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Stricken construction firm Central Building Contractors (CBC) has been ordered to pay compensation to a former member of staff after a tribunal found the company breached employment regulations. The family-run company was placed into administration in April 2020 following years of “c

Partick Housing Association (PHA) has completed its latest development of 60 new affordable homes at Mansfield Gate. Chief executive, Stewart MacKenzie, said: “We’re delighted to complete these new affordable flats in the heart of Partick, and welcome tenants to their wonderful new homes

Hallam Land Management's appeal to build 308 homes on farmland outside of Gorebridge in Midlothian has been rejected. The company appealed to the Scottish Government to make a decision on their plans after Midlothian Council’s planners took too long to make a decision. However, the plans have

A new residential and commercial development could be delivered at Finnieston Street in Glasgow after a planning application was submitted by Keltbray Developments. The project will comprise a mixed-use development, including residential use, live/work units, commercial use – retail and/o

An appeal has been submitted over Glasgow City Council’s rejection of a bid to transform more than 40 residential flats in Finnieston into short-term holiday lets.  Sonder Hospitality’s application involved 41 apartments at 3-7 Minerva Way, which are among 108 units built so fa

A homeowner's bid to keep new windows which open the “wrong way” has been thrown out after the windows were branded “pretty ugly” by a councillor. New windows were installed in the front of a cottage in a conservation village in Midlothian.

Construction products supplier TIMCO has appointed Philip Knowles to the role of finance director. Mr Knowles, who succeeds Alex Stephens, has a wealth of senior management and international experience having previously worked with Kellogg’s for over 25 years.

Members of the public are invited to share their views on plans for a major new electricity network upgrade between Beauly and Peterhead at a series of public consultation events taking place this month. To enable the continued growth in renewable energy across the north of Scotland that is required

A music venue in Inverness looks set to be demolished to make way for a £30 million hotel. Ironworks in Inverness opened 14 years ago with Biffy Clyro, Babyshambles and The Charlatans among the bands to play there.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to St Joseph’s Church in Whitburn to benefit the community in the immediate local area. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the homebuilder is donating potentially life-saving PAD&rsq

In a housing market still shackled by lack of supply, DM Hall’s Legal Search and Property Services Department has gone from strength to strength, upping its turnover by 13% in 2021 and projecting further substantial increases this year. Under the leadership of property professional Amanda Came

Angus Council has approved plans for five new houses to be built on the site of the former Carmyllie quarry. At their peak, Carmyllie’s quarries employed around 500 individuals. The site near Arbroath moved from roofing slates to quarrying pavement stone for towns and cities. However, operatio

Detailed plans for the first phase of regeneration at Shawlands Arcade in Glasgow have now been submitted. The £150m regeneration plan designed by Haus Collective will see the 1960s retail development swept aside in favour of hundreds of new homes above ground floor shops.

Professionals in the elderly care sector and local councils could have key decisions taken away from them under the Scottish Government’s recent proposals on Co-design and National Care Service Plan, according to construction and property consultant Thomas & Adamson. The com

A local authority has apologised for demanding that a local landowner remove an unauthorised fence before it was pointed out that it was erected by the council itself. The demand was made by the enforcement division of Longford County Council in Ireland in a letter to Louis Herterich, a local butche