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More homes need to be built on small sites and myths surrounding landbanking by housebuilders busted if the 80,000 homes deficit that has arisen over the last decade is to be addressed, MSPs will hear today. Industry trade body Homes for Scotland said there has been a near 40% reduction in the amoun

Chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Ronnie Colman as a property services consultant based in the firm’s Dunfermline office. A practicing architect for 15 years, Ronnie brings significant experience and wide-ranging contacts throughout Scotland’s legal profession to his new role.

Glasgow-based commercial property adviser Reith Lambert has appointed one of Scotland’s leading property agents to support the company’s expansion plans over the coming year. Audrey Dobson, previously senior director at CBRE, will join the 17 strong team as director, office agency.

More than £8 million will be invested in affordable housing in Moray this year. The investment forms part of a wider £25m project to build housing locally, funded by Moray Council and the Scottish Government’s More Homes initiative.

A new community of hundreds of homes has been proposed for a coastal Aberdeen suburb. Cognito Oak LLP has lodged a new application for between 500 and 600 new homes, including affordable units, a variety of different shops, community features, a recycling centre and new roads at land to the east of

Cube Housing Association has started work on 46 affordable homes for social rent in Dumbarton. The homes on Talisman Avenue in Westcliff are being built for Cube, part of Wheatley Group, by CCG (Scotland) Ltd.

Carnoustie-based housing developer DJ Laing Homes has announced its latest sponsorship deal with Scottish Junior Football as sponsors of the D J Laing East Region Cup. The company will continue to support Scottish Junior football for the 2018/19 season and has been main sponsor of their local team,

A father-of-two who was made redundant built a full-sized flight simulator of a Boeing 737 in his home and is now offering flying lessons. With the help of tutorials on YouTube, David Naylor from Barnsley set about buying parts from around the world to complete his build.

Hundreds of workers have been made redundant after Dundee-based building contractor McGill & Co Limited went into administration. Established in 1981, McGill & Co provided services to clients in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors from its headquarters in Dundee and ancillary

A construction company has been fined £600,000 after a workman was killed by a dumper truck on an Edinburgh building site. Vincent Ramsay, 55, was hit by the truck at the bottom of a dirt ramp leading into an underground car park on December 5, 2016.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has blamed rising costs and uncertainty relating to Brexit after new figures disclosed a sharp drop in output growth in January 2019. Published this morning, the January PMI data revealed a fall from 52.8 in December to 50.6 in January, against the neutral rea

Plans to build a rail link to Glasgow Airport have again been scrapped in favour of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) scheme instead. A plan to connect the airport to the city directly from Glasgow Central Station, also stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street station, was put forward as part of the £1

Housebuiler industry body Homes for Scotland has called for a “more meaningful and inclusive” approach to analysing the country’s planning performance. Director of planning Tammy Swift-Adams has questioned the focus of official planning performance statistics, the latest of which r

A pioneering eco-village backed by the Prince of Wales is to be reviewed after only a fraction of the development has been completed. The Prince’s Foundation, a charity aimed at promoting urban design, had planned to deliver 770 homes at Knockroon in East Ayrshire.

Livingston Designer Outlet has announced plans to undertake a full refurbishment and rebrand with a £7 million investment from its owners. The multi-million pound investment in the centre, managed by retail asset management specialists Realm Ltd, will transform the shopping destination to crea