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A landmark regeneration plan that could create around 1,000 permanent new jobs on the site of the former Diageo bottling plant in Kilmarnock was today given the backing of East Ayrshire Council. The “HALO” Urban Park project, spearheaded by Kilmarnock-based developers Klin Group, will be mainly

Alex Cole-Hamilton Edinburgh politicians have entered the debate on whether planners should consider the impact of major housing developments on GP services by suggesting that housebuilders should pay for new doctor surgeries.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the future of steel and engineering in Scotland as she formally reopened the country’s last major steelworks today. The Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell was mothballed by Tata Steel in 2015, with the loss of 225 jobs, before being taken over by Liberty Hou

The Greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow is set to be transformed with 6,000 new homes and new nurseries and schools as part of a 20-year revamp plan. A Glasgow City Council report yesterday outlined how the regeneration of Easterhouse and the surrounding area will also include transport infrastructu

Projects set to be improved under the initiative include (clockwise from top left) Brechin’s Bar & Cardell Halls; public realm improvements at Govan Cross; the Pearce Institute and Water Row Glasgow City Council has approved funding to proceed with the next stage of a regeneration scheme in Go

Plans for a major new Inverness development consisting of 60 new homes and a family restaurant have been granted approval by councillors. Aberdeen-based developer Kirkwood Homes and Tweed Estates applied to build the homes on land close to the city’s Asda supermarket at Slackbuie. A quarter of the

Housing associations collaborate to deliver new affordable homes for Methil Two Fife housing associations are working in partnership to deliver badly needed new affordable homes for the older and disabled people in Methil.

A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time, the BBC has reported. The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago when he was treated for a redback bite.

Builders’ merchant group Wolseley is to close 80 UK branches with the loss of 800 jobs as part of a £100 million restructuring, the firm announced today. Wolseley UK said the wide-ranging transformation plan, which only affects the firm’s plumbing & heating operations, is designed to delive

Artist’s impression of homes set for The Boulevard in Glasgow Housebuilder Persimmon is to invest £75 million in building 500 homes next to the Silverburn Shopping Centre in the south side of Glasgow.

Crieff Primary School Communities across Perthshire, Tayside, Forth Valley and Fife are benefitting from over £500 million of new infrastructure projects delivered by hub East Central Scotland, new figures have shown.

Amec Foster Wheeler has won a £7 million contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site. The facility is being built for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), the company responsible for decommissioning the nuclear site in Caithness.

Engineering contractors have welcomed the announcement that project bank accounts (PBAs) are to be used on building projects over £4 million which are procured by Scottish Government bodies. PBAs are ring-fenced accounts from which payments can be made directly and simultaneously by a client to con

Work on the new £70 million East Lothian Community Hospital will start in October after financial contracts were signed with the Scottish Government. The facility, which is being developed jointly by NHS Lothian and East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, will provide a fit-for-purpose fac

Young Professionals in Construction (YPiC) is set to hold its latest networking event in Edinburgh tomorrow to celebrate the forum’s first birthday. The forthcoming event will be hosted at Quartermile One from 6:30pm till 8:30pm.