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Bryan Finlayson Bryan Finlayson outlines the consensus seen in Holyrood, that social housing has a large role to play in lifting Scotland out of the housing “crisis”.

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans on the delivery of a new-look housing strategy which aims to significantly increase the number of new affordable homes in the city from 3,000 to 8,000 and accelerate investment in the services that will reduce tenants’ cost of living. A report to the

The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) Joint Committee has passed one of the first steps in the replacement of the current 2013 South East Scotland regional plan. Councillors from the six member authorities approved a Proposed Strategic Developme

Danny Lafferty Danny Lafferty highlights the problems arising from the complexity of new carbon and energy performance regulations to be introduced this year.

Patricia Gibson MP and Kenny Gibson MSP meet Kier Group apprentices Patricia Gibson, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, and Kenny Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, visited the site of Garnock Community Campus last week as part of a week-long campaign to get more people into the construction industry.

£46m health and community facility opens in Irvine A new £46 million mental health and community facility has been opened in Irvine.

Credit: Gordon Robertson Whether you are a buy-to-let landlord or a private residential owner, you may well feel as though there is a pressing need to sell your house in the current climate. After all, not only is the government clamping down on tax benefits for private landlords, but we are also on

A multi-million pound housing development on the edge of a Perthshire town is in question after the discovery of a rare pine marten by two teenage boys. The Scotsman reports that Angus McNicol and Andrew Wombill spotted the heavily-protected mammal around the Highfield Woods area of Scone, Perthshir

The development of a multi-million-pound office and retail project in Edinburgh’s Exchange District has moved a step closer with the appointment of the main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey. The £12 million construction phase of 2 Semple Street in the Capital’s Exchange district will start on

The project's Central Square A full planning application has been lodged for the revitalisation of the Woolmanhill Hospital site in Aberdeen by developer Charlie Ferrari.

Dualling the A9 between Perth and Inverness is costing £3 billion Major transport infrastructure projects in Scotland can cost up to seven times as much as similar schemes throughout Europe, researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have found.

Breedon Aggregates has finalised the senior team which will lead the group following its planned acquisition of Hope Construction Materials. The firm moved closer to the £336 million deal after agreeing a plan to offload 14 sites to avoid a full investigation by the Competition and Markets Authorit

The topping out ceremony for the Adagio Hotel and Arches shops opening party on Market Street Edinburgh’s £150 million New Waverley development, currently transforming the heart of the city’s Old Town, has reached another major milestone with the ‘topping out’ of the Adagio Aparthotel on th

CALA Homes has submitted plans for a development of 36 homes in an East Lothian village. Following extensive engagement with local residents and the Dirleton Village Association, the developer has sought to design the site in a manner that respects the village setting, with a host of unique, tailore

How Shed 25 could look Work to transform the vacant Shed 25 at Dundee’s City Quay into a mixed use office and leisure development is now underway.