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Philip Hogg Scotland’s home building industry has welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s introduction of a new Help to Buy ISA to assist those saving for their first property but warned it would be of little use north of the border unless there is help to build the homes that are needed in the fir

Public bodies in Scotland stand accused of withholding £120 million from small construction contractors, according to a new report. Published by the Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group Scotland, the report said most councils and universities still operate retention clauses in their contr

Keith Brown Almost 70 projects totalling around £7 billion will be under construction in 2015, according to the Scottish Government.

Vaughan Hart Today’s latest official labour market figures are further proof that rates of employment within the Scottish construction industry are proving slow to recover, according to the Scottish Building Federation.

MacLeod House US businessman Donald Trump has tabled fresh plans for a multi-million pound expansion of his Aberdeenshire golf resort – with a second course firmly back on the table.

The derelict Venue nightclub at Stack Leisure Park Sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is set to launch Scotland’s first Sports Direct retail outlet and gym in Dundee.

First look inside Johnstone Town Hall as building set to open

Name and location of development: Central Bellsmyre - three sites at Aitkenbar Drive/Auchenreoch Avenue, Penniecroft Avenue and Whiteford Crescent.

A £5 million project to construct a distillery and visitor centre at Lindores Abbey in Fife could get started early next year after plans moved a step forward. The abbey in Newburgh is the site of the first recorded whisky production in Scotland in 1494, and it is envisaged that whisky distillation

A derelict school building in Aberdeen is set for a £20 million transformation into student accommodation for 400 people under plans by a UK property developer. Unite Students has bought the grounds of the listed Causewayend School after receiving planning permission last December. It is to create

Up to 364 new homes are set to be built on the former site of Strathclyde University's 31-acre Jordanhill campus in the west end of Glasgow.

A firm of building surveyors, project managers and cost consultants is looking to ramp up its Scottish operations following contract wins with the likes of John Menzies and Scottish Water. Watts Group has eight offices across the UK but is targeting Scotland for expansion as part of its business gro

St Patrick’s Primary School Inverclyde Council’s programme of schools investment is moving forward with the St Patrick’s Primary School project in for planning permission.

Wates Smartspace managing director Helen Bunch Wates rebrands fit-out division

The Butchart Centre Students at the University of Aberdeen are set to benefit from an £8 million redevelopment of its student union building in the heart of the Old Aberdeen campus.