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House prices in Scotland began 2025 in growth mode, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and they are expected to continue rising into the three months ahead.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today pave the way for the largest housebuilding programme in England since the post-war era.

Six brand new council houses have been completed at a development in Kinross.

The strategic partnership between Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre, hosted by BE-ST, and the UK National Retrofit Hub has deepened through new appointments. Since 2023 BE-ST and the National Retrofit Hub (NRH) have worked together to enable the delivery of retrofit at scale across the UK. T

North Lanarkshire Council has approved the expansion of its new council housing supply programme to deliver 6,000 homes by 2035.

Scotland’s housing minister has visited McTaggart Construction’s new mixed home development in Prestwick and heard first-hand about the challenges faced by the industry.

A discovery underneath the basement of an office block has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica - a 2,000-year-old public building where major political,

A public consultation has been launched to help safeguard the future of the 950-year-old Dunfermline Abbey amid an “eye-watering” projected £8 million repair bill.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is part of the NatWest Group, has announced an updated package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures.

Barratt Redrow has kicked off 2025 with the appointment of its new regional managing director for Scotland. Alison Condie, 53, previously held the roles of regional director for Scotland and managing director for the East of Scotland before stepping up to regional managing director for Scotland last

Thistles, Stirling, has reopened its car park following an extensive £3.5 million investment as part of ongoing improvement plans.

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), in partnership with the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, is launching a new cross-skilling programme to support worker transferability between oil & gas and wind operations and maintena

Work on a £420,000 solar project at a waste water treatment works serving thousands of customers in and around East Kilbride is now complete.

Global engineering and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has appointed Kyle Roberts as the new executive managing director for the UK, as it looks to expand its presence throughout the UK and Europe and drive growth in new sectors. The creation of this new role will strengthen the firm’s

Ross Gorman and Lara Mcleman have been recognised as Apprentices of the Year 2024/2025 by the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) at the trade association’s annual dinner held earlier this month. Ross Gorman, who works for McFadyens Contractors in Campbeltown, was awarded SPOA Plant Opera