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A UHI Inverness painting and decorating lecturer has won a Mentor of the Year award and donated his £1000 prize money to a cancer charity in memory of a much-missed late colleague. Mark Mitchell has been named Lecturer Mentor of the Year 2022 by professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy.

Whiteburn’s Viewforth development has reached a key milestone as the first two homeowners have moved into their new home at this stunning development in Kirkcaldy with views over the River Forth. Seeing a development literally come to life is a very exciting part of creating a new community as

More than 200 affordable homes across three developments have been given the green light by the City of Edinburgh Council. The council's Development Management Sub Committee granted permission for new build sites in Greendykes, Wester Hailes and Dreghorn, which will deliver at least 130 new hom

Signage saved after the major fire at the former Robertson's Furniture store in Dundee has now gone on display.

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Work is set to get underway to transform public spaces along a route between Roseburn and the Union Canal, creating a ‘green corridor’ and cycleway and bringing disused areas back into community use. Construction on the £12.5 million Roseburn to Union Canal Active Travel Route and

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for nearly 80 three-storey houses to be built in the second stage of the huge canal-side quarter in Dundashill.

A new environmental report by a leading UK architect has supported proposals by Wheatley Homes Glasgow to demolish four multi-storey flats and for hundreds of new homes to be built in their place. Wheatley has announced plans to invest £73 million in Wyndford, in the Maryhill area of the city,

A project to restore a community-owned 19th century mill on the Isle of Lewis has been awarded funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Garrabost Mill was built in 1893 and was in the ownership of the Morrison family for more than a century as commercial operation, milling barley and

Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency, has launched its review of 2022 highlighting its achievements and announced details of its work in 2023. As Scotland adopts a new National Planning Framework – with place at its heart –Architecture and Design Scotland will

Morrison Construction has completed the delivery of a new state-of-the-art Waste Transfer Station on the former Longman Landfill Site in Inverness. The new facility, which was built ahead of schedule, is a key addition to waste infrastructure facilities operated and managed by Highland Council and i

Regional apprenticeship manager for Scotland William Smith has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Apprentice Instructor of the Year category at this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards. William has played a central role in increasing the number and improving the diversity of Persimmon&rsq

Mactaggart & Mickel Homes’ Greenan View site manager Stuart Gillespie has received praise from the Scottish Parliament for winning a National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job award, in the medium housebuilder category. Sharon Dowey MSP submitted a parliamentary motion in reco

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched its new five-year plan, which focuses on quality and safety, environmental sustainability and closing the construction industry’s skills gap. The plan is the organisation’s roadmap to 2028 and aims to make modern professionalism in

A Midlothian-based foodbank welcomed a donation of £2500 to assist with supporting families and residents in the local area. Shawfair LLP, the master planners behind the new town in Midlothian, alongside housebuilders Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, part of The Springfield Group, and Bellway Ho