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The next significant building phase at Glasgow’s Buchanan Wharf starts this week with ground-breaking for Legal & General’s 324-home build to rent (BTR) scheme.  Drum Property Group, developers of Buchanan Wharf, agreed a deal with Legal & General earlier this year for the f

Councillors from Stirling Council have approved a new £112 million housing investment plan to deliver nearly 1,000 affordable homes across the region. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for Stirling sets out the council’s affordable housing priorities for the next five years.

SELECT’s Alan Wilson details how the electrical industry is tackling demographic changes in the Scottish population. Electricity and electrotechnology underpin every aspect of modern Scottish society and the recently highlighted prospect of an erosion of highly technical skills as a result of

A contribution from the former Lagan Group has helped Breedon deliver increased revenues, improved underlying EBIT and continuing robust cash generation for the ten months to 31 October 2019.

Strategic Development Frameworks (SDFs) for Govan, Partick and the Clyde Corridor will be submitted to Scottish Ministers as supplementary guidance to the City Development Plan, a Glasgow City Council committee was advised yesterday. These SDFs have been informed by public consultation, with both th

Scottish Borders Council has reached an “amicable solution” with the Unite union regarding a dispute within its roads service.

Glasgow City Council has considered the progress made through the City Centre Strategy 2014-19, and the development for the strategy for 2020-25.

Highbridge Properties’ Guy Marsden looks at the Glasgow commercial property market and the increased levels of demand in the market, thanks to the growing pool of talent in the city. As a commercial property developer, my natural instinct whenever I go into a city is to look up – you rea

The condition of Scotland’s private tenements will continue to deteriorate unless the Scottish Government adopts a new funding approach as part of its overall housing investment programme, argues the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Scotland's Towns Partnership (STP) has unveiled an eight-strong shortlist for its annual FutureTown Design Competition.

Bar and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers is gearing up to open new sites in Scotland during 2020, advised by Savills. The business, which amongst other brands, operates All Bar One, Miller & Carter, Ember Inns and Premium Country Pubs, has opened seven new sites in the UK this year an

A planning application has been submitted for a new cemetery in Coldstream.

Construction firm CGC has triumphed in a top award for developing the careers of young workers. CGC trainee quantity surveyor Adam Heron with the award

Shettleston Housing Association’s church conversion and Passivhaus development has been shortlisted in two categories in the national Inside Housing Awards. Old Carntyne Church, in the east end of Glasgow, was transformed from a semi-derelict building into one of Scotland’s most energy-e

It’s hard to think of certain locations around the world without thinking of some of their most famous monuments, and they often have one very noticeable thing in common: their height. Towering over the cities beneath them, these skyscrapers make up some of the most impressive skylines in the