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Largs school children joined Provost Anthea Dickson to officially open North Ayrshire Council’s newest housing development.

An independent investigation into a second closure of Dundee’s showpiece swimming and leisure centre has found that it was not due to lack of previous maintenance work and could not have been anticipated.

Residents, businesses and community groups are being invited to have their say on the next stage of exciting plans for Irvine’s Harbourside.

A new community of extra care homes is planned on the 2.2-acre Lansdowne House site in Edinburgh after the Coltbridge Terrace property was acquired from St George’s School by extra care developer-operator Vivere. The site was formerly the Lower School Campus and originally a grand Victorian vi

An inaccessible two-bedroom end-terrace house in Plains, Airdrie, drew a flurry of competitive bids at auction, despite no one having seen inside.

The employer-led board of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has unveiled its new strategy, which outlines how it will help to address skills shortages and support industry growth in Scotland. 

A former AG Barr Irn Bru factory in Camelon, on the Forth & Clyde Canal, is being transformed into Scotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills by Scottish Canals and Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

Ossian Architects has become a Certified B Corporation, joining a global movement of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The Edinburgh-based practice, founded in 2022, is the only small architecture practice in Scotland to ho

Major roads including the A9 trunk road from Perth to Inverness are set for travel disruption after maintenance workers overwhelmingly backed industrial action.

Housebuilder Lovell welcomed residents, community representatives and housing partners to a Community Connections Day at The Crossings in South Queensferry. The event, held to mark Scottish Housing Day, gave residents the chance to connect with their neighbours and discover what makes South Queensfe

As Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) marks its 10th anniversary, property firm Rettie’s research team has calculated that LBTT revenue has reached a total of £4.6 billion, with over one million total returns received.

The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals to modernise the law on compulsory purchase, to make it easier and simpler to improve land and buildings. The proposals would update laws dating back almost two centuries, making them more useful for public bodies, while also being fairer to propert

Eildon Housing hosted a well-attended open day at its latest new ten-home development in the village of Westruther last week. 

Forth Ports has been awarded detailed planning consent and listed building consent by The City of Edinburgh Council for its development on land within the Port of Leith known as ‘The Dry Dock at Harbour 31’.

Clancy Consulting has relocated its Glasgow operations to 146 West Regent Street, a historic Grade C-listed building in the heart of the city centre.  The move marks a significant milestone for the multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, which has had a presence in Glasgow for 15 years. The