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Philip Hogg The radical overhaul of stamp duty announced by chancellor George Osborne in yesterday’s Autumn Statement has emphasised the need an intermediate band in Scotland’s new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), according to Scotland’s home builders industry body.

John Laing Infrastructure Fund has made a £1 billion offer for the public-private partnership assets of Balfour Beatty, highlighting the attraction of work on schools and hospitals for private sector firms. The non-binding offer equates to more than three quarters of the market capitalisation of Ba

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded Historic Scotland a £3.8 million grant to create Scotland’s first building conservation centre at The Engine Shed in Stirling.

Alex Goodfellow Stewart Milne Timber Systems has been appointed as one of the approved contractors for the New Homes Framework for England, Wales, and Scotland, by public sector procurement specialist, LHC.

Detailed design work for the new Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is about to get underway, following the appointment of the contractors to design and construct the new building.

The preferred bidder to build a state-of-the-art resource for processing household rubbish has been announced by Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian.

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is investing £25 million next year in charitable bonds that could lead to up to 450 affordable homes being built, social justice secretary Alex Neil confirmed today.

A man with an interest in a property which was found to be in a “state of disrepair” has failed in an appeal against the decision to grant a compulsory purchase order (CPO) over the house. Judges in the Court of Session Inner House were not persuaded that there was any force in any of the compla

Marshall Construction lends a hand in the Legacy

The overall pace of construction growth moderated for the second month running to its least marked since October 2013, data from Markit/CIPS published today reveals. However, the figures failed to dampen soaring subcontractor rates and demand for skilled staff.

Plans for a new £100m energy research centre have been announced by the University of Aberdeen. The 19,000m2 purpose-built Energy Building will contain world class, sustainable facilities to build on the University’s and Aberdeen’s reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation, and cre

Sarah Speirs Tackling poor maintenance in traditional buildings could significantly reduce fuel poverty, experts are to advise the Scottish Government today.

Dundee has become the first UNESCO City of Design in the UK, a prestigious award that recognises the huge contribution the city has made to design worldwide.

Plans by the Unite Group to build student flats on the site of a derelict school in Aberdeen have been approved.

Custom House, Greenock Inverclyde secures £1m regeneration funding