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Scottish Government reporters have published their recommendations on Fife’s local development strategy. Among the recommendations is a proposal to remove the site for the replacement Madras College at Pipeland in St Andrews; the site has been reinstated as green belt land with no development prop

Andrew Davison Collapsed Dundee specialist engineering firm the Galloway Group and its associated firms owe external creditors £17.6 million, according to administrators Ernst & Young.

Glasgow City Council has announced a £16 million programme to repair at least 20,000 potholes. Around £8m had already been committed to tackle defects in the current financial year and today’s announcement doubles this year’s spending.

Green light for nearly 200 homes on Cambuslang Hoover site Planning permission has been approved for almost 200 houses to be built on the former Hoover site in Cambuslang.

Students will be able to take a theme park-style slide between floors rather than the stairs at a Glasgow halls of residence, according to The Herald. The 15ft-high slide features twirling loops and looks like something out of a water park rather than a traditional hall of residence.

An Edinburgh builder who stole almost £120,000 of VAT that he had charged his customers has been jailed for 20 months after he was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). David Hay, 56, from Hyvot Grove, ran firms that oversaw major building and renovation works in Edinburgh, Northern Irelan

Charitable trust IMPACT Scotland and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) have developed a proposal to create a new “world-class” arts centre in the heart of Edinburgh. The facility, set immediately behind Dundas House at 36 St Andrew Square, would be the new home of the SCO, as well as

Mark MacMillan Renfrewshire Council has accused whisky firm Chivas Brothers of “treating workers with contempt” over the timing of plans to demolish its Paisley plant.

Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland (HFS) has promoted Tammy Adams to the position of director of planning, responsible for developing and promoting the organisation’s position on local, strategic and national planning policy and practice, and on the infrastructure and utilities needed to support devel

The Property 2016 panel of speakers In a week when, across the Atlantic, the unexpected happened, it was reassuring to find that some certainties remain. In Edinburgh’s city centre it was business as usual, as leading players from the property industry gathered at Property 2016, an event now in it

Kier Group has told shareholders today that it “remains on course” to meet expectations for the current financial year, despite “increased economic uncertainty in the UK following the EU referendum”. Announcing its trading update covering the period from 1 July 2016 to date, the property, re

A topping out ceremony was held yesterday for the £107 million Marischal Square development in the east end of Aberdeen city centre. The project, to which businesses including Marriot International, All Bar One, Mackie’s and Prezzo have already signed up, is on schedule for completion in July 201

Greg Fitzgerald Galliford Try has confirmed that non-executive chairman Greg Fitzgerald formally stepped down from the Board on November 11 after 34 years with the business.

Kevin McCloud and Bevis Watts, managing director at Triodos Bank UK Triodos Bank has created a dedicated £15 million lending pot for social housing providers to make energy efficient improvements to current housing stock to alleviate fuel poverty and develop green spaces.

Rail Infrastructure Strategy consultation launched Rail stakeholders and the public are being given the opportunity to have their say on future rail prioritisation at a series of workshops launching this week.