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The developers behind an application to provide a new retail development and around 70 new homes in Thornhill have submitted an appeal to the Scottish Government.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Honea Ltd.

Inverness-based investment group GEG Capital Ltd has acquired Highland construction company WGC (Scotland) Ltd. Following the acquisition - which will see WGC continue as a standalone entity within the group - GEG Capital will support the existing management team to target growth in the social housi

Ancient poop found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge revealed that the settlement’s inhabitants — who likely built the stone circle — feasted on the internal organs of cattle.

EDF has deployed a uniquely customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection at its Blyth Offshore Wind Farm. The ROV, equipped and operated by researchers from the ORCA Hub, a strategic project within the National Ro

Cala Homes (West) has unveiled a new Breathing Space bench at one of its developments on the outskirts of Glasgow. The housebuilder has installed the bench at Beatrice Meadows to help boost mental health awareness among residents who live in and around the Kirkintilloch development.

A new skills academy to prepare young people for the variety of careers in the construction industry is being launched by the City of Edinburgh Council. Skanska and Mitie have recently been awarded a 10-year Statutory Inspections, Repairs and Maintenance contract for operational buildings with the c

Plans for a new restaurant in the West End of Glasgow have been given a boost after Cater Group signed an agreement to purchase the site. The triangular site at 147 Dumbarton Road, between Benalder Street and Coopers Well Street, near the junction with Byres Road, is currently vacant.

Plans to breathe new life into one of Scotland’s last remaining flax industry buildings have been given a funding boost from the Levenmouth Reconnected Programme. The former Silverburn Flax Mill in Leven’s Silverburn Park is to be transformed over the coming years as FEAT (Fife Empl

Mark Castle, the former chief operating officer of Mace, has joined the board of Taylor Wimpey as a non-executive director. Mr Castle, stepped down as Mace COO last April after 16 years in the role, previously held executive roles at Structuretone and Wates.

Pacific Building has been entrusted with the delivery of an all-new executive lounge at Edinburgh International Airport for Global airport hospitality providers Plaza Premium Group. It will be the first Plaza Premium Lounge in Scotland and it will operate in collaboration with Edinburgh Gin.

Kate Forbes, cabinet secretary for finance and economy, and Rob Shuter, CEO of BT Enterprise, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday to mark the official beginning of work on BT Group’s brand new multi-million-pound contact centre in Dundee. The new office, which will be h

A planning application has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council seeking to change the use of office space to assisted accommodation at Hamilton's New Douglas Park. The application for the Fountain of Youth Stadium intends to develop residential living on the ground and first floor of the Nort

The Doors Open Days festival, which offers free access to buildings and events across Scotland, will return to Edinburgh and East Lothian on September  24 and 25 with an in-person and online programme. For the first time, the programme will be guest-curated by Under One Roof, Scotland’s c

Scotland’s skills and training minister visited City Building yesterday to present the Glasgow business with a historic accolade for developing its young workforce. City Building is the first ever construction firm, and only the fourth business in Scotland, to achieve the Investor in Young Peo