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Commercial property transactions totalled £426 million in Q3 2024, up 7% year-on-year and 16% above the five-year average, marking the highest Q3 total in the last five years, according to Lismore Real Estate Advisors. Key transactions included Pontegadea’s £42.5m acquisition of Th

Shetland Islands Council is consulting with harbour users, stakeholders and the community on possible options to redevelop Scalloway Harbour. In September 2023, councillors considered an initial report looking at a number of possible options for the future of the harbour. The harbour currently has e

Cala Homes (West) visited Chryston Primary School to talk to children about the homebuilding industry and educate them about the dangers of playing in and around construction sites.

A six-month project to improve a 140-year-old railway bridge over Salkeld Street, in Glasgow, has begun. 

Considerate Constructors Scheme, the independent champion for change in construction, has partnered with compliance and risk management firm Veriforce CHAS to broaden its inspection monitoring services across the UK. As public and government scrutiny on build quality intensifies, the collaboration m

The Landscape Academy is returning to Scotland later this month to stage another workshop hosted by St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies.

Business activity growth across the UK construction sector during September accelerated to its fastest for nearly two-and-a-half years, according to new figures.

Almost all aspects of the Tayside property market are showing "considerable growth", according to Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC). From July to September 2024, a total of 608 homes were sold, a 16% increase on the second quarter of 2024, with a combined value of £111,326,738. The ave

An update on the delivery of Glasgow's Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) was given to a council committee yesterday.

A new energy efficient, affordable housing development in Helensburgh has been officially opened and has welcomed its new residents.

A developer who was previously granted permission in principle for the transformation of a Glasgow city centre car park site has returned to the drawing board with new proposals.

A major housing development in the village of Allanton has received planning permission in principle. Grimaldi Developments had applied to North Lanarkshire Council seeking the go-ahead for the construction of up to 73 houses and related infrastructure at a three-hectare site on Coltness Avenue.

A planning application lodged on behalf of Rangers FC legend Ally McCoist has generated around 300 objections.

Two Levenmouth building projects are set to take a step forward after councillors provisionally agreed funding allocations from local capital budgets. Members of Fife Council's Levenmouth Area Committee have set aside £77,500 to the Bishop’s Court Public Realm Improvement project in Kenn

Ashley Howieson has joined Deeside Timberframe as its new business development manager, following her successful tenure at the Muir Group. With 17 years of experience in the construction industry, including 14 in timber frame, Ashley brings a wealth of knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm to the team.