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A new eBuildingStandards system that streamlines applications through one web portal has gone live. eBuildingStandards follows the launch of the improved ePlanning service in January, and signals the latest development in streamlining public services in the digital age. This new service makes it qui

Work begins on next phase of Aberdeen council housing programme Aberdeen City Council has broken ground on a £13.5 million housing development at Manor Walk.

Entrepreneurs based at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) will appear on hit BBC series Dragons’ Den this Sunday to pitch their low carbon invention to the millionaire investors. Artur Napiórkowski and Denny Schenk won a place in ECCI’s Low Carbon Ideas Lab earlier

Work on a £16.8 million extension to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh began in earnest this week after the City of Edinburgh Council formally approved the planning applications. The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) said the new extension will radically improve access to its world-clas

Property investor Formal Investments has lodged its plans for a £75 million commercial redevelopment in the centre of Glasgow. The proposals will see the provision of a 12-storey new build element, incorporating 130,000 sq ft of Grade A office space on Bath Street, as well as the remodelling and re

Sandy Adam Springfield Properties is set to significantly contribute to the Scottish housing market after receiving approval for over 1,700 new homes at 13 sites so far in 2016.

Pre-tax profits at Scottish timber group James Donaldson & Sons have increased by almost a third in its last financial year to £5.9 million as the firm enjoyed high activity levels across the group. The Fife-based group said it benefited from strong demand for new homes and a buoyant repair, ma

The contract to fit out the new Glasgow office of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has been awarded to Paisley-based Clark Contracts. Global professional accounting body ACCA is to occupy the first, second and third floors at 110 Queen Street, relocating circa 650 people fro

Schematic showing completed truss end link replacement Amey has commenced the final phase of work to replace the Forth Road Bridge’s truss end links which forced the bridge to close in December last year.

Interserve has completed work on a new Premier Inn in Edinburgh. Located within the New Town and World Heritage Site, the 127 bed hotel sits next to St. Paul’s & St. George’s Church on York Place.

Helping student Lizzie Munro (front) move into her new home are (from left) Doug Walmsley, Cityheart; Ruaraidh MacNeil, Highlands and Islands Enterprise; Raymond More, Robertson Northern; Diane Rawlinson, Inverness College UHI and Fiona Larg, University of the Highlands and Islands Students in Inver

Glasgow-based engineering consultancy Mabbett & Associates Ltd has used £160,000 of HSBC funds to further diversify its business by creating Mabbett Environmental Planning Ltd. The new enterprise will facilitate the firm’s expansion in the environmental planning services sector, growing the b

The area outlined in red shows where the eight new houses at will be situated ACHA to build eight new family homes in Oban

An actress in Canada has shown her gratitude to construction workers who chased the thief who stole her purse and then helped bandage her wounds. Yvette Jones, 41, was walking to a photo shoot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when an unknown man started talking to her, complimenting her on her top.

Developers have submitted new plans to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow into a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station and business units. Forge Properties has applied for full planning permission for the development on a site at Carlisle Street next to the Morrison Bowmore bottlin