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Housebuilding to healthcare business James Walker (Leith) Ltd has reported a 14% lift in annual profits, notably from “strong demand” across its residential housing developments. Insider reports that the Livingston-based group said demand for housing also lifted revenues in its timber frame manu

Raeburn Construction is to invest £440,000 to build a new head office and four additional industrial units in Kirkcaldy. Work on the new site at Dunnikier Business Park began last month, with the firm projecting it will move its 11 office staff into its two storey unit by Easter.

Rangers Football Club has received planning permission to improve its Auchenhowie training base in Milngavie. A new stand for spectators to watch youth games, additional dressing room facilities, a classroom area and more floodlighting will be added after East Dunbartonshire Council gave the green l

An ageing housing block on the edge of Perth city centre is to be regenerated to complement plans for a nearby £30 million cinema and shopping complex. The Courier has reported that Perth and Kinross Council is planning an overhaul of St Catherine’s Square to ensure it fits in with the Mill Quart

Fresh plans to transform a former auction site and waste land in Moray into a housing complex have failed to address flooding concerns from Scotland’s environmental body. ANM Group has lodged plans to build more than 100 homes and restaurant at the site on Elgin’s Linkwood Road.

Attracting young people into construction and new home quality are among the areas of focus to be discussed by industry experts at this year’s NHBC Building for tomorrow roadshows – ‘Future Skills, Future Standards, Future Quality’. Building for tomorrow is the annual series of seminars wher

St Andrews' coast will be mapped as part of the project The damage that climate change could cause to nearly one fifth of Scotland’s coastline as well as important infrastructure and monuments from and the steps that could be taken to mitigate it will be forecast in a new two year research project

Time extension for applications to speak at pre-determination hearing into new Aberdeen stadium The deadline for people wishing to speak at the further pre-determination hearing into the proposed new Aberdeen Football Club stadium has been extended.

A group of Chinese construction workers reportedly unearthed a strange gift on Christmas: a batch of 30 well-fossilized dinosaur eggs in the city of Ganzhou. According to China News, the workers made the discovery while preparing to set off explosives.

A legal bid to prevent the development of more than 800 homes at Newton Mearns has been rejected by the Court of Session. The joint CALA Homes and Taylor Wimpey project at Maidenhill Farm is set to deliver a new neighbourhood of 834 new homes in total with pockets of land provided to facilitate the

Andrew Wyllie Costain is on course to deliver results in line with the Board’s expectations thanks to several new contract wins, the firm said today.

Mike Welch Edinburgh-based investment advisory firm Full Circle Partners (FCP) has launched a property fund in a bid to fill a gap in the market by providing short-term liquidity and investment support to established commercial and residential property developers.

Dr John Hooper, the CEO of CABE (The Chartered Association of Building Engineers), has been announced as the UK Chief executive of the Year 2017 at the annual Association of Association Executives awards. The Association of Association Executives is the largest community of Association Executives in

Keith Brown on a visit to the new River Don Crossing construction site Cabinet secretary for economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown, says the £745 million Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) is due to be completed by the spring and is already delivering benefits to local communities.

A plumber has been found guilty of causing a gas explosion which blew up a pensioners’ bungalow and trapped its occupants beneath the rubble. Craig Hall left a gas pipe liable to come loose in Robin and Marion Cunningham’s home in Callander, Perthshire, by crucially failing to solder a vital 90