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Four out of five (80 per cent) Scottish drivers have had to swerve to avoid potholes, the highest area of the UK, according to a new study. The analysis conducted by the AA found that out of the 25,000 members surveyed, Scotland’s drivers were the most likely in the UK to have had to make a sudden

The construction of an £800 million new community development in Aberdeen can begin next month after the UK government pledged funding for the project. The Westminster guarantee of £86m means Stewart Milne Group can now deliver new housing, schools, healthcare and parks at the Countesswells site.

Ted Ayres Bellway is to consider reopening an east of Scotland division after the housebuilder announced record interim results.

A new operating theatre is to be built at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as part of a three-year £28 million investment. The Scottish Government has approved the full business case submitted by NHS Highland earlier this month.

David Cowans, group chief executive at Places for People and Jenny Laing, Aberdeen City Council leader Places for People has signed a pioneering partnership with Aberdeen City Council which will create 2,000 new homes in the city with the potential to build a further 1,000 properties.

Construction companies are being invited to bid for the A737 Dalry Bypass with the publication of a notification in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) by Transport Scotland. The notice, which outlines construction costs in the range of £34 million to £38m, invites prospective bidder

A planning application has been lodged by Gray Macpherson Architects for a £10 million distillery and visitor centre in Hawick. Glasgow based The Three Stills Company Ltd, which secured funding for the project back in November, plans to redevelop the former Turnbull & Scott (Engineers) premises

David Melhuish Scottish Labour’s plans to revaluate the country’s residential properties have been welcomed by the Scottish Property Federation.

A plan to transform the derelict St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross into a unique arts venue and heritage destination has today been awarded £4.2 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Creative Scotland. The HLF awarded funding of £3,806,000 to arts organisation&n

Richard Murphy Architects will battle it out with fellow practices Beecher and 7N for the Building of the Year title from the Edinburgh Architectural Association. The Association has whittled down 34 submissions to reveal the shortlist for its 2016 EAA Awards.

Lanarkshire radiotherapy treatment centre opens after Keppie revamp

Inverness Castle Inverness is to benefit from a major investment into the city’s infrastructure over the next decade following the award of a £315 million City Deal.

Glasgow City Council has issued a tender for lead contractors to progress the ‘Blue-Green’ infrastructure works at its £250 million transformation of Sighthill. Comprising approximately 800 new homes, a new school campus and community facilities, as well as commercial units, the Sighthill regen

Developers behind a plan to transform the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a £75 million hotel have appealed against a council decision to reject the project. The plans were rejected by councillors by a single vote after hours of debate in December last year.

The Shepherd Offshore site on Dunlin Drive Fife College has secured the option to purchase land to build a new £90 million campus on the Shepherd Offshore site in Dunfermline.