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£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.

Calum Macaulay, chief executive at Albyn Housing Society, and Scott Pettitt, development manager at Barratt North Scotland Work starts at Ness Castle site for new affordable homes

A 350ft statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was unveiled in Puerto Rico last week after a host of cities in the United States turned down the chance to house the sculpture, The Guardian has reported. The voyage of Russian-based sculptor Zurab Tsereteli’s monument, which is 45ft taller

Councillor Ian Miller A half-billion-pound infrastructure plan to build new schools across Perthshire is to be discussed by councillors this week.

Work has commenced 173 studio student accommodation scheme at Causewayend in Aberdeen. Hardies Property and Construction Consultants is fulfilling the role of Project Manager and Employers Agent on the Spademill Lane project, which is for student developer Visage Properties and has been designed to

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