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Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has been unanimously granted planning permission for a residential development on land accessed from Stow Road in the north of Lauder.

Final plans to redevelop the former Marks & Spencer store in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street to provide student accommodation for 634 residents have now been submitted. Student housing developer Fusion Students has lodged £76m proposals with Glasgow City Council for the prominent c

Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. A total of fifteen schools, daycare centres, leisure centres and other council fac

Since 2017, Clark Contracts has offered all their employees the opportunity to spend one paid working day per year volunteering for a charity of their choice. This initiative means that over 2,000 hours can be spent supporting charities across Scotland, and over recent months, a number of the contra

Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging Ltd has secured a £475,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise to enable the firm to extend its Glasgow premises to bring in new machinery to make them even more energy efficient and sustainable. The company takes the offcuts from the cardboard boxes it produces for su

Orion, the developer of Lucent – a 90,000 sq.ft. 'Grade A' smart enabled office development in Glasgow city centre – has launched an appeal for essential items for the charity Glasgow’s Number 1 Baby & Family Support Service (GNO1B). The appeal has the support of STV prese

Falkirk councillors will be asked to approve the appointment of a contractor to undertake the major Westfield A9/A904 improvement works. If the green light is given at the executive on Tuesday, 13 June, then Balfour Beatty will begin work over the summer to widen carriageways, build major crossing p

Many woodworking businesses are endangering workers’ lives by failing to implement the measures required to prevent or control exposure to wood dust, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Progress on creating new high quality, inclusive and segregated active travel routes to/from Dundee city centre is continuing with the launch of further consultation. Discussions on five more routes linking the city centre with communities across Dundee is underway, following engagement earlier this

Councillors have agreed to purchase Callendar Square and use the site to build the replacement town hall to serve the Falkirk area.

A West Lothian village has come together to celebrate the anniversaries of two eco-friendly local groups that sit at the very heart of the community.

A "lethal" lack of road markings at a busy roundabout has forced a local driver into action.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Danehurst Developments Limited.

A new application has been lodged to deliver an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park at the site of the former Barony colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire.

Frasers Group, predominantly owned by Mike Ashley, has plans to significantly upgrade its iconic House of Fraser store on Buchanan Street, Glasgow.