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A solid gold toilet worth £4.8 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. Two days after the artwork went on display at the Duke of Marlborough's country home, burglars broke into the palace and ripped it from the wall, leaving in their wake “significant damage and flooding”.

The Scottish Government has called-in plans for a major mixed-use business-led development near Edinburgh Airport due to concerns over the impact the development would have on transport.

A major new payment and mental health survey has been launched by 27 bodies in the UK construction industry to understand how poor payment practices are impacting mental health and business wellbeing.

Planning and development consultancy Turley has expanded the team at its Edinburgh office with two new additions from WYG. Lisa Russell joins as associate director and brings over 15 years’ experience in securing energy, retail, residential and commercial planning permissions. She has also hel

hub South West’s tenth Building for Growth programme, where ambitious local businesses learn how to grow in a sustainable manner by building the skills and internal capacity to take on increasing volumes of business, is now under way.

MacRoberts head of construction Neil Kelly looks at the implications of the Scottish Appeal Court's decision in relation to last year's decision on collateral warranties in the context of time bar of a defects claim. At the end of last year a judge in the Court of Session reached what many regarded

Kier Regional Building Scotland is celebrating after being awarded an industry-leading ‘Gold Award’ for health and safety by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) at a ceremony in Glasgow yesterday. The RoSPA award scheme is the largest and longest-running of its kind

McTaggart Construction has won the ‘Industry and Young People Innovation Award’ at the seventh annual Inspiring City Awards 2019, organised in partnership with The Herald and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.

More than £4.5 million has been invested to improve high rise flats in Fife since the Grenfell disaster in 2017, the local authority has revealed.

In the lead up to Scottish Housing Day next week, Ed Monaghan, group CEO at Mactaggart & Mickel, highlights the importance of creating communities in its work. Mactaggart & Mickel is an award-winning, family-run housebuilder and developer. We build quality homes for private sale across the c

Private landlords who commit to providing affordable housing should be given the same financial support as housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their properties, according to Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). In its response to the Scottish Government’s Energy Efficiency (

Hillhead Housing Association (HHA) has celebrated the opening of its latest new build development in Kirkintilloch. (from left) David Scott, Barratt Homes MD; Claire Taylor, Hillhead Housing Association chairperson; Holly Muldoon, Hillhead Housing Association tenant; housing minister Kevin Stewart M

More than £5,000 has been raised for two Scottish charities after a heroic effort saw two amateur swimmers undertake a 22.6-mile swim, covering the length of Loch Lomond end to end. Barton Willmore planning director, Colin Lavety, swam the gruelling challenge for Accord Hospice, a charity prov

Contractors are progressing with work to improve the roads and pavements in Irvine town centre.

Kanye West has been ordered to demolish homes he was building on his 300-acre Californian property. The unusual dome structures were reportedly inspired by the planet Tatooine from the ‘Star Wars’ films and were being built as possible low-income housing units or housing for homeless peo