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The number of people embarking on a career in surveying continues to rise during UK lockdown, according to the latest data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In the institution’s 152-year history, assessment interviews for the Assessment of Professional Competency (APC)

New kid on the block in the first-time buyer market - Living by Robertson - has sold out at its first development during COVID-19 emergency measures, after launching only 21 months ago. 

Plans have been revealed for a “sustainable, world-class” theme park in London, which has been dubbed the ‘UK's Disney World’.

An independent review into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has found that while it now offers a high quality healthcare setting, the initial design didn’t adequately take into account the needs of some vulnerable patients.

A new hotel development has been given the green light by Glasgow City Council.

Infrastructure projects in Scotland should now be built using less new materials and significantly more secondary and recycled materials as the first choice, according to some of the sector’s biggest leaders.

A multi-million-pound fund has been set up by the Scottish Government to help the energy sector recover from the dual economic impacts of coronavirus and the oil and gas price crash.

Veteran banker Sir Angus Grossart has nearly doubled his stake in Elgin-based Springfield Properties after buying £1 million of shares from its chairman Sandy Adam.

A proposal to turn Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls into a Museum of Slavery has won a public vote.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has extended its wide-ranging consultation on the future of the sector to the whole Scottish construction industry.

The UK Government has written to elected mayors and local business leaders in England to call for "shovel-ready" project ideas to enable short-term job creation and kick-start the economy.

Main construction works for Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project will begin from today as workers across the capital get back on site in line with the Scottish Government’s move to phase two of its plans to restart the construction industry.

Works will be restarting on council house build projects throughout the Highlands and the restoration of two iconic buildings following Scottish Government guidance on returning to construction sites in Scotland, the local authority has confirmed.

Commercial property agent Griffin Webster has announced the appointment of Greg Dykes as a director of the company. Effective from June 1, the appointment has formalised the relationship between Dykes and Griffin, who set up a joint venture two years ago to operate a full-service commercial property

A collaboration between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Torry Development Trust will bring together expertise in health and social care, architecture and the creative arts, to inform and design the regeneration of the former Victoria Road School in Torry.