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hub South West held its second online event earlier this month on coming out of lockdown. Participants from companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway heard about the industry plans for a staged post-COVID-19 return to work from Tier 1 co

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced the beginning of pre-construction work for a development of 69 new homes at its Ravensheugh development on land at St Clements Wells in Wallyford.

Business groups, trades unions and leaders from local government and the third sector have committed to putting fair work at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery. As Scotland continues to ease lockdown restrictions, organisations including the Institute of Directors (IoD), SCDI, STUC, COS

An independent distillery has supplied a prominent homebuilder with hand sanitiser, helping it to carry out a careful reopening of sales suites throughout the east of Scotland. CALA Homes (East) has purchased an initial 60 litres of Nil By Mouth – a hand sanitiser produced by NB Distillery in

A man sawed his neighbour's garage in half following a dispute over the boundary line between the two properties. Construction worker Gabriel Brawn used a reciprocating saw to destroy half of the structure after a land surveyor confirmed that the garage straddled the boundary line between the two ho

Investigations are under way into the circumstances of a boy's death at a building site in Glasgow last night.

Housebuilder Bellway has asked its subcontractors to cut their rates by 5% from next month.

A project to extend the Govan Old Church to utilise the A-listed building as an events venue and public space has been granted planning permission by Glasgow City Council.

Plans to build a £10 million hotel in Pitlochry have been withdrawn.

Renfrewshire Council is to explore a range of possible development opportunities for land belonging to whisky company Chivas Brothers in Paisley after a deal was struck to bring the site into public ownership.

Aberdeen City Council has granted listed building consent for the renovation of the B-listed East Gate Lodge in Duthie Park, paving the way for the north-east’s first outdoor nursery.

Lockdown has shown the particular importance of community green spaces, says Andrew Duncan.

Scottish manufacturing and construction firms saw an encouraging boost in business throughout June as the coronavirus lockdown measures began to ease, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland UK Small Business PMI report. 

Work has started on a new affordable housing development on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.

The Scottish Government is providing £10 million to support the rapid deployment of bus priority infrastructure by local authorities.