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East Ayrshire Council has agreed the next steps in creating its Local Development Plan 3 (LDP3), which will eventually supersede the current Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) that was approved in March.

Drive-thru restaurant was given a whole new meaning when a vehicle drove through the wall of a Chipotle in New Jersey.

A London-based builder has been disqualified as a company director for ten years after he overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan during the pandemic and then failed to show the money had been spent on his business. Marcel Ion, 39, from Bromley, was the sole dir

A proposed £2.5 billion merger between two of the UK's largest housebuilders has gained the support of shareholders of both companies.

Orbital Marine Power and Global Energy Group have signed a preferred supplier agreement which confirms the build and launch of the next generation of Orbital floating tidal turbines in Nigg.

Plans to establish a new facility in Moray that is expected to support up to 300 manufacturing jobs in the next ten years have secured up to £5.6 million capital investment.

To mark mental health awareness week, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes new partners from the construction and entertainment sectors to join its Working Minds campaign. In support of the Working Minds campaign, two new partners join the campaign to help promote support available to the

Dandara has donated a total of 10 seed bomb kits to a number of local organisations, including Treetops Outdoor Nursery, Dunblane Kids Club, Edinburgh Girl Guides, Kirkliston Primary School and Carrick Knowe Primary School as part of its campaign to celebrate gardening.

Work is due to start to support the future of the pier at Rothesay Harbour by preparing it to accommodate larger vessels.

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is launching its revamped Edinburgh headquarters with a family fun day on Monday. The firm’s flagship Prestonfield branch has been upgraded to improve the customer experience across the site.

A new multi-million-pound project led by Heriot-Watt University’s global research institute for net zero is using AI to slash the time and cost involved in modelling carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods. Called ECO-AI, the research team is developing specialist AI techniques for scientific

A major mixed-use development at Ocean Point in Leith has been granted planning consent, subject to conditions, by councillors on Edinburgh’s Development Management Sub-Committee.

The Aberdeen skyline has seen a transformation in recent months spearheaded by the industrious team at Dem-Master Demolition Ltd.

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

A skinny home measuring just 10 feet wide has joined the growing list of “spite houses” built to antagonise nimby (not in my back yard) neighbours.