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£10.5m Apex Hotel to open in Glasgow Scottish hotel group Apex Hotels is moving into Glasgow for the first time, creating 60 new jobs.

Construction of a new Madras College in St Andrews has been delayed until next year at the earliest after an appeal to the Court of Session. A petition raised by St Andrews Environmental Protection Association Limited (Stepal), which questioned the legality of the decision to grant permission for th

Glasgow’s skyline could be joined by a new multi-story office block should planners give the green light to the Broadway Two development. London based developers Titan Investors is seeking planning approval for the nine storey multi-million pound project on Renfield Street.

Proposals for the phased redevelopment and modernisation of Queen Victoria School in Dunblane have been submitted to Stirling Council. Developed by Holmes Miller Architects, working collaboratively with GVA James Barr and Horner + MacLennan Landscape Architects, the plans include rationalisation and

Craig McLaren RTPI Scotland director, Craig McLaren, looks to stimulate a discussion on where planning and planners can support social justice.

Colin Howden Seven charities have called for a Scottish alternative to the Roads Fund for England, which was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Summer Budget 2015, and will see Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) – a tax on pollution – spent exclusively on motorways and major trunk A-roads from

Neal Whitaker's winning design A student at the University of Strathclyde has been honoured at the annual Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Scottish Student Awards for Architecture for his design for a sustainable brickmaking company

Sanctuary Scotland submits plans for 143 Glasgow affordable homes Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association has submitted plans to build 143 affordable homes on the site of the former Craigbank housing estate, Nitshill, Glasgow

The keys to Aberdeen Art Gallery have been formally handed over to contractors McLaughlin and Harvey with work now under way on the £30 million redevelopment. The Art Gallery, Cowdray Hall and Memorial Hall will be transformed through significant investment in the fabric of the buildings, new exhib

Work on an “innovative” £24 million replacement for an ageing Anstruther school will begin as soon as possible after planning consent was agreed by Fife Council. Pupils are due to move into the new three-storey Waid Academy in March 2017.

Plans have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council for the new £10 million creative hub in Fountainbridge for Edinburgh Printmakers. Due to open in 2018, the abandoned structure – formerly home to the North British Rubber Company – will house a printmaking studio, two fully accessible g

PCA chief executive Stephen Hodgson and Les Meikle of Wise Property Care A key figure in the Scottish business community has completed his term of office as chairman of a national trade body

Work in Strowan Crescent in Shettleston - image provided by SNS photography The transformation of some of Greater Glasgow’s most important infrastructure is progressing deep beneath the city streets largely out of sight of most people who live, work and travel there.

Fulcrum operations managers Grant Watson and Sammy Waters and Fulcrum regional manager Ronnie Close outside Dalmunach Distillery Independent utility infrastructure provider Fulcrum has secured a new project to deliver seasonal gas supplies to four major Scottish distilleries.

New figures show a dramatic rise in the number of people on modern apprenticeships. Analysis by the Scottish National Party of statistics from Skills Development Scotland reveals that 25,247 individuals began learning on the job in 2014/15 – up 59.7 per cent on the 15,803 recorded in 2007/08.