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Bid to block Great Tapestry of Scotland home fails A bid to get Scottish Borders Council to drop plans for a £6 million permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank has failed.

South Ayrshire Council has appointed a contractor to complete works on a golf clubhouse after it was forced to terminate the original building contract. 3B Construction Ltd will start work at Belleisle Golf Club House on October 5th with a view to completing the £1.5 million clubhouse in March 2016

A new multi-million pound micro-brewery and visitor attraction for Inverness has been given the green light. Councillors were asked to approve revised plans for the Glen Mhor Hotel on the city’s riverside after the owners were initially refused permission in October last year for their plans to de

The Turnberry resort in Ayrshire has officially closed its doors as work commences on a £200 million renovation to the hotel building and Ailsa golf course. Now called Trump Turnberry, following its acquisition from US tycoon Donlad Trump last year, the resort’s historic 1906 hotel will undergo a

Pam Ewen Fife Council has appointed Pam Ewen as the local authority’s new senior manager for planning.

Fergus Ewing The Scottish Government has confirmed solar PV projects below 5 Megawatts will continue to receive support following the UK government’s decision to close the Renewables Obligation.

Shaun Kennedy second from left with employer Mactaggart & Mickel Construction employers have until 23rd October to submit nominations for the 2015 SBATC Apprenticeship Awards, incorporating the James Birnie Award for Craft Excellence.

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Call for views on National Galleries extension Views are being sought on a new Bill which could see an extension built to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.

Declan Thompson Two directors at Edinburgh architecture firm RMJM have been found guilty in a Hong Kong court of failing to pay staff wages.

David Halliday (left) with Malcolm Fraser Leading Scottish architect Malcolm Fraser, renowned for high profile masterplanning, cultural renewal and regeneration work, has joined Halliday Fraser Munro.

A Scottish firm approved by the UK government as green energy advisers has been handed a record fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making millions of nuisance telephone calls. Cambuslang-based Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELM) received the penalty after makin

Proposals for a multi-million pound sustainable new community at Corton in South East Ayr have taken a step forward with the lodging of planning applications for a supermarket, as well as for infrastructure to facilitate wider development. Plans for future works include 750 houses, a new primary sch

Construction services company ISG has commenced additional projects in the east of the country for the University of Edinburgh. After successfully completing the first phase of the Ashworth building redevelopment for the School of Biological Sciences, ISG is now commencing the second phase, valued a

A82 Road Cross Section A preferred route option for the A82 Tarbet to Inverarnan upgrade has been identified which closely follows the existing stretch of the road.