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Regional apprenticeship manager Ian MacPherson is putting his faith where it counts — in his own apprentices. Ian has ordered a new home at Persimmon Homes’ Snowdon Gait development in West Kilbride, and the skilled apprentices he manages will be helping to build it.

An initiative has been launched to unlock a £1 billion offshore wind opportunity for Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies to diversify into renewables. Bowdun, a 1GW offshore wind farm planned 27 miles off Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire from the “ScotWind” leasing round, has la

Stantec and COWI have been engaged to help ascertain whether fixed tunnel transport links can be delivered in Shetland.

The construction of the new Callander Primary School has reached a major milestone as the facility begins to take shape.

Schools across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have benefited from Cala Homes (North)’s pledge to support the communities in which it builds. The housebuilder has conducted several talks to pupils and donated a combined £1,330 to schools in the past academic year.

Persimmon Homes East Scotland has raised £107,000 in a single evening for the Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH), the business’s Charity of the Year.

One of Scotland’s longest-established architectural practices has marked its centenary by launching a rebrand of the business. Bracewell Stirling Consulting will now be known as Bracewell, a move that retains the name synonymous with the brand's roots. According to the company, the new identit

A vibrant new activity and community space has officially opened within Ferguslie Park in Renfrewshire, transforming a long-term vacant area into a welcoming hub for local people.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has launched a new national campaign to push housing supply firmly up the political agenda in the run-up to next year’s Scottish Parliament election. With 693,000 households (28%) identified as being in housing need, 250,000 people on waiting lists, 17,240 househo

Bellway has started work of the delivery of more than 200 new homes at Prince’s Gate in Blindwells, Prestonpans.

Cairn Housing Association has broken ground on a new housing development at Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn, West Lothian, in partnership with Ogilvie Homes. This marks the first collaboration between the two organisations.

The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s only dedicated consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, is back in Edinburgh for the first time since 2019, when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston on 4 – 5 October 2025.

Plans to build 32 flats on the site of a former Mount Florida bowling club have been approved, despite strong opposition from residents who campaigned to preserve the area as community green space.

Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, according to documents released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). The 36-hole resort, one of two owned by the former US president in Scotland, relies on a private sewage s

Four luxury townhouses are set to be built overlooking the 17th Green, 18th Fairway and within a stone’s throw of the world famous Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course in St Andrews - a location often described as offering the ‘Best View in World Golf.’