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Brunton Design has been granted planning approval for a leisure park in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

Drinks giant Diageo has launched its landmark Johnnie Walker Princes Street visitor experience store. Four and a half years in the making, Johnnie Walker Princes Street is the centrepiece of the firm's £185 million investment in Scotch whisky tourism in Scotland.

Construction work on a new multi-level golf entertainment complex in Rutherglen has recommenced following a Covid-enforced interruption.

Fife Council has granted a not-for-profit company planning permission to turn a former hotel in Leslie into homeless accommodation. New Hope Community House Ltd had applied to transform the 15-bedroom Greenside Hotel into a new type of residential care facility that will provide treatment and c

Civils contractors have joined six other industry trade bodies to call for the UK Government’s super deduction allowance (SDA) to be extended to include leasing and short-term hire. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have issued a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequ

Training for the construction industry to help combat the climate crisis has been developed and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful in collaboration with four UK-wide firms. The environmental charity is now rolling the training out to employees from McLaughlin & Harvey, GRAHAM, M

Lismore Real Estate Advisors (Lismore) have advised joint venture partners, Chancerygate and JR Capital on the £6.5 million acquisition of G3 Arrol Road in Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, Dundee from West Ranga Property Group.

Plans have been submitted for a wedding marquee at Edinburgh Zoo.

Fourteen new Scottish buildings have been named today as winners of Scotland’s national architecture awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). As well as exemplary new housing, education and healthcare facilities, this year’s RIAS Awards winners include a new tr

Barratt Developments has today reported a 65.1% jump in profit before tax of £812.2 million for the year ending 30 June 2021 as the housebuilder benefited from the rebound in demand for homes from the pandemic. In its full year results, the developer said it generated revenue up 40% to £

Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have voted in favour of the Consensus Proposal for a new Levy Order to encourage training in the construction industry. 74% of SBF members endorsed the Levy Proposal for 2022 – 2025 put forward by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Residential developer HUB and impact investor Bridges Fund Management have acquired the 1.25-acre Beaverhall House site in Canonmills, Edinburgh to progress a mixed-use proposal for the site.

Dundee architect Douglas Reid, who was involved in the creation and restoration of some of the city’s most iconic structures, has died aged 63. Mr Reid joined James F Stephen Architects in 1982 where he spent his entire professional career.

A 33-year-old Glasgow man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of building waste. David McCourt, a builder from Milngavie, was given a Community Payback Order with 80 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £300 compensation after he pled guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday to an

A businessman has unveiled plans to invest £3 million into a series of energy training centres around Scotland. Mark Glasgow, owner of the Edinburgh Boiler Company and Glasgow Boiler Company, said the move aims to improve the industry’s skills shortage in the country