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Proposals for the former Gleaner Oil site The former Gleaner Oil site in Ardrishaig is one step closer to being brought back to life as a waterfront community and businesses hub after Argyll and Bute Council agreed funding from its Tarbert and Lochgilphead Regeneration Fund.

Mark Drakeford The devolved government of Wales has announced it is to use project bank accounts (PBAs) from 1st January 2018 on all building projects over £2 million procured by government bodies.

A new advisory network, aimed at giving all areas of the construction industry a voice, has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN) is a newly formed stakeholder network, bringing together a wider representation of organisations and

Forfar Community Campus officially opens Forfar Community Campus was officially declared open on Friday marking the formal conclusion of an ambitious and exciting multi-million pound project that brings the town’s Academy and its community together.

Vehicles displaying licence plates from the Canadian province of Alberta are no longer welcome on new job sites for neighbouring Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. On Dec. 6, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the license plate-based ban to match a similar rule in Albert

RIAS President Stewart Henderson The charity regulator has launched an investigation into the finances and governance of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), according to reports.

A specialist windfarm contractor from Sutherland has been revealed among a list of 28 Scottish firms that have been “named and shamed” today for underpaying their staff. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today named 260 employers across the country for failing

David Ritche Window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems has taken the latest step on its growth strategy path with the appointment of a new chief operating officer (COO).

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a “comprehensive study” into domestic heat networks to ensure households are getting a good deal. Heat networks - systems that heat multiple homes from one central source – currently supply about half a million UK homes through about 17,

Output in the UK construction sector has contracted for the sixth consecutive three-month period, falling by 1.4% in October, new figures have revealed. Output in the Construction Industry statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that the three-month on three-mon

George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes, outside another development in Inverness Proposals for 767 new homes in Inverness look set to be granted planning permission by councillors next week.

A “dysfunctional land market” lies at the root of Scotland’s housing crisis and intervention is required to increase the supply of land for new homes, according to a new discussion paper. The first in an independent series of discussion papers commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, ‘T

Ulva Ferry Housing project – the first ever winner of the new Housing category River Clyde Homes and LinkLiving were named as category winner at the 2017 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration last night as the first ever recipient of the new Housing category was also announced.

(from left) Jamie McLean, Lynne Donnelly and Councillor Philip Saxton. Credit Iain McLean Photography. Launch of Symington’s first affordable housing development

A so-called prankster had to be saved by local firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave. The West Midlands Fire Service spent an hour working to release Jay Swingler who mixed seven bags of Polyfilla before his friends poured it around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag i