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St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has created two new senior management roles as part of an ongoing strategic growth plan. Rab McNally has been with the firm for 14 years and is stepping up from regional manager to group sales director.

Oliver Chapman Architects has announced the passing of its founder Oliver Chapman. In a statement posted to social media, the practice wrote: "We are deeply saddened to share the news of the death of our founding director, Oliver Chapman. Oliver cared deeply about his craft. His interest in arc

Plans to build a new four-storey hotel in the car park of the Canny Man's pub in Edinburgh have been given the green light. The proposals would see a 12-bedroom hotel built on Canaan Lane, behind the property on Morningside Road, as well as two ground-floor short-term let apartments.

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Scottish Government have launched a 'one-stop' portal designed to improve the confidence of digital skills among all planners in their everyday roles.

Housing developer Story Homes has been awarded a five-star customer satisfaction rating by leading bodies in the housebuilding industry.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has submitted a detailed planning application to South Lanarkshire Council for a range of new homes to complete the Newton Farm masterplan in Cambuslang.

Step back in time and explore the excavation site with guided tours led by archaeologists at an open day in Edinburgh this Satuday.

From Monday 1 April, tenants of Melville Housing Association will have a new maintenance service designed to deliver improved levels of customer service.

A wide-ranging plan to deliver net-zero improvements in energy and heating systems across Stirling and Clackmannanshire has been approved.

Transformation plans to guide the regeneration of Glasgow city centre to 2030 have been approved by Glasgow City Council. Major office, residential, hospitality and public realm developments - including Candleriggs Square, the Barclays campus in Tradeston, the Love Loan development at George Street,

A 77-year-old terminally ill former construction worker and his wife are to splash out on a bungalow after winning £1 million on the National Lottery. Ian Anderson from Stirling requires constant oxygen to help with his condition of pleural plaques and pulmonary fibrosis.

Plans to build two new primary schools in Aberdeenshire have been placed on hold due to a lack of finances. Doubts were cast over the facilities in Stonehaven and Fraserburgh when they missed out on the latest round of funding from the Scottish Government.

Fife Council has terminated contracts with a major housebuilder to build 203 affordable homes after work across four sites failed to resume since December. First Endeavour LLP had been operating construction work on the sites in Lochore, Lumphinnans, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy before work halted

Ahead of the Scottish Government's proposal to introduce design standards for all new build housing to meet a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard going out to consultation, the Passivhaus Trust has set out its key recommendations for how the policy could be delivered.

Property and construction company Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has promoted Hamish Paterson to its senior leadership team in a major move to drive the firm’s growing Building Surveying business. Based in Glasgow, Hamish will lead an ambitious national growth strategy for the firm’s Bui