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Glasgow-based Hunter Laing & Company has submitted an application with Argyll and Bute Council to build the first new distillery on Islay in a decade. The £8 million malt whisky distillery, to be built on a four-acre site at Ardnahoe near Port Askaig, on the North East coast of the island.

The application process for the next round of CITB’s Flexible and Structured Funds is now open, with the last date for submissions on February 16. There are six funding options to choose from, depending on the organisation type and project, with different amounts of money offered under each option

Sarah Speirs Scottish house prices look set to rise further in the first quarter of 2016 as supply continues to fail to meet demand, according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Steve Walker, Paul Dunnett, Kirk Raine, comedian Kevin Bridges, NHBC CEO Mike Quinton, Michael Thomas and David Barratt Five house-building site managers were recognised for building homes of the highest standard at NHBC’s Pride in the Job Awards 2015 gala final.

Event to showcase Sighthill regeneration and community project plans The latest information on the £220 million regeneration of Sighthill, as well as details on a project that local people will participate in and develop over the next five years, will be unveiled at an event in Glasgow next month.

Each year the Ladder Association runs a photo competition to find the biggest Idiots on Ladders. The competition is run in conjunction with the Association's Ladder Exchange campaign where users are encouraged to replace broken or unsafe ladders for news ones at a discounted price.

The University of Edinburgh has selected contractor McLaughlin & Harvey to deliver its £28 million Data Technology Institute. Designed by Bennetts Associates, the building is to be the third and final phase of the University’s Potterrow development, following the completion of the Informatics

Alasdair Reisner Plans to introduce an ‘Immigration Skills Charge’ for employers hiring non-EU workers will penalise companies in charge of delivering the UK’s public infrastructure, civil engineering contractors have warned.

Philip Hogg Homes for Scotland has highlighted a major research report which identified that nearly 40,000 new jobs could be generated by the end of the next Scottish Parliament if home building levels in Scotland were to return to pre-recession levels.

Council houses across Aberdeenshire are to receive an energy efficiency boost with the installation of solar panels. Councillors on policy & resources committee have agreed to issue a tender for works to install the panels on 1,200 council houses.

RTPI Scotland planning policy & practice officer, Nikola Miller, sets out the Institute’s manifesto for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in May 2016. The Scottish election takes place on 5 May. At this important time for planning – what with a planning review and difficult economic circu

Aileen McLeod Land reform minister Aileen McLeod will today move 49 amendments to the Land Reform Bill, which she said would ensure the proposals are “far-reaching and best-deliver for the people of Scotland”.

Springfield Properties has made a decision to invest £21,000 in Automated External Defibrillators to each of their active construction sites following a national campaign raising awareness for cardiac arrest. The ‘Save a Life for Scotland’ campaign hopes to save 1,000 lives over the next five y

Gareth Hoskins Argyll & Bute Council is to dedicate Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park to late architect Gareth Hoskins following the award of a £2.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Public opinion sought for major River Ness artworks The Highland Council has sought views from the public on art installations proposed for the banks of the River Ness in Inverness.