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Housebuilder Springfield Properties has today announced the appointment of Alasdair Gardner as a non-executive director. Mr Gardner brings over 35 years of banking and finance experience from his career at Lloyds Banking Group. His previous roles included head of industrials and commercial banking S

The Scottish Government has called on planning authorities to take a more flexible and proportionate approach when dealing with small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) homebuilders, in a bid to accelerate housing delivery and ease Scotland’s housing emergency.

Ideas on tackling the climate emergency through reusing materials, public housing development and responding to urban sprawl are among the winning projects for the 2025 Architecture and Design Scotland and Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Scottish Student Awards for Architecture. The wi

Robertson Construction Tayside has completed its biggest week of education project handovers, supporting three Scottish councils to advance their net zero ambitions and education priorities with more than £230 million of modern, sustainable learning environments. This includes three brand-new

Working together to help support Scotland’s transition to net zero will be among the important topics discussed at a membership meeting of SELECT, the trade association for the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. The Electric Heating Company (EHC) is to host the association’s La

A new £11.2 million rail freight terminal is to be constructed in Inverness thanks to Scottish Government funding of up to £3m. The award through the Freight Facilities Grant to West Fraser Limited will see a facility built at the company’s Dalcross site, which will help move more

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has helped Sanquhar II Wind Farm reach a significant construction milestone with the first pouring of concrete on turbine foundations. The civil engineering firm is the principal contractor for the £400 million 44-turbine scheme that straddles both Dum

Development finance lender Atelier has completed a £7.6 million development loan to fund a 60-bed care home in Paisley. The loan will be structured at 67% LTV over a 24-month term and will assist with the acquisition, conversion and refurbishment of an existing vacant purpose-built care home.

The Scottish Government reached a £10 million funding agreement with Aberdeen City Council to help meet costs associated with RAAC-affected properties in Torry.

Carbon Futures, igloo Regeneration and CCG (Scotland) were among the winners at the Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2025 last month, with the latter picking up no less than five awards on the night. The standout success for CCG was Water Row in Govan, developed in partnership with Govan Housing

HeadonS1 has become the first Scottish-based builder since 2019 to secure a Development of the Year award from Premier Guarantee.

An Island solar farm, community ice rink and a small community wind farm are among almost 50 projects to benefit from more than £5.5 million in funding.

Glasgow's citizens, communities and businesses are being offered the chance to invest in the city's action on climate change.

The property market across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders has seen average selling prices rising steadily by 4.3% year-on-year to £298,933, for the period between July and September 2025, according to ESPC. East Lothian was the standout performer, where heightened dem

Clackmannanshire Council has approved its Strategic Housing Investment Plan for 2026-2031. At a meeting yesterday, councillors heard that the local authority's Resource Planning Assumption (RPA) funding from the Scottish Government for 2025/26 is £5.879 million.