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The residents of the new homes at St Andrews West are the first in Scotland to have an underground bin system.

A rare surviving cast-iron statue of Robert Burns, which was discovered in a compost heap in the 1950s in Durban, South Africa, has made its new home at the Engine Shed, Scotland’s dedicated building conservation centre in Stirling.

Over 225 key players from across the Scottish home building sector and wider stakeholder organisations have come together in Edinburgh today to discuss how to address the country’s housing emergency in the context of changing consumer, political and policy landscapes. Delegates at representati

Dundee’s first-ever Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) is set to be discussed by city councillors next week.

Housebuilder Cala Group has announced today that an agreement has been signed by the global investment firm Sixth Street Partners and Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, to acquire the company from Legal & General Group Plc.

Musselburgh's Newhailes House has been painstakingly recreated with 20,000 LEGO bricks as part of an all-day event.

Kevin McColgan has stood down as CEO of Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Group with effect from today. In a statement, Bancon said Mr McColgan – an experienced construction industry leader who was appointed to the role in September 2023 – was standing down "due to personal reasons".

Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) contractors are becoming a target for the tax authorities with HMRC issuing letters to CIS contractors if records indicate that the correct deductions may not have been applied, a Scottish tax expert has warned. The letter prompts the contractor to verify the CIS t

A series of lectures designed to cultivate and develop entrepreneurial thinking in university students has launched at Heriot-Watt University. The ‘Entrepreneurial Minds’ series has been created by leading academic and entrepreneur Professor Gabriela Medero, the university’s Associ

Renewable energy company Drax has announced funding grants to 48 organisations including 12 across Scotland, in the communities where Drax operates. The donations, which range from £750 to £2,000, are for community-led projects that support STEM education and skills, promote safety and h

Enigma Industrial Services, a provider of scaffolding and insulation, has moved into units 5 & 6 of Forties Industrial Estate in Aberdeen.

Scotland’s small open economy has grown slightly and more strongly in the last quarter in comparison to the rest of the UK, shows new findings from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK)’s latest Construction Market Intelligence Q3 2024.

Scotland’s commercial property market has attracted significantly more international interest in the decade that followed the 2014 independence referendum than it did in the 10 years prior to the vote, according Knight Frank.

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has raised almost £7,000 for Breast Cancer Now.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has confirmed that construction of its next development of 233 new homes, including 20 affordable properties, off Craigton Drive, Dargavel Village, Bishopton, has started.