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Robertson Homes managing director John Murphy shows Cllr Lesley Laird, Fife Council’s deputy leader, around the new Business Hub Robertson Homes has started work on a £1.5 million office project to convert a former student lodge into a business hub in the heart of St Andrews.

Alex Neil More than 8,000 households have now received support to own their own home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, social justice secretary Alex Neil has announced.

Redpath to transform Blackfriars church in Edinburgh Redpath Construction has been appointed as main contractor by Stone Acre on a project to transform Blackfriars Presbyterian Church just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Four out of five (80 per cent) Scottish drivers have had to swerve to avoid potholes, the highest area of the UK, according to a new study. The analysis conducted by the AA found that out of the 25,000 members surveyed, Scotland’s drivers were the most likely in the UK to have had to make a sudden

The construction of an £800 million new community development in Aberdeen can begin next month after the UK government pledged funding for the project. The Westminster guarantee of £86m means Stewart Milne Group can now deliver new housing, schools, healthcare and parks at the Countesswells site.

Ted Ayres Bellway is to consider reopening an east of Scotland division after the housebuilder announced record interim results.

A new operating theatre is to be built at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as part of a three-year £28 million investment. The Scottish Government has approved the full business case submitted by NHS Highland earlier this month.

David Cowans, group chief executive at Places for People and Jenny Laing, Aberdeen City Council leader Places for People has signed a pioneering partnership with Aberdeen City Council which will create 2,000 new homes in the city with the potential to build a further 1,000 properties.

Construction companies are being invited to bid for the A737 Dalry Bypass with the publication of a notification in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) by Transport Scotland. The notice, which outlines construction costs in the range of £34 million to £38m, invites prospective bidder

A planning application has been lodged by Gray Macpherson Architects for a £10 million distillery and visitor centre in Hawick. Glasgow based The Three Stills Company Ltd, which secured funding for the project back in November, plans to redevelop the former Turnbull & Scott (Engineers) premises

David Melhuish Scottish Labour’s plans to revaluate the country’s residential properties have been welcomed by the Scottish Property Federation.

A plan to transform the derelict St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross into a unique arts venue and heritage destination has today been awarded £4.2 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Creative Scotland. The HLF awarded funding of £3,806,000 to arts organisation&n

Richard Murphy Architects will battle it out with fellow practices Beecher and 7N for the Building of the Year title from the Edinburgh Architectural Association. The Association has whittled down 34 submissions to reveal the shortlist for its 2016 EAA Awards.

Lanarkshire radiotherapy treatment centre opens after Keppie revamp

Inverness Castle Inverness is to benefit from a major investment into the city’s infrastructure over the next decade following the award of a £315 million City Deal.