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Edinburgh’s property market continues to heat up with the highest number of homes being bought and sold in more than a decade, according to Warners Solicitors and Estate Agents.

Local government, housing and planning minister, Kevin Stewart MSP, visited the Northfield area of Aberdeen last week to see how the Scottish Government’s Decarbonisation Fund is helping Grampian Housing Association implement energy efficiency measures. The Association’s homes are the fi

Construction and interior fit-out specialist Dimension Shopfitting has become part of the City Gate Construction group after it was placed into administration yesterday.

The Haymarket Hub Hotel in Edinburgh has submitted plans to extend the building by an additional 47 rooms and a new kitchen and dining space. Proposals submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council include a nine-story extension to the rear of the building, which would take the property to 242 bedrooms

Taylor Wimpey has announced today that retiring Land Securities Group chief executive Robert Noel will be appointed as an independent non-executive director with effect from October 1. Last week, Mr Noel revealed his decision to leave the commercial property developer next year, after spending 10 ye

The biggest council housebuilding programme in Aberdeen in more than half a century has taken another major step forward as plans progressed for 283 new homes. First Endeavour LLP is set to deliver the housing units at Wellheads Road in Dyce after entering an agreement with Aberdeen City Council.

Twenty-one new jobs have been created since Morrison Construction began works at the £68 million Barony Campus project for East Ayrshire Council.

Employment lawyer Jayne Harrison discusses the steps that construction employers can take to increase transparency in their efforts to tackle the gender pay gap. In the last few months, we have seen the Women in Construction Summit alongside European Women in Construction and Engineering. A year int

Chartered surveyor and property specialist Graham + Sibbald has extended its services across Perthshire and the surrounding area with a new building surveying unit. The firm has increased the headcount at its Perth office to seven to offer building surveying services alongside an extensive range of

Design and architecture company HLM Architects attended the celebrations held to mark the topping out ceremony for the James McCune Smith Learning Hub at the University of Glasgow. (from left) Piper; Patrick Clark, associate director, HLM Architects; Andrew Ridley-Barker; Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli,

The Scottish Land Commission has launched a new survey seeking views of communities across Scotland about community engagement in decisions relating to land.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is seeking further clarification on a planning application for a proposed Spaceport at Scolpaig, North Uist.

A church which played a central role in the Scottish Reformation has been virtually reconstructed as it may have appeared more than five centuries ago by researchers at the University of St Andrews.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the construction sector’s patience with Brexit-related indecision is wearing thin after its latest industry survey found that businesses are being forced to “proceed cautiously” through the uncertainty.

The £140 million Macallan Distillery and visitor centre in Moray is one of six buildings in the running to be named to the UK's best new building.