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While investment volumes in Scotland's real estate sector during Q2 only reached £370 million, the full H1 total of £930m is 20% ahead of the corresponding 2024 figure, the latest Scotland Snapshot from Colliers has revealed. The £370m invested in Q2 was down on the Q1 figure of &p

A WWII veteran has returned to her wartime roots to help mark the start of construction work at an abandoned historic naval barracks on the banks of the Firth of Forth. Dorothea Barron, who is 100 years old, was stationed at Port Edgar during the war and was the guest of honour at a special ceremony

Shouts of “shame” echoed through the council chamber as Swindon Borough councillors narrowly approved plans to rebuild a local leisure centre – the domed complex often linked to Britpop band Oasis. The Oasis centre, famous for its lagoon pool under a distinctive dome, first opened

The final design of the refurbishment works at The Castlegate in Aberdeen is to include significant greening of the area, restoration of the Mercat Cross, and new outdoor seating for cafes. Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee approved the designs that will also include an e

A further £20 million will speed up actions to make Scotland’s buildings safe from dangerous cladding, housing secretary Màiri McAllan announced today.

Plans have been lodged to transform a vacant Edinburgh office block into a 64-unit build-to-rent development, marking the latest step in the residential revival of the city's New Town.

Work will soon get underway to replace the railway bridge on Letham Road in Collessie, Fife, as part of improvements on the Ladybank to Perth line. 

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has appointed Ola Obadara FCIOB as vice president for the 2025/26 term. Ola, a CIOB Client Champion, has been a committed member of the CIOB since 2003 and was awarded Fellowship status in 2021. She brings a wealth of experience from both the public and pri

Campion Homes has reaffirmed its deep-rooted commitment to Crieff and the surrounding Perthshire area through two key sponsorships that celebrate local culture, health and wellbeing and youth development. For the third consecutive year, Campion Homes is proudly sponsoring the Highland Dancing compet

Balfour Beatty has made one of the largest AI investments of its kind in the UK construction and infrastructure industry after unveiling a £7.2 million outlay in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Construction and civil engineering specialist McLaughlin & Harvey has launched its 2025 YouMatter Health and Wellbeing Roadshow.

A Staffordshire businessman who sold seven historic cars, including two Jaguars and three Rolls-Royces, for just £1 to another company he also controlled has been banned as a director. Kulbarg Singh, 62, was the director of Aldridge Construction Engineering Ltd when he entered into an asset pu

Construction workloads in Scotland declined through the second quarter of 2025 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor but surveyors cautiously expect growth over the year ahead.

Passengers travelling by train between East Kilbride and Glasgow are now benefitting from a £7m package of access improvements, with new lifts at Giffnock station going live. 

The Highland Council has launched a statutory Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 consultation giving the Cromarty residents until 29 September 2025 to respond to a proposal to dispose and change the use of East Church Hall.