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John White Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone enjoyed strong growth in sales in the six months to the end of February.

A judicial review into CITB’s construction industry training levy has been dismissed at the Royal Courts of Justice. The legal action was taken against the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), with CITB named as an interested party, by payroll company Hudsons Contract Services Ltd.

An enterprise park has been launched by Fusion Assets following the designation of a new Life Sciences Enterprise Area based around the BioCity Campus in North Lanarkshire. The undeveloped Lanarkshire Enterprise Park site within the adjacent Dunalastair Industrial Estate was originally purchased by

Plans for Spencer Street - Copyright AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new 61 plot mixed tenure development at Spencer Street in Anniesland, Glasgow.

John Sinfield Construction Products Association chairman John Sinfield used the CPA’s annual Spring Lunch yesterday to outline the Association’s three strategic objectives for 2016 and unveil a new logo.

Homeless World Cup to transform George Square Glasgow’s George Square is to be transformed into a stunning arena with three football pitches and seating for 3,500 spectators when it plays host to the Homeless World Cup later this year.

Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a demolition derby-style clash of heavy machinery that left at least two bulldozers flipped over in a street. In online video taken Saturday, several bulldozers are seen ramming each other while passenger cars scurr

An example of a Hampton by Hilton hotel The sharp decline of the hospitality sector in the north east has not deterred the Aberdeen-based construction arm of Robertson Group from keeping hotel projects in the city at the heart of its plans, the firm said yesterday.

Jonathan Goring Jonathan Goring has been appointed as managing director of Lovell just three months after joining Laing O’Rourke.

Plans have been lodged for a new £35 million housing development at the former site of an Aberdeen school. Aberdeen City Council has submitted a detailed planning application to build 369 residential flats at the old location of Summerhill Academy which has lain vacant for four years.

Partick Housing Association has submitted plans to transform a former Glasgow school into 60 new flats. Designed by Collective Architecture, the £8 million redevelopment of the former St Peter’s School on Chancellor Street will provide a mix of 1-3 bed homes for social and mid-market rent as well

Aberdeen city centre The regeneration expert appointed to help drive forward the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) has said the city can compete with world's best cities for global investment.

The principal of City of Glasgow College has spoken of his delight after the Riverside Campus scooped the top prize for Design through Innovation at this year’s RICS Awards in Scotland. The Awards showcase the most inspirational initiatives and developments in land, property, construction and envi

CMS Window Systems managing director, Andy Kerr Window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems has been identified as one of the country’s most profitable businesses by being named in 2016’s highly respected Profit Track 100 report by The Sunday Times in

Borders Railway receives prestigious Infrastructure award Borders Railway has received the Infrastructure accolade at the RICS Awards Scotland 2016.