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Last year’s Tribunal decision in the J3 Building Solutions v HMRC case has thrown open the whole question of what constitutes a building, according to a landed estates and rural accountant. Building new residential from scratch is zero-rated for VAT, whereas refurbishment of an existing residentia

Brenda Jones Association of Women in Property announces new national chairman

Survival Condo founder Larry Hall has designed bunkers for wealthy clients to use to protect themselves in the event of a natural disaster or nuclear wars. Rather than being utilitarian, the spaces which are buried deep underground in an abandoned missile launch base in Kansas in the US, include a s

(from left) UK government minister Andrew Dunlop, Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson and economy secretary Kieth Brown The £315 million Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal was formally signed yesterday, paving the way for the release of funding for three business cases.

Transport Scotland is advertising for a suitable contractor to take on a £9 million programme of works to replace the expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge. The contract is due to be awarded in autumn 2017, with a start on site in spring 2018 for eight months.

Plans have been lodged with the City of Edinburgh Council to build a 266-bed student housing development at a former builder’s yard. Ardent Group and Fourward Architecture intend to demolish the existing buildings at the Russell Road site to make way for 56 apartments complete with reception, comm

Yosof Ewing I read an article in Construction News recently and it contained a statistic that stopped me in my tracks.

IMPACT Scotland has announced an international shortlist of six architect-led teams that will compete to deliver a design for a new world-class concert venue in the heart of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. The plans are for a 1,000 seat auditorium with rehearsal studios and recording space behind

Roofing, cladding and complete building envelope specialist the Lakesmere Group has appointed Jon Fearn to the role of business development technical manager for its northern operations. Jon brings with him over 30 years’ industry experience and specific knowledge of the aluminium glazing systems

John Forster By John Forster, group chairman, Forster Group

CCG starts work on £9m hospice refurb project CCG has started work on an £9 million hospice refurbishment project in North Lanarkshire.

A private developer of luxury retirement housing is considering banning residents from smoking in the privacy of their own homes – even though they’ve bought the property. Castle Retirement Living (CRL) has justified the proposal at its new flagship scheme, Castle View Windsor, on the grounds of

Scotland’s newest M&E Service contractor is set for a busy 2017 following its launch in May 2016. Arc-Tech, based in Cambuslang, has provided specialist building services solutions for a wide variety of clients since its launch including Park’s Motor Group, SSE and Glasgow Airport.

Ken Pattulo Businesses in Scotland’s construction and property sectors are among those to have emerged from the “troughs” of financial uncertainty seen in late 2015, according to new data.

Plans that could lead to a major new development to replace the existing Monklands Hospital moved a significant step closer last week. The Board of NHS Lanarkshire has approved an Initial Agreement (IA) to rebuild the hospital or conduct a substantial refurbishment at the existing site.