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Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old focal point of ritual and religious activity centred around a natural spring. The find was made by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) in Overstone near Northampton.

It's a new year and a new dawn for the Allander Leisure Centre as the current Bearsden facility prepares to bid farewell to its final patrons on Sunday 15 January ahead of the opening of a new complex.

The Highland Council is planning to carry out roadworks on Ness Bridge, Inverness, this year.

Materials provider Travis Perkins has launched an escrow agreement with Close Brothers Property Finance to support SME housebuilders.

Avant Homes managing director Alan Hopwood has left his job after less than nine months. The former Persimmon director joined the housebuilder at the end of March last year.

Plans for the first drive-thru Greggs in the north east have been approved, with the new bakery site set to be built in Westhill. A café will also be built with seating for 28 diners, so customers still have the option to sit in. if they wish.

To start 2023, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has promoted three employees from the development department.

Guild Homes a submitted a revised plan to build 216 new homes at Turfbeg West in Forfar.

The last block of high flats in Ayr is still standing after South Ayrshire Council was forced to stop demolition teams from clearing the site. Two of the famous tower blocks were knocked down in December as part of the council's endeavour to create more new social housing. However, council officials

The Wee House Group has unveiled a significant additional working space in its East Ayrshire factory, taking the premises to a vast 120,000 sq feet, an area the size of almost two full-sized football pitches.

An agreed definition of a Scottish equivalent of the Passivhaus standard which will become the minimum for all new housing in the country is to be the subject of consultation between the Scottish Government and the building industry, Patrick Harvie has confirmed. Last month, the

Activity in the Scotland construction sector continued to fall at the end of last year as financial constraints and a challenging economic environment continued to impact the industry, according to the latest RICS Construction Monitor for Q4 2022.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has teamed up with Baby Bank Scotland in a partnership that will see the housebuilder donate £25 for each new home sold and legally completed within the first phase of 163 new homes at its Oakwood Grove development in Hamilton. In total, a grand sum of £4,075

Work on the next phase of development at Levenmouth Business Park is now underway. This marks a significant milestone in Fife Council’s long-term commitment to the regeneration of mid-Fife and is a catalyst for future business investment and local job creation.

Persimmon has followed rival Barratt in announcing a reduction in new home completions after seeing demand drop off in the final part of 2022.