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Roseanna Cunningham New legislation has been introduced which in some instances will give communities the right to buy land that is abandoned, neglected or detrimental, or which is causing harm to the community’s environmental wellbeing.

The English division of Mactaggart & Mickel Group is progressing its expansion plans with the acquisition of two new development sites in Oxfordshire. Mactaggart & Mickel Homes England has secured sites in the historic villages of Marcham (near Abingdon), and East Hagbourne (near Didcot).

Professor George Gretton Professor George Gretton and The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Jennifer Henderson, are to headline Millar & Bryce’s Modern Conveyancing Conference in Edinburgh this September.

Clark Contracts MD Gordon Cunningham and academy manager David Cooper with award recipients Stephen Coen, Eilidh McMillen and Leon Quigley Five top performing students have won awards sponsored by Clark Contracts.

Hill House appeal donations reach £1m The urgent multi-million pound campaign to save Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece, the Hill House, has reached the £1 million in donations mark – two-thirds of its £1.5m target, the National Trust for Scotland has revealed.

The R&A is taking steps to protect golf fans from the mis-selling of tickets and hospitality products by unofficial operators when The 147th Open is played at Carnoustie. The Open will return to the Angus links for the first time since 2007 and fans are being reminded to remain vigilant to unsol

The Qatar capital of Doha Saudi Arabia is pressing on with plans to dig a 60km canal along its border with Qatar which would effectively turn the latter into an island.

Ian Fergusson Ian Fergusson, managing partner of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, has been appointed chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Scotland in its 150th anniversary year.

Jo Armstrong The Board of hub West Scotland (hWS) has announced the appointment of Jo Armstrong as the company’s new independent chair.

A new £40 million health and social care hub for the north east of Glasgow has moved a step closer. The Board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has agreed the draft Initial Agreement for the proposed new hub as part of a plan to improve performance across a number of services and reduce ine

No more than 5% of households in Scotland should be living in fuel poverty by 2040, under a new target set out in a new bill introduced to parliament. The Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill also sets out a new definition of fuel poverty with innovative use of the UK Minim

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has appointed Michael Matheson as the new cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity while planning has been added to the title of current housing minister Kevin Stewart. The Scottish Government reshuffle sees five new cabinet secretaries appointe

Darrell Matthews The campaigning body for Scotland’s electrotechnical trade industry has called for more stringent controls over the vital electrical inspection and testing performed by private landlords prior to registration.

The total amount of derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland decreased by 844 hectares (7%) in the last year, new figures have shown. Data from the 2017 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey revealed that there was 11,649 hectares of derelict and urban vacant land in 2017 compared to 12,493 hec

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