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Plans to develop new student accommodation alongside a destination food hall and courtyard events space on the site of the former ABC music venue have been given the green light by Glasgow City Council’s Planning Committee.

GRAHAM Investment Projects has secured planning consent from Glasgow City Council to deliver a landmark purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in the city’s Anderston area. Representing £70m investment, the new complex at 138 Hydepark Street will transform a disused brown

The National House Building Council (NHBC) has appointed Paul Turner as chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2025. Paul Turner will succeed Steve Wood, who announced his intention to step down earlier this year after leading the organisation since 2017.

A Perthshire family construction firm is hoping a long-haul sales pitch will pave the way for more orders from the South Atlantic. Auchterarder-based JML SIPs owner John Langley, SIPs director Derek McIntyre and project coordinator Kyle Tait have returned from an exhausting 16,000-mile round trip to

Stirling Council has approved the sale of the former Beech Gardens Care Home in Torbrex following a successful marketing exercise that attracted multiple bids from interested parties.

A pipeline of potential projects for four city neighbourhoods has been developed that would make it easier for residents to walk, wheel and cycle, and have their day-to-day needs met within a short distance of their home. The initiatives, which have been shaped by community input, are detailed in re

Scottish Ministers have rejected controversial plans to build a trotting track for harness racing on the historic site of the Battle of Bannockburn, a decision that has been widely welcomed by heritage bodies and conservationists.

Persimmon apprentices Ricky Booth and Casey Gardner have been rewarded by Glasgow Clyde College. A first-year apprentice painter and decorator from Drumchapel, Ricky Booth has been named First Year Painting and Decorating Apprentice of the Year at Glasgow Clyde College’s 2025 Faculty of Future

Critical electrical work in the turbine room at Glen Finglas dam near Stirling in Scotland has ensured the continued safe operation and maintenance of Scottish Water’s hydroelectric dam.

The latest Civil Engineering Operative students to graduate from CECA Academy Scotland were told they would be entering an industry with ‘unprecedented’ opportunities when they celebrated their success at a special ceremony at UHI Inverness. Michael Butler, Euan Greig, Aiden Moore, Dunca

Balfour Beatty has appointed Nick Rowan as managing director of its UK Construction Services Regional Scotland business, effective from 4 August 2025. Nick’s appointment is testament to the company’s commitment to attracting, training and retaining its employees, having joined the compan

AS Homes (Scotland) has secured planning permission from East Renfrewshire Council to deliver 12 new homes for social rent on behalf of Barrhead Housing. The small development on derelict urban land at Cross Arthurlie Street, near Barrhead Park and Barrhead train station, will comprise a four-storey

Two turf-cutting ceremonies marked the start of new investment and homes in the west of Dumfries and Galloway by Wheatley Group last week. 

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched its Construction Workforce Outlook 2025–29, a refreshed and forward-looking report that sets out the workforce needs of the UK construction sector over the next five years. Previously named the Construction Skills Network repor

An entire residential building in Perth city centre needs to be immediately demolished in the aftermath of a fatal fire, engineers have said. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing the four-storey reside