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Councillors have agreed an action plan and strategy for Midlothian Council to become carbon neutral by 2030. The approval of the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan comes after the council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ in December 2019.

A just transition to net zero emissions by 2045 is one of three core missions for the new Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) which have been laid before the Scottish Parliament for consultation.

Farrans Construction, the contractor for the A92/A96 Haudagain Junction Improvement for Transport Scotland, will soon begin the next phase of delivery with the construction of two key junctions.

Transparent public toilets have been installed in Tokyo parks which allow prospective users to inspect their cleanliness from the outside.

The Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has today launched a draft recovery plan which sets out a pathway for joint action between the construction industry and the public sector in response to the impact caused by the global pandemic.

Work is set to start next month on a £2.4 million extension to the Rainbow Family Centre (Park Farm) in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

Barratt North Scotland is seeking repayment of almost half-a-million pounds worth of education contributions made to Aberdeenshire Council because a village’s primary school is under capacity.

Ayrshire Housing has received a loan of £8 million through a charitable bond arranged by Allia C&C to build another 118 homes for affordable rent over the next two years. The loan is the third and the largest the association has received under Allia C&C’s programme with

Almost 150 new affordable homes for social rent are taking shape as part of the Queens Quay regeneration project in Clydebank.

Glasgow City Council has agreed to move to the next stage of working with the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to help deliver the Underline Avenue between St Georges Cross and Cowcaddens.

A proposed housing-led vision for the Leith Walk/Halmyre Street area has been published by the City of Edinburgh Council to help shape future development of the site following consultation with the local community and other groups.

Cloch Housing has appointed The McDougall Group as its new contractor for both its reactive and voids contracts. 

Kingdom Housing Association has started conversion work on Hunter House in Kirkcaldy, a Category B listed building, following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Midlothian Council's affordable house building programme is "progressing well" despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, councillors were told this week.

Highland Council is seeking to build 12 new flats and a Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) office in Nairn.