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Research published by the Association for Project Safety (APS), the national membership body representing around 3,500 professionals working in construction health and safety risk management, has revealed the UK’s built environment is at risk of becoming less safe as the industry fails to attr

A charity football tournament organised by staff at Persimmon North Scotland has resulted in £2,000 being raised to support Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). A variety of departments were represented as teams from the home builder’s North, East and West Scotland businesse

The Donaldson Group has appointed Graeme Bell as operations director of the timber expert's Interiors division in addition to his existing position as director of Smith & Frater. In his new role, Graeme will be responsible for strategy development for the businesses within the Interiors division

Members of the Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee will consider updated developer contribution rates for education and community facilities when they meet today. Approval of the report will allow the council to apply revised developer contribution rates for schools and com

Scottish Borders Council has approved plans to build hundreds of new homes on a country estate in Lowood, near Melrose.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for sixty houses and a nature conservation area to be created on land near Hogganfield Loch.

Tenants have been moving into new housing built by Renfrewshire Council as part of the ongoing community-led regeneration of Paisley’s Ferguslie Park area. The 101 modern new-build energy-efficient homes are being built on the site of the former St Fergus Primary School in Ferguslie.

Planning applications for 168 homes across two sites in Dunbar and Longniddry have been given the green light by East Lothian Council.

The four tower blocks in Maryhill which are the subject of a £73 million regeneration by Wheatley Group will be brought down by an explosion next year.

The City of Edinburgh Council has given the green light for a mixed-residential development on the site of a former Leith Walk tramway depot following a narrow vote by councillors.

Despite a fall in construction activity at the start of 2023, surveyors in Scotland are predicting sector growth for the first time in almost a year while another survey has highlighted a rebound in repair, maintenance, and improvement (RMI) work for construction SMEs.

Residents at the Stewart Milne Homes Dunnottar Park development in Stonehaven are playing their role in protecting local hedgehogs, having joined efforts to install hedgehog homes in the neighbourhood. In a partnership between the leading housebuilder and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the Dunno

As part of its commitment to future-proofing its workforce, members of Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s Young Persons’ Forum returned to school recently with a day of workshops for S3 students at Preston Lodge High School. Taylor Wimpey East Scotland is one of East Lothian’s leading h

New home registrations in Scotland in the first quarter of 2023 have fallen by 42% compared to the same period last year, new data released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) has revealed.

A voluptuous mermaid sculpture installed in the small fishing town of Monopoli in Italy’s Puglia region has been making waves for being “too provocative”. The artwork sits in the Piazza Rita Levi-Montalcini - a Square named after the 1986 Nobel prize-winning Italian scientist