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The Home Office has awarded asylum accommodation contracts worth up to £1 billion to Mears Group. The new Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASCs) are replacing the current COMPASS contracts, which were awarded back in 2012.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is looking forward to reporting 2018 financial results in line with expectations following a stable year for the housing market. The firm said it ended 2018 with an "excellent" total order book valued at £1,782 million as at 31 December 2018, up from £1,628m a

An office development in the heart of Edinburgh has reached practical completion on an extensive refurbishment programme to update its communal areas. Occupying a prominent location at 20 Castle Terrace, Saltire Court comprises over 180,000 sq ft of predominantly Grade A office accommodation across

Chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Steven Buist and Amanda Cameron as new partners with immediate effect. Jonathan Hunter, who will now run the firm’s Musselburgh office, has been promoted to director.

Plans to build an 85-home development in Aberdeen have been withdrawn by Stewart Milne Group after a new developer took over the site. Stewart Milne confirmed the development at Friarsfield Road in Cults will no longer proceed.

Plans have been lodged to redevelop a disused garage and warehouse in Edinburgh to create 49 new homes. The proposals, designed by Covell Mathews Architects, will entail the demolition of buildings situated at the junction of Constitution Street and John’s Lane.

North Ayrshire Council has announced changes to a building repairs grant scheme which will make conservation repairs to historic Millport properties more affordable. Millport Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) is a grant programme providing financial assistance for regeneration of historic

Primary children at Jordanhill School received a special health and safety presentation from CALA Homes after construction work started at Jordanhill Park. The workshop was delivered in partnership with demolition experts Dem-Master and included important information around staying safe around the c

An Aberdeenshire charity group has won a public vote for its plans to create a sensory garden, community orchard and series of allotments across its site. Alford and District Men’s Shed won the hearts of the public as part of the Stewart Milne Group’s Greener Spaces, Better Places campai

Staff from CMS Window Systems joined forces with volunteers from across Fife to provide much-needed food, children’s clothing, toys and gifts to around 1100 hard-pressed families in the annual Christmas delivery day organised by independent charity, the Cottage Family Centre. Based in Kirkcald

Two adjoining sections of the A9 Dualling programme are the location for further ground investigations starting on January 15.

A New York-based organisation is developing a walking tour app which reveals details of how Scots were responsible for creating many of the city’s famous structures. The American-Scottish Foundation was invited to join the Landmarks 50 project and develop the fascinating history of ‘The

Laing O'Rourke has agreed terms with its financial partners for the 2019 refinance of the UK business, which delivers new banking facilities until 2022. The UK arrangements were agreed over the Christmas period with the firm currently in the process of being taken through final credit approval proto

In a commitment to ensure a considerate supply chain Willmott Dixon is asking its top-tier supply chain partners to register with the Considerate Constructors Scheme. All of Willmott Dixon’s 600 Category A supply chain partners, which make-up around 85% of the company’s total supply chai

Former Kier executive board member Nigel Brook has joined Robertson Construction to expand its southern operations. Mr Brook, who will take up his new position this month, left Kier as part of a management reshuffle in August.