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Aberdeen-based integrated mechanical and electrical services company EnerMech has announced the appointment of industry heavyweight Christian Brown as its new chief executive officer. A highly experienced, successful and well-regarded business leader, Chris was previously CEO of global engineering a

Frasers Property has signed a 15-year lease with Starbucks on a new purpose-built ‘drive thru and drive up’ coffee and food outlet at Hillington Park in Glasgow.

With housing completions in 2018 exceeding 20,000 for the first time in a decade, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has stressed the need for more SME home builders if growth is to be continued.  In a new report entitled ‘Small Scale Home Builders:  Increasing Supply’, which was pu

A Scottish Property Federation (SPF) analysis of the latest commercial property sales figures has shown a rebound in the total value of sales in Scotland in Q3 (July to September) 2019. In total, £1.2 billion was transacted in the quarter, nearly double the total value of commercial prope

The CEOs of Scotland’s five hub partnerships will celebrate another successful year at Edinburgh’s Education Buildings Scotland conference this week.

CMS Window Systems has been recognised for its long term contribution to Scotland’s sustainable development by being named the winner of the Best of VIBES Award. (from left) Jamie Hepburn MSP presenting the Best of VIBES Award to CMS Window Systems’ support services director Martin McCri

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising contractors and businesses to prepare for the forthcoming IR35 tax legislation change which many commentators predict will have a significant impact on how many businesses operate. Introduced in 2000, IR35 is an anti-tax avoidance rule that applie

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced that pre-construction and the enabling works for a development of 304 new homes at its Sinclair Gardens development, on land off Main Street in Roslin, will start this week.

The £140 million residential-led revitalisation of Glasgow’s Laurieston area is being featured at an exhibition which celebrates the very best of Scottish architecture.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland took the opportunity to bring Neilston Primary School’s new Skills Academy project to life when one of its recently qualified joiners, Fraser Martin, popped into visit Primary 1/2 to explain how Taylor Wimpey designs its houses and uses tools to build them. &nb

A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay.

DSSR Limited has announced the appointment of two new shareholding directors with the company as from 1 October 2019. Gordon Smith was formerly a regional director in the Glasgow office and heads up a team of engineers covering a variety of market sectors and disciplines.

The former Royal Bank of Scotland building on Glasgow’s Trongate could be demolished to make way for a 157-room aparthotel rising to 12 storeys.

Flats contained within the old Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh have been sold to investors in Hong Kong months before they were available for purchase by domestic buyers. Prospective buyers in Hong Kong were given the opportunity to buy a “very limited selection” of homes in the new

Queen's Park Football Club has submitted plans for a 1,700-seater stadium at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow. Under the proposals, the site adjacent to Hampden Park will be upgraded to a league-standard stadium complete with a new 812-capacity East Stand and an extended West Stand with room for 900 specta