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Real estate advisor CBRE has added to its Scottish Operational Real Estate (OPRE) team with the appointment of associate director Tony Spence. Tony will be based in the Edinburgh office but will work across Scotland, undertaking all aspects of hotel and hospitality brokerage within the Operational R

Plans for 15 new homes on land near Hogganfield Loch in north east Glasgow have been granted approval. WB Properties Ltd will build a mixture of three, four and five-bedroom detached properties on vacant ground beside the St Aloysius’ College sports facility on Cumbernauld Road.

Work on the first new village in Skye in over 100 years begins this week with project partners Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - The National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, the Highland Council and the Communities Housing Trust.  The community-led project will see 17 new afford

A construction worker plans to treat himself to a motorcycle after winning the lottery. Brent Drover, a resident of Burlington, Ontario, said that he’s been trying his luck in the Encore lottery ever since he “was of legal age to purchase tickets.”

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant:  City Of Edinburgh Council. FAO: Ryan Moffat 1.6 Waverley Court 4 East Market Street Edinburgh

Members of Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s Young Persons’ Forum returned to school last month with a visit to Inverkeithing High School to take part in its focus on career opportunities as part of Scottish Careers Week (7-11 November 2022). With the first secondary school visit under their

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, working alongside the PCS trade union has secured what is believed to be one of the largest financial settlements for a worker diagnosed with the lung conditions Silicosis and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) Both conditions are caused by inhaling small particles of

Homebuilder Persimmon has announced exciting changes to Community Champions – the company’s generous charitable scheme, which has given over £1.5m in the last two years alone to over 5,000 charities, sports clubs and local organisations. Through the scheme, Persimmon’s local

Construction and infrastructure firm BAM has confirmed its commitment to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) as a carbon-saving fuel source following a thorough review of the supporting evidence.

Work starts next week to remove the straight-ahead lane onto Guild Street in Aberdeen as part of a new road layout in the city centre which will create a bus priority route. The work removing the straight-ahead on Guild Street, which is from Trinity Quay onto Guild Street, is due to take about a day

Property investment and development company CEG has appointed national construction company, McLaughlin & Harvey, to commence construction works for the landmark development at 33 Cadogan Street (formerly known as The Grid).

Proposals for a £200 million development, which would bring up to 2000 jobs to North Lanarkshire will be heard by the Planning Hearing Committee on Thursday, 15 December 2022.

A major programme of works to transform an office building in the heart of Edinburgh’s Exchange District has commenced. Set to become Edinburgh’s newest and greenest office development, 30 Semple Street will deliver 57,000 sq ft of much-needed Grade A office accommodation when it complet

Springfield Properties said it is taking a cautious approach to expectations of future sales rates after it warned higher interest rates and economic uncertainty is hitting demand for private homes.

Plans for up to 160 homes and student accommodation on the former site of Madras College in St Andrews have been approved in principle.