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Plans for the Royal High School Building on Calton Hill are well underway including an ambitious garden project which will see exciting new gardens with free public access created in the grounds of the building. 

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has created a new skills and policy department to address the industry’s major training and recruitment challenges.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland's delivery of the new Whitefields neighbourhood in Dunfermline took an essential step forward this week after Fife Council approved its Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) for a programme of infrastructure works that will include roads, sewers, SUDS, and l

Vital energy-efficiency improvements to the UK’s commercial buildings and older housing stock are often put on hold due to the inability to source suitable funding. It is estimated that £5.9 trillion in finance is needed to retrofit all the commercial property in Europe to a modern stan

Iain McPherson is to join Persimmon as its new UK managing director in January. Currently Sage Homes’ chief operating officer, Iain has previously been CEO of Countryside and a managing director at Crest Nicholson amongst a variety of roles in the housing industry and wider sector over 30 year

Specialist property services provider Hutcheon Mearns Real Estate, along with Edinburgh-based property consultant Montagu Evans, has been appointed by Seamount Property Development to market a new trade park being built in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Banchory Trade Park will be located to the east of t

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have shed light on the alarming levels of job stress in the construction industry.

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is hoping for a triple success after being nominated in three categories at the prestigious H&V News Awards 2024.

Commercial real estate and investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is to help promote Associated British Ports' (ABP) sizeable and diverse property portfolio across 21 port locations in England, Scotland and Wales. As part of the partnership, ABP and JLL will raise market awareness of

South Lanarkshire-headquartered rail contractor QTS Group has expanded its operations with the opening of several new locations across England. As part of this expansion, QTS Group will be significantly growing its workforce at the Leighton Buzzard location, which will offer both an office and a yar

Ahead of the Autumn Budget taking place on 30th October 2024, the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to urge the Treasury to provide stability and certainty for the plant-hire sector.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is calling for construction companies to accelerate the number of apprenticeship starts by claiming CITB apprenticeship grants. 

The UK Government has pledged to bring forward a new consumer code for housebuilders and a New Homes Ombudsman service to ensure homeowners can challenge developers for quality issues. 

Rettie has hired Daniel Cohen as an associate director from Nicol Estate Agents, as the property firm looks to further strengthen its leadership team in the Southside of Glasgow. Mr Cohen will be based at Rettie’s Newton Mearns office, working closely with area director Kay Blair who joined fr

Nationwide Building Society has increased its interest-free green loan offering from £15,000 to £20,000 to encourage homeowners to make energy-efficient improvements. The 0% Green Additional Borrowing products, available to existing Nationwide mortgage customers, need to be spent on impr