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Illegal meter-tampering is putting people’s lives at risk as they resort to increasingly desperate measures to reduce spiralling energy bills, two leading electrical and plumbing trade bodies have warned. Campaigning electrical association SELECT and the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing

The first families have been handed the keys to their new homes at a social housing development in Linlithgow. Cala Homes (East) has handed over 14 new affordable homes at its Queenswood development to the north east of the town to Wheatley Homes East.

Housebuilders have highlighted a "worrying" drop in the number of new homes being started in Scotland as the accumulated shortfall of homes of all tenures built since 2007 has grown to over 110,000.

Glasgow City Council's Affordable Warmth Programme is continuing to make homes in the city more energy-efficient.

A draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2023-28 was considered by Glasgow City Council yesterday ahead of a formal consultation period.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has revealed its refreshed Edinburgh Castle whisky recipe, packaging design and bottle shape, introducing a modern edge to the landmark Scotch.

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A housing developer that challenged the rejection of planning permission for around a hundred houses to the north of Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, has lost its appeal to the Inner House of the Court of Session.

River Clyde Homes (RCH) has secured a £38 million loan facility from Nationwide Building Society to support its plans for a regeneration programme to futureproof its properties and make them more sustainable and energy efficient. The Nationwide Building Society funding package is made up of &p

Borders-based estate agency Paton & Co has appointed Fiona Pagett as Partner. Ms Pagett joins from Rettie & Co, where she was a senior sales negotiator and valuer.

Network Rail has started work to build the new Cameron Bridge station in Fife.

The director of a Perth construction firm has narrowly avoided jail after he evaded tax payments of £204,678.

The winners of NHBC’s Pride in the Job 2022 Supreme Awards have been announced following a ceremony in London last week. Organised by NHBC, Pride in the Job celebrates site managers who have achieved the very highest standards in house building. It is the most highly regarded competition in th

Kier Group is putting its support behind the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, the only charity that provides independent emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families, by becoming an annual Company Supporter of the Lighthouse

UK construction firm RLF, which has an office in Glasgow, is to be known as MGAC after the US-headquartered project and cost consultancy unveiled plans to rebrand the company under a single banner. From 23 January 2023, all offices will be known under the single unified brand of MGAC, which acq