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Courtesy of Organic Architects Residents of a Devon village have objected to plans for a nearby whisky distillery because it looks too “Scottish”.

Property, residential, construction and services firm Kier Group’s underlying trading performance in the first half of its financial year has met its management's expectations, the firm said today. A trading update for the business revealed that Kier’s construction and services order book had be

Kirkwood Homes managing director Colin Crombie (left) and Graham Fiddes BOS relationship manager in front of a Kirkwood site Aberdeen-based housebuilder Kirkwood Homes has announced plans to acquire six new sites in 2017 as it expands its operations to Inverness and Dundee.

(from left) Wayne Sutherland (hub East Central Scotland), Chris Coleman-Smith (Hoskins), council leader Ian Miller, Helen Smout (Culture Perth and Kinross), Andy Park (Ogilvie Construction), Martin Cooper (BAM Construction) Perth and Kinross Council is to invest £10 million in a major overhaul to P

Plans have been unveiled to redevelop the old Moffat Academy in Dumfries and Galloway into houses and apartments for the retirement market. Under proposals submitted by Moffat Academy Ltd, a sister firm of Richmond Wight Estates, a mix of 41 one and two bedroom high specification properties, which w

Plans to transform the University of Edinburgh’s Data Technology Institute were boosted by a £200m EIB loan A record number of UK infrastructure projects were supported in 2016 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) with over £5.5 billion provided over the year.

The Atria building in Edinburgh Property consultancy Knight Frank has said that investment levels in Scottish commercial property remained resilient in 2016 despite an “unpredictable” year, while a separate report has suggested that interest has failed to pick up despite an increase in occupier

Homes previously completed at Western Harbour by Hart Builders Hart Builders is planning to construct 146 new homes in Edinburgh after securing a £6.9 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Low Carbon Teaching Building at South Lanarkshire College Austin-Smith:Lord has been shortlisted for an international BREEAM Award for its ground-breaking sustainable design of South Lanarkshire College’s Low Carbon Teaching Building.

New milestone reached in UK Spaceport development UK Space science and technology firms QinetiQ and Telespazio VEGA UK have agreed Memorandum’s of Understanding (MoU) to work with Discover Space UK on investigating the potential for a horizontal launch spaceport at the Campbeltown site on the West

Quick-thinking demolition workers used a crane to rescue a stranded dog after it plunged ten feet into the Firth of Forth, STV has reported. Steven Woods was taking his dog Sasha for a walk around the Cockenzie Power Station site in East Lothian at lunchtime on Wednesday when she jumped over a wall

Gordon Nelson Scottish builders reported growth in the final three months of 2016 but skills shortages have spread from carpentry and roofing to plumbers and site managers, according to the Federation of Master Builders Scotland (FMB Scotland).

Springfield Properties has reached out in an attempt to offer support to those workers made redundant by the administration of fellow Highlands housebuilder Roy Homes Ltd. The Inverness self-build home business and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd ceased trading this week with the loss

Douglas Mcleod Barratt Developments has announced plans to build 2,480 new homes across 14 new sites throughout Scotland during the course of the year.

Engineers building the new Queensferry Crossing have said there are no guarantees the bridge will open in May but added that the timetable is “realistic”. Initially expected to be ready last December, the £1.325 billion project’s completion was postponed after bad weather delayed work.