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South Lanarkshire Council has been fined £90,000 for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries. The local authority pled guilty to a charge under health and safety legislation at Hamilton Sheriff Court after a road worker suffered a traumatic amputation when his arm w

Build and renovation firm Orocco has announced its sponsorship of Dalkeith Rugby Football Club ahead of the upcoming season.

Urbanite Living has secured an £18.85 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division to support the construction of a new Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Glasgow.

Cunninghame Housing Association, in partnership with Miller Homes, has delivered 29 new affordable homes for rent at Irvine Road, Kilmaurs.

The National Retrofit Hub has appointed Simon McWhirter, deputy chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, to its board. He joins a highly experienced team of experts who have over 100 years of combined experience in influential roles within the retrofit housing sector.

Coatbridge and Chryston MSP Fulton MacGregor visited Persimmon’s Royale Meadow development to see the benefits of the new homes being built in Muirhead and discuss the company’s commitment to investment across North Lanarkshire.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published an update on a market study probing competition concerns in housebuilding in England, Scotland and Wales.

Scotland’s second Green Home Festival has been hailed another resounding success – but its organisers have also insisted that government and industry must work closer together to deliver clearer guidance and “myth-bust” the misinformation around low-carbon living.

Vattenfall has been researching the use of sniffer dogs to detect water leaks in the underground piping used to deliver district heating in The Netherlands. The first results were promising and Vattenfall is now looking at whether the dogs can replace the current thermal imaging cameras used for wat

A new battery energy storage complex in Fife that will feed into the national electricity grid at times of high demand has been approved.

A new whisky storage warehouse scheme at Bandeath Industrial Estate in Throsk has moved a big step towards becoming a reality after a planning application for the site was recommended for approval.

UK architects have highlighted a downbeat outlook for future work but the profession expects staffing levels to remain stable, according to results of the latest Future Trends survey from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Sir Andy Murray has been granted planning permission to build nine woodland cabins in the grounds of his Cromlix Hotel, near Dunblane. The two-time Wimbledon champion is working with Fergus Purdie Architects on the properties, which will be split across three categories – waterb

The office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after obtaining more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Crieff charity Friends of MacRosty Park has banked a £1,000 donation after being announced as one of Persimmon’s Community Champions.