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Measures to address the chronic skills shortages in the construction industry by relaxing immigration rules have been described as a welcome boost, following confirmation of the move in yesterday's Spring Budget announcement.

Irvine-headquartered construction property and investment business Edison Group has become a convert to the principle of the four-day working week for all employees. The new regime, which will guarantee all sixty Edison Group employees three days off each week: either Friday, Saturday and Sunda

Affordable flats will be built on the former Burgh Yard site in Galashiels which was previously earmarked for a hotel.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has completed a programme to deliver 82 homes for social rent for East Renfrewshire Council, which forms part of the wider masterplan vision and framework for Maidenhill, Newton Mearns.

Multi-million pound projects are advancing across Airdrie as regeneration developments take shape to transform buildings, residential areas and improve public areas in the town.

Fenestration specialist Sidey officially launched its Training Academy in celebration of last week's Scottish Apprenticeship Week to provide a safe and supportive environment for apprentices to develop skills. In response to the declining skilled labour market, the company decided to create the

Plans to deliver a new student accommodation block on a site next to Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh look set to be approved.

Property developer AS Homes (Scotland) has welcomed its final residents into 36 newly built flats in Castlemilk delivered on behalf of Craigdale Housing Association. Developed on the site of a former Parish Church at Glenacre Terrace, the affordable homes comprise a mix of energy-efficient one and t

A project which will see the installation of an access platform at the Nairn Links beach is set to get underway from Monday, 20 March.

Rishi Sunak’s new private heated swimming pool uses so much energy that the local electricity network had to be upgraded to meet its power demands, according to reports. The Guardian has reported that extra equipment was recently installed in a remote part of North Yorkshire to provide extra c

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Deanestor, a Dunfermline-based furniture and fit-out specialist, has announced a record order intake of around £24 million in the last six months. The business is now anticipating its highest-ever turnover in 2023, which is projected to rise to £22m. This will be an increase of £2.

More than 80 locations across Dundee are in line for upgrading and repair to pavements and road surfaces starting in April.

Neale Bisset, co-chairman of Aberdeenshire-based company PMC Property Management & Lettings, has been elected as president of Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS). PMAS is the leading trade association representing professional property factor firms in Scotland. The Association promotes

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain marked Scottish Apprenticeship Week with a visit to Persimmon’s Eden Woods development in Guardbridge, where she met with four of the homebuilder’s bricklaying and roofing apprentices to hear how they are developing their skills and gaining valuable e