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The challenges facing Scotland to ensure it has the skilled workers needed to meet future demand in the engineering construction industry (ECI) have been highlighted in a new workforce report published today. The ECI plays a crucial role in the UK meeting its net zero ambitions, spanning sectors tha

Center Parcs has appointed a community liaison officer ahead of the first in a series of sessions discussing its plans for a new £400 million holiday village in the Scottish Borders. Paul Hogarth, a familiar figure in Hawick and the wider Scottish Borders, brings extensive experience to the ro

Scottish Water has completed a £675,000 solar scheme at its waste water treatment works in Bathgate, as part of its drive to reach net zero emissions by 2040. 

JLL has appointed a new head of planning in Scotland. Ally Campbell brings 25 years of experience in the planning sector. This includes a period at property consultants Montagu Evans where she worked her way up from the role of graduate to partner and delivered a number of high-profile planning perm

Hazard control specialist RVT Group has marked a year of outstanding growth with the opening of a new facility.

Scottish Construction Now is pleased to announce that well-known construction consultant Paul McDevitt has been appointed to co-ordinate the programme for our upcoming Scottish Construction Summit to take place at the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on 17th Se

First Minister John Swinney has hailed the opening of Scotland’s first hydrogen homes as a "shining example" of how the country is leading the way in solutions to tackle climate change.

The Highland Council is preparing a new and important planning document called the Highland Local Development Plan. The plan will ultimately be used to determine planning applications and steer future development and investment in your area. Three documents have just been published which will shape

New research into the embodied carbon resulting from the homes designed by Anderson Bell + Christie (ABC) has found that they exceed industry 2030 targets, but the practice has called for an urgent and comprehensive plan for Scotland to follow suit. Embodied carbon is emitted when creating materials

Argyll and Bute Council’s Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Pilot Project for the Lorn Arc Area has been extended by 10 years, allowing additional time to implement key infrastructure and development investments that will help to create a significant economic boost to the wider Oban area. The TI

Moray Council and its partners are driving forward an ambitious and coordinated regeneration programme to transform the region’s economy, infrastructure, and communities.

Loch Lomond Group has secured planning permission and started construction on a new distillery and visitor centre in Luss with completion anticipated for summer 2025. 

The Highland Council’s Leader, Councillor Raymond Bremner, attended Scottish Cities Week in London last month to promote investment opportunities in Inverness, the Highlands and the Highland Council area. Scottish Cities Week aims to provide a focused opportunity to create and develop long-ter

The journey to transform Dundee’s Bell Street multi-storey car park into a green transport hub has been outlined to a Westminster minister.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) proudly unveiled its 12 new homes at Fairhurst Drive in Burnfoot, Hawick last week. Councillor Carol Hamilton, Scottish Borders Council’s executive member for Housing and Culture, cut the ribbon to mark the official unveiling, in an event that brough