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Work has started on a development of more than 30 new homes for social rent in Johnstonebridge. Wheatley Homes South, the largest social landlord in Dumfries and Galloway, is building 33 new high-quality, affordable homes.

A rare spherical egg that a man spontaneously bought after a few pints has sold at auction for £200.

Glasgow-headquartered commercial landscape and groundworks specialist M Squared has achieved an annual revenue milestone of around £10 million as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary as a business.   Since its inception 10 years ago as an ambitious business focused on providing commercia

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has announced a raft of new partners as its ambitious five-year strategy for growth and succession continues apace. The practice welcomes a total of 14 new partners, comprising eight from within the ranks of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, four from the recent merger with

The Unite union has secured a pay uplift for thousands of electrical apprentices across the UK.

There was a 12% decrease in all sector housebuilding starts and a 10% decrease in completions between 2023 and 2024, new Scottish Government statistics have revealed.

Work on Edinburgh’s new purpose-built student accommodation development can begin in earnest after Vita Group appointed contractors and secured funding for the project.

Rothesay Harbour stabilisation work is due to be completed this week well ahead of schedule and on budget.

People of Inverness and surrounding areas are being given the opportunity to help shape plans for the second and final phase of development at Inverness Campus.

South Ayrshire councillors approved the implementation of additional 'Ward Capital Projects' for the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26. Ward Capital investment was initially agreed by the council in March 2023 to invest in each of South Ayrshire's eight wards over a period of four years. This mone

Creativity, problem-solving and teamwork helped 40 budding engineers and future project managers from six local high schools rise to the Big Design Challenge.

Scottish Water’s first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from waste water overflows across the country, has been launched and is now live and available for public use.

Hamilton-based firm Procast Group has started work transforming homes across East Renfrewshire as a part of a £725,000 project.

North Ayrshire’s largest council house development will commemorate the invention of Braille. One of the streets in the new development at Ayrshire Central Hospital – which is now under construction – will be called Braille Gardens.

A ‘topping out’ ceremony has taken place to mark the completion of the roof and structure of the Edinburgh Innovation Hub - a joint venture between East Lothian Council and Queen Margaret University (QMU).