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More than half of housebuilders south of the border increased the rate at which they built new homes over the last year and predict a further rise over the next 12 months, according to a new survey published this week.

Kier Construction Scotland has completed the stunning multi-million-pound transformation of two historic buildings within the University of Edinburgh’s campus. Kier completed the £14m refurbishment of the Grade A Listed Edinburgh College of Art.

A retired couple from Cheshire who were were granted planning permission for a warehouse on their land have been told to tear the building down following a ten year planning stand-off that ended in it being determined that they had built the structure to be a home.

Riverside Inverclyde (Ri), the organisation delivering the economic redevelopment of Inverclyde, has welcomed Stewart & Shields, a long-established Helensburgh-based construction company, to 4,500 square feet premises at Kelburn Business Park in Port Glasgow. The units, which have been leased fo

The full Final Business Case (FBC) for extending Edinburgh's trams line to Newhaven has been published as part of papers for City of Edinburgh Council's upcoming Transport and Environment Committee later this month. 

Sentry Doors Holdings Limited (Sentry Doors) has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital), to accelerate its growth and consolidate its position as an industry leader in the timber fire and security door-set market.

The security of smart domestic appliances that can be managed remotely must be improved to better protect users' privacy, research suggests. Experts have identified steps that manufacturers could take to improve the products' security, in a market that is forecast to be worth £80bn by 2022.The

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged the government to make urgent provision to avert potential workforce shortages in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit next month. It backs recommendations made by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) to review the rules gove

The redesign of health and care services in Badenoch and Strathspey has taken another big step forward today with the approval of a planning application for permission to build the new Badenoch and Strathspey community hospital in Aviemore. The application relates to the land south of the former cal

Aberdeenshire Council is to seek views on a £71 million investment plan for a Peterhead Community Campus, which includes a state-of-the-art academy, and the potential to incorporate primary and special schools and nursery provision. A key aspect of the project will be enhanced cultural and spo

A collaborative innovation project, which aims to help tackle the UK housing crisis by using industrialised offsite solutions to deliver high quality homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes, has been awarded funding under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which

The first pipes at West Dunbartonshire Council’s high-tech district heating network have been laid. The innovative system will see water taken from the Clyde, before being heated and transferred through a network of pipes to homes and businesses at the Queens Quay Development in Clydebank.

Tahir Ali The Postings Shopping Centre in Kirkcaldy, which was put up for auction by pension fund Columbia Threadneedle with a reserve price of only £1, has been purchased for £310,000 by Evergold, a property development, asset management and property maintenance company, which has annou

Child-shaped bollards installed by an English council with the intention of dissuading drivers from speeding near schools have been rotated after they were branded "creepy" by residents. The bollards were installed in the Buckinghamshire parish of Iver earlier this year, with Buckinghamshire CC sayi

The development of a major innovation district near Glasgow Airport has taken a significant step forward. The Full Business Case for the Glasgow Airport Investment Area Project was approved by the Leadership Board at Renfrewshire Council this week.