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Skills Development Scotland wins Investors in Young People Award Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has been awarded the Investors in Young People (IiYP) accreditation for its commitment to supporting youth employment.

The construction of a 4,000-unit housing development located ten miles south of Aberdeen is entering a second wave as housebuilders sign up to build the next 100 homes. With more than 70 per cent of properties in the first release now sold or reserved at Chapelton, Elsick Development Company (EDC) h

The Queensferry Bridge under construction Intertek has won a contract to provide corrosion monitoring equipment and software for the Queensferry Crossing.

Details have been unveiled of a new link road for an £80 million golf complex near Stonehaven. Designers FM Group released details of its plans for a new road which will give the proposed Jack Nicklaus Signature Championship Golf Course easier access to the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road.

Plans for more than 80 homes to be built on the site of the former multis in Dundee have been lodged with city planners. Dundee City Council and Hillcrest Housing Association have formed a partnership to build social rented houses on land south/east of Alexander Street in the Hilltown area where hou

(left to right): Councillor John McDowall, Councillor Alec Oattes, Peter Linton – project manager, Councillor Alec Clark, and SCCL vice-chair Ken Johnstone A new leisure and community facility could open in South Ayrshire in the next financial year after the national agency for sport provided the

Travelodge is to speed up its development programme after profits leapt by almost a fifth in the first half. The budget chain, which is under­going a £100 million modernisation, said earnings rose 19 per cent to £90.1 million in the six months to the end of July compared with a year earlier.

£10.5m Apex Hotel to open in Glasgow Scottish hotel group Apex Hotels is moving into Glasgow for the first time, creating 60 new jobs.

Construction of a new Madras College in St Andrews has been delayed until next year at the earliest after an appeal to the Court of Session. A petition raised by St Andrews Environmental Protection Association Limited (Stepal), which questioned the legality of the decision to grant permission for th

Glasgow’s skyline could be joined by a new multi-story office block should planners give the green light to the Broadway Two development. London based developers Titan Investors is seeking planning approval for the nine storey multi-million pound project on Renfield Street.

Proposals for the phased redevelopment and modernisation of Queen Victoria School in Dunblane have been submitted to Stirling Council. Developed by Holmes Miller Architects, working collaboratively with GVA James Barr and Horner + MacLennan Landscape Architects, the plans include rationalisation and

Craig McLaren RTPI Scotland director, Craig McLaren, looks to stimulate a discussion on where planning and planners can support social justice.

Colin Howden Seven charities have called for a Scottish alternative to the Roads Fund for England, which was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Summer Budget 2015, and will see Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) – a tax on pollution – spent exclusively on motorways and major trunk A-roads from

Neal Whitaker's winning design A student at the University of Strathclyde has been honoured at the annual Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Scottish Student Awards for Architecture for his design for a sustainable brickmaking company

Sanctuary Scotland submits plans for 143 Glasgow affordable homes Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association has submitted plans to build 143 affordable homes on the site of the former Craigbank housing estate, Nitshill, Glasgow