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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has confirmed that construction work on new homes at its West Craigs development, located off Maybury Road on the outskirts of west Edinburgh has started and is now in full swing.

Longniddry scout leader Paul Brown has not been idle in Lockdown. He has spent his time renovating the old and outdated toilets in the village’s Scout Hall.

An engineer who graduated with a degree in engineering and worked most of his career in North Carolina without ever needing a license to actually work as an engineer has been banned from talking about engineering. The North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors is telling Wayne Nut

The Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has called for a "radical re-think" of the supply chain – including local sourcing and more use of recycled materials – to help reach zero carbon and solve material shortages. The CLF, working with the Construction Scotland Innovation Cent

Plans to expand the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow to create “the best event campus in Europe” have been approved by Glasgow City Council.

Transport Minister Graeme Dey has visited Network Rail’s £7.5 million project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the Forth Bridge.

The R&A World Golf Museum has reopened to visitors following its redevelopment and redesign, spearheaded by design consultancy Mather & Co.

Scottish solutions business Eco Group has appointed Gary Robertson to the newly-created role of growth opportunity strategist. Mr Robertson will work across Eco’s group of companies to build on the firm’s success and identify opportunities for growth.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Taylor Wimpey (East Scotland) LtdPlanning Authority: AngusDetails: Residential development including 25% affordable housing and incorporating formation of vehicular access, access roads, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructureLocation: Field 50M

Plans to demolish a former care home in Dundee to make way for housing have been submitted to Dundee City Council. The plans for Wellburn House on Liff Road arrive after the property was sold to Barratt Homes by previous owners the Diocese of Dunkeld, which ran the care home until its closure in 201

A new plan to guide student accommodation in Glasgow has been approved by Glasgow City Council.

Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank, discusses the investment appeal of retail parks in the UK. About a year ago, at the height of the first lockdown, few people might have predicted that the humble retail park would be among the ‘winners’ – for lack of a b

Virgin Money, owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has completed a new deal supporting Scottish Hydro Investment Limited (SHIL) in the acquisition of two operational hydro schemes from Guinness Asset Management.

Thousands of people who flocked to a rural South African village in search of diamonds have left disappointed after the gems turned out to be worthless quartz.

A major milestone for the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project has been reached as Scottish Ministers have given their go-ahead for Aberdeen City Council to progress with the compulsory purchase order for the project. Transport Scotland is writing to people and organisations which took part in a pu