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Renfrewshire-based CGC has defied the downturn by announcing it has created a new division for the business. City Gate Construction has launched a steel and door division which it described a “natural fit” to its existing portfolio of services.

Strathaven-based Procast has been awarded a £1.2 million contract to provide roofing and rendering services for West Lothian Council. The deal will see the company working on various residential properties in Dedridge (two sites), Armadale (three) and Whitburn (two).

Hundreds of homes across Glasgow are set to become more energy efficient as part of a £4.75 million programme by Glasgow City Council. Delivered through the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland scheme, more than 100 homes in the Mansewood and Hillpark area

Aberdeenshire Council has made a technical objection to one element of Transport Scotland’s proposed Laurencekirk Grade Separated Junction on the A90.

Plans have been submitted for four homes to be built as the site of the Glenisla Hotel in Angus.

A closing date has been set for the sale of the former Madras College site in St Andrews, which has been recommended for use as housing. Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has set a closing date of 12 noon December 3 for the sale of Scottish comprehensive secondary school Madras College’s Kilrymont

A public consultation is under way for plans by South Ayrshire Council to build 90 amenity flats to replace three tower blocks at Riverside Place in Ayr.

SELECT has continued its ongoing member support by launching an in-depth guide for users of its SELECTcerts digital certification app.

Ambitious design proposals for improvements to High Street and Market Square in Wick are to be showcased outside Caithness House. From August 24 to September 14, Wickers will have the opportunity to view, discuss and shape the initial proposals which have been developed in collaboration with the com

Motor racing driver Paul di Resta has taken the chequered flag in a battle to convert an office building into one of Edinburgh’s most ­luxurious homes.

Councillors have been recommended to reject a planning application to build a Holiday Inn hotel on the former Glasgow Garden Festival site at Pacific Quay.

Renewed planning consent is being sought for a £100 million retail destination on the banks of the River Clyde.

Uist Distilling Company has submitted plans for a £6.5 million distillery and visitor centre to bolster the whisky trail in the Outer Hebrides.

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee has written to Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) chair, Scott McKenzie, over the body’s “repeated failure” to engage with its work on the issue of ‘zero valued homes’. The issue

Budget supermarket Aldi will build its fourth outlet in Dundee after its planning appeal was upheld by the Scottish Government.