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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.

A contracting company has been fined after a worker suffered burns while working on a primary school refurbishment project in East Kilbride five years ago. Stewart and Shields Limited, of E King St, Helensburgh, was fined £7,500 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 34(3) of the Constructio

Up to 4,000 Scottish households could benefit from a new £14 million interest-free loan fund to make their homes cheaper to keep warm. For the first time, housing associations will be able to apply for loans from the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) Loan Sch

The administrators of collapsed Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have been given another year to continue their work. Campbell Dallas said it has been granted more time “to realise the company’s assets and agree the creditors’ claims”.

Holyrood and Westminster have reached an agreement with the long-term aim of three-hour train journeys from London to Scottish cities. The move coincides with the publication of the HS2 Ltd report on extending a faster rail service to the north of England and Scotland.

Falkirk Council has commenced construction of four new speculative industrial units at Abbotsford Business Park at a cost of £1.3 million. JB Bennett was appointed as the design and build contractor and has started the construction preparation works, including establishing the site and its boundari

£2.6m grants bring first Scottish Creation Centre a step closer Three quarters of the funds have been secured for Scotland’s first Creation Centre – a project that could radically change the cultural landscape.