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Bancon Group has posted a robust year of trading, marked by a 33% increase in its homes business and a 16% rise in overall turnover, for the year ended March 2023. The Aberdeenshire-based housebuilding and construction group reported turnover for the year was up £18 million on the previous yea

Work on a new £4.8 million social housing development has started in Midlothian.

Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit olive oil have been seized as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation into an international olive oil racket. Spanish and Italian police, working with Europol, arrested 11 people in closely co-ordinated raids targeting a gang believed to be produc

Summers-Inman has expanded its Scottish operation with the creation of a specialist damp and mould assessment team.

A new £5 million footbridge and lifts have been officially opened at Port Glasgow station.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has elevated Stephen Kydd to the position of associate in its growing Dundee office. A Carnoustie native, Mr Kydd is an Abertay University alumnus with an honours degree in quantity surveying. His diverse experience spans various private practices

People living in four of Dundee’s highest tower blocks have welcomed the start of a £1 million-plus lift replacement programme.

Clackmannanshire Council expects just over £29 million in Scottish Government funding for housing investment over the next four years, according to a new report.

Residents and interested parties are being invited to have their say on the latest housing developments in the Garnock Valley. A total of 14 new homes will be built across four sites at Laburnum Avenue, Beith, and Newhouse Drive, Kilbirnie.

Homes for Scotland (HFS), the sector body representing the country’s home builders, has responded to the call for ideas on planning system ambitions requested by the new planning improvement champion Craig McLaren. With the planning system having a major impact on the delivery of much needed n

Springfield Properties plc has announced the sale of 45 acres of land for £4.2 million. The transaction, involving land equivalent to 190 plots, is part of Springfield's strategic effort to reduce its debt, which had risen to £67.7m by 31 May 2023, up from £38.1m the previous year.

Work has started on a key redevelopment project in Paisley, comprising 48 new, energy-efficient flats for social rent in the town’s East Lane.

Home building sector representative body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the appointment of Kevin Murphy as its new head of planning. With a career spanning more than 20 years, Mr Murphy joins from Persimmon Homes where he was planning manager, leading on planning applications, undertaking pr

Glasgow City Council has launched a public consultation for the Greater Pollok Local Development Framework (LDF) consultation draft. The council has prepared the Draft Framework to provide a better structure and clearer direction for future development taking place in the area.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has shared its early analysis of social landlords’ responses to its survey on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in social housing. To date, the Regulator’s survey has found that nine landlords have identified the presence of RAAC in some o