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FORE Partnership, the real estate investment platform behind the 94,000 sq. ft. speculative Cadworks office development in Glasgow city centre, has underlined its commitment to the city's most vulnerable communities by forging a partnership with Soul Riders, the social enterprise that refurbishes a

A plumbing business has had its appeal against a decision of an employment tribunal unanimously dismissed after justices in the Supreme Court endorsed the decision of the tribunal, namely that the respondent was, inter alia, a worker in terms of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Scottish property firm Artisan, known for their recent award-winning New Waverly development, have instructed local contractor Hart to begin the construction of a new residential development at Warriston Road in Canonmills, Edinburgh later this month.

Nicola Barclay Scotland’s home builders have welcomed official statistics showing a 4.8 per cent increase in the total number of housing completions in 2017 (17,739) but highlighted the long road that lies ahead in tackling the country’s housing crisis as the figures equated to just 806 extra ne

Family-run dairy Graham’s has appealed to the Scottish Government to approve its planning application for Airthrey Green in Stirling.

New government statistics reveal there were 11,677 affordable homes approved in 2017/18, 14% more than the previous year and the third consecutive annual increase since 2014/15.

The average price of a property in Scotland in April 2018 was £148,952 – an increase of 5.6 per cent on April in the previous year and an increase of 2.5 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Construction is now underway at Craigie Fields, a new mixed tenure development in Dundee being built by Hart Builders, the East of Scotland building arm of the Cruden Group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akd94RWsDHE Building firms across the UK are being urged to sign up to innovative new NSPCC training to help their employees’ spot children at risk of abuse and neglect.

Trainee electrician Phillip Heather, a graduate of Kingdom Housing Association‘s Fife Works Construction Academy, has won Fife College’s apprentice of the year award in the Year 1 SVQ Electrical Installation.

Graham Clark, head of construction at West Lothian College and members of the Lovell site team welcome four Spanish work placement students and their Santa Lucia College lecturers to the Kirkhill site West Lothian construction site gives Spanish students hands-on experience

The Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boat lift, is to be transformed into a unique pop-up theatre venue telling two of literature’s most iconic tales this summer.

New plans for residential accommodation at the gateway to Merchant City have been submitted by Glasgow-based developers Structured House Group (SHG) following feedback from local stakeholders.

Brian Berry The Beast from the East, rising costs and Brexit are to blame for the sharp drop in construction output, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the April 2018 construction output figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).