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The Scottish Government has issued updated guidance on gas, fire and electrical safety checks which states that private landlords and letting agents should postpone routine certification requirements during the current coronavirus pandemic.

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has handed £500 to ‘The Sikh Food Bank’, a new Sikhs in Scotland project created to help people left most vulnerable by the coronavirus pandemic. The Glasgow-based firm rallied behind project as media reports suggested supermarket panic-buyers h

A group of armed vigilantes in the US are said to have cut down a tree to use as a roadblock to try to quarantine three construction workers from another state. 

Morgan Sindall has reversed its decision to resume work on the £250 million Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area in Glasgow today with the firm citing confusion caused by contradictory guidance for construction from Holyrood and Westminster.

Kier Group has introduced a salary cut of up to 25% as part of a package of measures to continue operating “as efficiently as possible” during the coronavirus crisis.

The redevelopment of the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh has been temporarily paused due to the impact of the coronavirus, the charitable trust which runs the theatre has announced. Scheduled to start in September 2021, Capital Theatres will now explore the potential of starting the project 12 mon

Efforts are under way to help prevent further disruption to the buying and selling of homes across Scotland after Registers of Scotland (RoS) temporarily closed the application record and the UK Government advised home buyers and renters to delay moving unless the new property is empty.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has advised contractors to review their contracts so supply chains can work together to manage inevitable delays to projects during the coronavirus crisis. Many sites are being shut down in response to government calls for non-essential work to be

New guidance has been published for public sector organisations in Scotland to support suppliers during the coronavirus outbreak.

A housing association tenant who sued his landlord over its alleged failure to properly sound-proof his property has had his action dismissed.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is urging the construction industry to donate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to their local healthcare communities amid international shortages for healthcare professionals in the fight against coronavirus. For healthcare workers providing treatment to

The Cater Group has submitted plans to build 86 flats at the site of the former University of Aberdeen Training Corps building.

The Scottish Government has taken the decision not to introduce upcoming regulations to improve the energy efficiency of private rented housing given the current focus on coronavirus.

Letting agents are amongst a host of businesses which will be aided by rates relief to support them during the coronavirus outbreak under new regulations introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

Developers behind a planned 65-bed care home in Aberdeen have appealed to the Scottish Government.