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Ken McEwan Ken McEwan says we all face having to pick-up the tab for what he refers to as the Scottish Government’s "botched" Land and Buildings Transaction Tax as he appeals for an urgent reform to the property tax.

Stuart Gillespie Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes is celebrating after the quality of four of its site managers was recognised at the NHBC Pride in the Job Regional Awards held in Glasgow last week.

Businesses could save a third by locating 100 staff in Edinburgh compared to London, according to analysis in Knight Frank’s 2018 Global Cities report. For the first time, Knight Frank has compared the total cost of employing 100 people in the world’s leading cities, based on the cost of workspa

New Jaguar Land Rover Arch Facility opens in Ayr The construction of a new state-of-the-art car Arch Facility in Ayr has been officially completed by CCG.

A host of famous faces from the Gorbals are to be honoured at a new housing development in the area. A total of 19 well-known names have had a house type named after them at the next phase of Urban Union’s Laurieston Living development.

Sanctuary Homes has submitted its masterplan, planning application and listed building application to redevelop the former site of Glasgow’s Victoria Infirmary. Developed by Glasgow-based Collective Architecture following a comprehensive community consultation, the proposals include the creation o

Campion Homes’ new Executive Board. Back Row (from left): Dave Simpson, Ali Graham, Alan Chalmers. Front Row (from left): Marjorie Scott, Pete Bell, Susan Jackson, Dougie Herd Family-owned Campion Homes has announced details of a strengthened Executive Board as the Fife-based housebuilder prepares

Edinburgh's 5 Advocate's Close was last night named among the best workplaces in the country at the British Council for Offices (BCO) annual National Awards, having been recognised as Highly Commended in the Projects up to 1,500 sq.m. category. The National Awards programme recognises top quality of

Councillor Yvonne Allan (left) and Gavin Clark (operations manager for Tayside and Grampian Scottish Natural Heritage) cut turf at the start of the Middlefield Project alongside members of the Middlefiled Project steering group Work has begun on one of seven major urban greenspace projects that have

Aerial view of Glasgow city centre with the River Clyde Glasgow has sufficient available vacant land to help alleviate fuel poverty in the city given the right technology and investment, according to scientists at the University of Strathclyde.

Another of the Arnold Clark Volvo branches in Aberdeen Arnold Clark has been granted permission to demolish a former Lidl supermarket to create a new car dealership in Aberdeen.

Planners have given the go-ahead for a furniture showroom to be built on the outskirts of Elgin. Members of Moray Council’s planning & regulatory services committee approved the application by local retailers, Grampian Furnishers, at a public hearing this morning.

An artist’s impression of the proposed linear park – inspired by New York City’s High Line – that could soon grace the top of the revamped Bowling Harbour bridge at the gateway to the Forth & Clyde Canal A new linear park inspired by New York City’s High Line could be set for the weste

Construction projects across Britain are being urged to act now to ensure the health and safety of their workers is protected as the second phase of a targeted inspection initiative got underway this week. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says 43 workers were fatally injured in 2015/16, and an

John Gilchrist (left) and Stephen Parker from Kier Construction Scotland Two of Kier Construction Scotland’s construction managers reached the final of the prestigious Construction Manager of the Year Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last week with host, BBC news presenter Steph