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Planning applications for 68 homes at Dunbar and works at three Ash Lagoons at Levenhall Links have been given the green light by East Lothian Council. Councillors on the local authority’s planning committee heard that the site south of Dunbar’s Brodie Road had previously been earmarked for a ho

Sites at Longannet and Hunterston have been shortlisted as potential homes for a factory for specialised rolling stock engineering company Talgo that could employ up to a thousand people. Mainly focused on designing, manufacturing and servicing technologically differentiated, fast, lightweight train

Muir Homes is expanding its presence in the central belt with the acquisition of a major new development site at Garnqueen Farm, near the village of Glenboig in North Lanarkshire. The 16-acre site, which is within the Gartcosh and Glenboig Community Growth Area, already has full planning permission

Construction output across the UK continued to recover following a relatively weak start to the year, with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing an increase of 2.9% in the three months to August 2018. According to ONS Construction Output data released this morning the

Glasgow-based Eagle Plant Hire Limited has established a new satellite operation in Edinburgh thanks to increasing customer demand and a new lending facility. The business, which has provided equipment solutions to customers ranging from multi-national operators to small local businesses from its Gl

Independent housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has increased its in-take of apprentices to help meet the growing shortage of tradespeople as it embarks on eight new developments in the next six months. The firm has recruited nine new apprentices into its expanding homes division in Central Scotland to

Pat Rafferty, the Unite Scottish secretary The ongoing campaign to confer statutory recognition on Scotland’s professional electricians will again be under the spotlight when an MSP raises a further motion addressing the issue in the Scottish Parliament later this month.

Committee convenor Gillian Martin Scotland’s budget for the environment has been declining over many years and the long-term impact of this is concerning, according to a committee of MSPs.

Pontegadea acquired 78-90 Buchanan Street in Glasgow for £31m Investment in Scottish property reached £318.4 million during the third quarter of 2018 with office property accounting for the largest share, according to the latest research from CBRE Scotland.

JCB wins deal worth more than £13m from Lomond Plant Lomond Plant has bought more than 250 JCB models in a deal worth in excess of £13 million – including a fleet of the brand new JCB X Series excavators.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has been ordered to pay expenses after its refusal of plans for decking and hot tub screening at a caravan park was overturned. The BBC has reported that a Scottish Government reporter found it had acted in an "unreasonable manner" over the scheme at Mouswald.

A specialist warehouse investor has secured planning permission for a major mixed-use development at Queenslie Park industrial estate in Glasgow. Warehouse REIT plc said that it has gained approval for change of use on 16 acres of its land at the site.

Sixty jobs are to be created as budget hotel chain Travelodge moves to open new hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a £100 million expansion plan. The firm is searching for a further 10 hotel sites close to the UK’s biggest conference and event venues.

The owners of the Oak Mall shopping centre in Greenock have unveiled plans to demolish a large part of the building to make way for a possible mixed-use development. An application has been submitted to Inverclyde Council to knock down the part of the shopping centre that extends beneath the A78 Hig

East Lothian Council can now proceed with providing land for more than 10,000 new homes after the East Lothian Local Development Plan 2018 (ELLDP 2018) was approved by the Scottish Government. The ELLDP 2018 will be used by the council to help determine all planning applications which are put forwar