latest analysis launched at their Scottish Property Outlook Conference held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre yesterday. An au

Scottish business advisors Scott-Moncrieff outline how the construction industry can ensure it is prepared for the upcoming Making Tax Digital deadline. I don’t want to panic you, but HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) deadline comes into effect on Monday (1st April). What this means is tha

The convener of Holyrood’s Cross Party Group on Accident Prevention and Safety has become the latest member of the Scottish Parliament to back a campaign to regulate electricians. Clare Adamson MSP has lent her support to electrotechnical trade association SELECT for raising awareness by campa

Morrison Construction has shown continued support for a teenager campaigning for more inclusive disabled access signage. The contractor has installed Grace’s Signs at the new £18.9m Wallyford Primary School for East Lothian Council.

Link Group’s development in Dunbeg has benefited from £8 million of funding delivered by Allia Impact Finance through a Scottish Charitable Bond. The loan will be used to partially fund Dunbeg Phase 3, which will deliver 300 properties with 261 for social rent and 39 for Shared Equity.

Edinburgh-based P1 Contractors Ltd and commercial plant nursery Johnsons of Whixley have teamed up to supply thousands of plants for the landscaping of an iconic building originally known as Donaldson’s Hospital. The former Donaldson’s hospital site has been turned into luxury apartments

Attempting DIY with your partner could ruin your relationship, according to new research. Half of the ‘relationship renovators’ said that their sex life suffered, with 8% saying that their sex life was completely killed off by the work.

A £21 million construction contract has been approved to create the connections underpinning a major innovation district being developed in Renfrewshire. The Glasgow Airport Investment Area project will see new roads, bridges, cycleways and footpaths being built to connect into a site at the c

Four locations in Scotland have made an 18-strong shortlist as potential regional construction hubs for a new runway at Heathrow Airport. Heathrow is looking to pioneer the large-scale use of logistics hubs to build as much of the £16 billion expansion project offsite as possible.

Persimmon Homes West Scotland is to invest £60 million to bring forward a development of almost 250 homes in Renfrewshire. The announcement comes after the housebuilder successfully finalised a 27-acre land deal with the owners of Erskine Bridge Hotel.

The Highland Council has awarded the contract for a new nursery extension at Ullapool Primary School to Morgan Sindall.  The work will see the dilapidated former nursery classroom unit replaced by an extension to the school comprising two nursery rooms (one each for English and Gaelic Medium pu

Plans have been lodged to build 330 homes in Whitlawburn as part of a £42 million housing-led regeneration project. CCG (Scotland) Ltd, the construction and manufacturing group appointed to build the new homes, has submitted a planning application in partnership with hub South West for 330 mix

The UK’s three principal suppliers of rolled lead have been found to have breached competition law. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found the firms, which collectively accounts for about 90% of UK rolled lead supplies, entered into a cartel to share the market amo

The body which represents officials running planning authorities across the country has warned that the scale of new responsibilities to be introduced in the Planning (Scotland) Bill could break the back of an already under-resourced system. Proposed new duties introduced at stage 2 of the Parliamen

Ryden has appointed Charlotte Ballantyne as new associate to support the growth of its Planning & Research department in Edinburgh. Charlotte has 15 years of experience in property consultancy and business development projects. Her professional background includes property research, market analy