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DC Timber Systems, timber frame kit specialists and a division of The JR Group, has retained its gold status accreditation – the highest rating which can be achieved - by the Structural Timber Association (STA), through its STA Assure scheme.

Sports retailer Nike has officially revealed the transformation of its flagship store in Glasgow in time for the busiest shopping period of the year.

Roofing apprentices from Fife College have completed the restoration of the historic roof at The Steadings in Pittencrieff Park.

Momentum at the Ravenscraig redevelopment site has continued to build with planning permission now granted for the construction of a 38,000 sq ft commercial vehicle workshop and sales facility for Motus Commercials.

North Ayrshire Council has highlighted the impact of its work to provide new affordable homes after its cabinet approved its new five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025-2030. The council and its Registered Social Landlord partners are delivering new homes throughout the area. Cou

Higher costs from new levies will add around £40 million in annual costs to Persimmon and add “billions” in expenses across the housebuilding sector, chief executive Dean Finch has warned. He claimed that the taxes would hurt the government’s ambitious target of building 1.5m

Sidey has been awarded a significant contract with North Lanarkshire Council for the design, manufacture, supply, and installation of replacement windows, doors, and screens across council-owned domestic properties. This transformative refurbishment programme, set to be delivered over the next two t

Cala Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to Renfrewshire Council to create a new residential development at Burnfoot Road, Lochwinnoch.

Highlands mid-market rent (MMR) homes developer HHA has strengthened its partnership with Tulloch Homes in a deal that will create 31 new rental opportunities in Inverness and Conon Bridge. At The Maples, located to the south of the Inverness city centre, Tulloch Homes is underway with the construct

Persimmon Homes has announced a new partnership with Fife College, with the recruitment of 19-year-old Casey Gardner as an apprentice painter and decorator. The partnership announcement cements Persimmon's place as the largest partner of construction colleges across Scotland.

Two community councils in the south of Aberdeenshire are the first to submit Local Place Plans which gather ideas, highlight issues and express their communities’ aspirations for the future of their place.

The world's deepest and longest road tunnel is being built in Norway. The tunnel will connect the districts of Randaberg and Bokn, which are separated by a 16-mile body of water, cutting the 21-hour journey across the country in half.

UK investment specialist Blackfinch Group has acquired a 174-hectare commercial forest in Argyll and Bute. The acquisition, made through its subsidiary Litchfield Trading Limited and funded by retail investors through the Blackfinch Adapt IHT Service, marks Blackfinch's first foray into the forestry

Surveying firms Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Whyte & Barrie Chartered Surveyors have come together to form a new practice. Established in 1880, Shepherd is a chartered surveyor and Home Report provider in Scotland providing clients with comprehensive local market knowledge with the benefit o

A major planning application has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council for the extraction and remediation works of 200 acres of land at Ravenscraig, marking a major milestone in the regeneration of the former steelworks. Ravenscraig is one of Europe’s largest regeneration and community c