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Tax professionals have welcomed another strong performance from the body charged with administering and collecting Scotland’s devolved taxes but cautioned that the numbers are likely to fuel further concerns over the Scottish Government’s flagship Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). Reven

Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group and project director of the Social Bite Village In February of this year, Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group, agreed to take on the role of project director for the Social Bite Village in Edinburgh.

A Moray engineering firm has fallen into liquidation with the loss of over 30 jobs. Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG in Scotland have been appointed as joint provisional liquidators of Brown Engineering (Fochabers) Limited.

The £200 million regeneration scheme currently transforming the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town has won another of the Scottish property industry’s most prestigious accolades. The New Waverley development scooped the top award for the Commercial Project of the Year at the 2017 Herald Property Awa

Andrew McFarlane Andrew McFarlane makes the case for UK-wide regulation to make sprinklers mandatory in all new build houses.

City Building apprentices build volunteering skills at Glasgow hospice City Building apprentices have contributed to a major refurbishment project at the Marie Curie Hospice in Glasgow which aims to provide patients with a more modern and comfortable environment.

A London council has ordered the owners of three conservation area houses that were illegally demolished during the night to build them exactly as they stood before. The owners, suspected to have caused or permitted the demolition of the buildings in Coldharbour Conservation Area in June 2016, repea

A major package of capital investment in Paisley town centre is set to be considered by Renfrewshire councillors this week. Plans being put forward propose a package of investment totalling £45.7 million in refurbishment and upgrades to Paisley town hall, Paisley Arts Centre, a new venue at th

The former Monteith Hotel will soon be new housing from Thenue An iconic Glasgow building is to be transformed into new homes for rent in a £9.3 million housing boost for the east end.

Thistle Housing Association has refused to make a £3.4 million payment to E.ON over incomplete environmental upgrade work in Toryglen. According to the Evening Times, the energy firm should have completed environmental upgrade work to 608 properties in the area within 12 weeks. E.ON was tasked with

Karen Manning and Lynda Ross answer in the affirmative the question: can a court compel a consultant to provide access to design data stored on a BIM platform pending resolution of a dispute over payment? A £55 million power station was to be built in the Falkland Islands. During the tender period,

Ray Jones Amey has announced the appointment of Ray Jones from Carillion to its highways executive team.

Jimmy Black Architect Malcolm Fraser did the impossible at the first Andrew Nicoll Lecture (September 22). He made some revolutionary ideas seem sensible.

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has secured a £6 million facilities services account with furniture and flooring retailer, ScS (Sofa Carpet Specialist). The UK-wide account, which runs for an initial period of three years, covers waste services, planned and re

Plans have been lodged for a new retail development on the site of a former school in Carnoustie. Cumbrae Property Ltd plans to transform the Kinloch Primary School site into a development featuring an outlet from bakery firm Greggs alongside a new 6,000sqft Sainsbury’s food store.