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As this month marks the two-year anniversary since department store Debenhams announced its final store closures, recent data from EG has revealed that more than half of its former stores remain vacant with 14 still yet to be filled in Scotland alone. The historic UK retailer announced the final clo

McLaughlin & Harvey has partnered with the Scottish Prison Service to run an employability programme for residents at Scotland’s first community custody unit for female prisoners. To help their preparations for release, the contractor is running its accredited ‘Best Your Be

Scottish property consultancy firm Galbraith has merged its Elgin and Inverness teams into a newly invested Highland Hub office at Fairways Business Park in Inverness. The modernised office space is designed to support Galbraith's growing team and its adoption of hybrid working models, contributing

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by HM Revenue and Customs against a decision that items constructed for the collection and transmission of water through a hydroelectric power station in Fort Augustus were not tunnels or aqueducts for the purposes of the Capital Allowance Ac

West Highland Housing Association (WHHA), one of the partners in the Link Group of companies, has recently awarded a contract for repairs and maintenance following a successful tender. Argyll Homes for All (AHFA), the repairs and maintenance subsidiary of Argyll Community Housing Association, were a

Visitors from East Ayrshire Council were welcomed by Mr McCluskey to view his new home at Witch Road, Kilmarnock. The council’s housing development at Witch Road in Central North, Kilmarnock includes 43 new homes for older ambulant disabled residents built by the council’s strategic deve

North Ayrshire Council is planning the development of 202 new homes at Ayrshire Central, Irvine. Documents have been prepared to allow local people and interested parties to view the revised draft plans for the development and review the feedback from the initial draft plans consultation event.

Scourie Community Development Company (SCDC) has received £20,000 from The Highland Council to take forward plans to build eight affordable homes on community-owned land. The project, led by SCDC with support from the Communities Housing Trust, also received £15,000 in feasibility fundin

In 2022, Scotland's hotel market showed considerable strength, with Edinburgh retaining the top position in Colliers' 2023 UK Hotel Market Index, joined by Inverness and Glasgow in the top ten.

With two in every five occupied homes in Scotland failing to meet quality standards, with the highest failure rates relating to energy efficiency, construction industry experts are calling on the Scottish Government to develop a long-term, joined-up retrofitting strategy to urgently tackle the probl

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In a significant boost to Scotland's green energy sector, Sumitomo Electric Industries, a Japanese multinational corporation, has announced a £200 million investment in a new high-voltage subsea cable manufacturing plant. The project, expected to be located in Nigg, in the Highlands, is antici

Independent housebuilder Dandara has officially launched its first national partnership with Lighthouse Club, a charity which provides mental health and wellbeing support to people working in the construction industry.

Dan Williams has been appointed as managing director of Skanska UK’s building services operating unit, which specialises in facilities management and mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering. Mr Williams moves into the managing director role from his current position of opera

The former site of Stewart and Son’s whisky bottling plant on the Kingsway is set to be regenerated into a new housing development by Persimmon Homes.