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Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, and SNP leader in the House of Commons, Ian Blackford MP, dropped in on the GFG Alliance aluminium smelter and hydro power facilities at Fort William on Tuesday Industrial group GFG Alliance has unveiled plans to build a new car wheel factory in For

Proposals to return whisky distilling to Leith, including designs for a ‘landmark’ 40-metre distillery tower, have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. If given the go-ahead, the Port of Leith Distillery will be the first purpose-built single malt facility constructed in the capital

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded over £3 million of responsive repairs contracts to local companies Novus Property Solutions and McGill & Co Ltd. The three year contracts will run from October 1.

The development of the new Largs Campus being built by Morrison Construction reached a major milestone last week. The ‘topping out’ ceremony was a very special occasion for two local families, the Trotters and Wilsons, who won a competition to have their names engraved on bricks of the new facil

New Edinburgh cycle lanes to make crossing tram tracks safer at key locations New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in Edinburgh's city centre.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient papyrus which appears to be a first-hand account of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The documents of note are contained within a diary of a man named Merer, an official known to have been involved in the planning of the architectural wonder, re

Celtic Football Club has been granted planning permission to create a new hotel, retail store, ticketing facility and museum next to its stadium. Designed by architecture firm Holmes Miller, the estimated £18 million development will see a five-storey hotel based on London Road outside the main sta

Work on the Indigo Hotel and Staybridge Suites at Lower Dens in Dundee Construction services company Sharkey is to commence phase 2 of its development project in the Lower Dens area of Dundee and the further development at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews.

Renfrewshire Council has today approved a £45.7 million investment package for Paisley town centre to help the town’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021. Councillors agreed to set aside funds for major infrastructure projects which support the wider push to transform Paisley's future usin

© Simpson & Brown Architects Amended plans have been submitted for the proposed national marine centre in North Berwick.

Hillington Park New research which assesses the potential for a more flexible and widely applicable land use zoning mechanism than currently provided by Simplified Planning Zones (SPZs) has been published by the Scottish Government.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applications

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Glasgow City Council has been criticised in the Scottish Parliament, after it emerged that the extent of the combustible cladding used in the city should be known by Friday.

Scotland's home building industry is warning ministers of a drop in future housing market activity unless the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) band is extended. Homes for Scotland (HFS) repeated its call for the extension of the current 5% band in order to address the 'considerable drop' in

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign to celebrate and commemorate the outstanding contributions the surveying profession has made to shaping Scotland’s built and natural environment over the past 150 years. As RICS celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2018, th