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The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation (SNIPEF) has marked Living Wage Week (9-15 November 2020) with accreditation as a Living Wage employer. Its Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at SNIPEF receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50. This rate is higher tha

North-East property firm Fotheringham Homes has scooped the prestigious Show Home of the Year award at the Scottish Home Awards for the Esk design at their Parklands development in the charming village of Marykirk in Aberdeenshire.

The world’s longest combined rail and road tunnel was given the green light by German courts last week, connecting the northern part of the country with Denmark.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has now terminated a £10 million contract for upgrade works at Lochmaddy Pier in North Uist due to the main contractor’s failure to return from lockdown. The local authority had previously warned of a delay to the delivery of works for the Lochmaddy Pi

ADP Architecture has secured planning permission and listed building consent for the full refurbishment of the former Granton Gasworks Station on Waterfront Avenue.

New affordable homes are to be developed at Water Row in Govan after Glasgow City Council approved the off-market disposal of land to Govan Housing Association. 

Property development company Henley Homes Group is moving forward with the construction of two design-led hotel projects worth a combined £15 million following a pause in activity due to COVID-19.

A Grade A listed building with planning permission to develop an 18-room boutique hotel is up for sale at the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City.

Plans have been submitted to bring new homes to a coastal Fife village.

Cassiltoun Housing Association has started to welcome tenants to its first new-build project for over 15 years. The ‘Barlia 3’ development is delivering 42 units for social rent. Providing a mixture of apartment flats, cottage flats and three-story townhouses, the project is spread over

Results of a consultation on retentions carried out by the Scottish Government (SG) earlier this year have been given an enthusiastic welcome by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group Scotland.

Urban Union has won two awards at this year's Scottish Home Awards for the high quality of its affordable housing and its contribution to local communities. 

An innovative way to better measure and demonstrate the value of planning and how it helps create sustainable and successful places has been published by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).

Inverness Justice Centre has been recognised nationally as the ‘Most Considerate Site’ in Scotland while the old Inverness Sheriff Court is being transformed into a visitor attraction.

Network Rail has successfully completed three weekends of construction work at Milngavie as part of a £5 million investment to extend the platforms at the station.