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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick MBE as its new chief executive. Currently chief operating officer at the Royal College of General Practitioners, Valerie has had an extensive career in transformation, strategic development and delivery.  Sh

FES Group has opened new offices in Oban to coincide with 50 years in business for OES. The OES team provides a range of services including:

Fife Council's environment and building services celebrated the Apprentice of the Year Awards 2022 in the Rothes Halls recently. The awards are a celebration of excellence, application, dedication and endeavour of council apprentices, covering all traditional construction, mechanical and horticultur

Commercial real estate advisor Ryden has promoted Alan Gilkison to managing partner. Based in Glasgow, Mr Gilkison was previously head of agency & development and has been with Ryden for 28 years where he has specialised in the Industrial property market and land development. He takes over from

Cheval Collection has started work on a 70-unit development, the Cheval Maison – West Regent Glasgow. Cheval Collection and 141WRS marked the occasion with a signing ceremony in Cheval Collection’s London office. The property is due to open in 2025.

Work is to begin next year on the transformation of Arbroath’s historic courthouse into a community hub. Plans have been laid for essential repairs to the roof of the High Street building, eight years after the last sheriff court case was heard there.

Employee-owned architectural practice Collective Architecture has appointed four new directors to join Jude Barber in shaping the practice’s next chapter. Mairi Laverty, Gerry Hogan, Ewan Imrie and Nicola Mclachlan, all of whom have been appointed from within the business, look forward to taki

An Inverclyde housing project has been awarded 'Best affordable housing development - less than £20m' at the national Inside Housing Development Awards. A joint project between Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association and Mast Architects, the development is spread across four sites in Port

A significant affordable housing development delivered by Cairn Housing Association and its partners Barratt has officially opened to meet local housing needs in Mora. Developed with the support of the Scottish Government and Moray Council, and in partnership with Highland Housing Alliance, the 28 h

The Highland Council, working in partnership with Inverness City Heritage Trust, has created a free to download guide to help promote essential, regular inspection and maintenance of all traditional buildings. Throughout the Highlands there are many examples of commercial, retail, business, public a

North Ayrshire Council's planning committee has approved plans for a new 426-home development in Kilwinning after concerns about traffic issues were alleviated. The Persimmon Homes development is located at West Byrehill, which had been identified as an employment area by Irvine Development Corporat

New plans have been brought forward for the creation of 48 apartments in an area of open space next to the Clydeside Expressway in Glasgow. The proposal from development company Nixon Blue could see two new six-storey residential buildings raised at Beith Street in the Partick area.

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.

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Kier has been appointed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran to deliver a mental health facility at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine. Foxgrove will be the first medium secure adolescent inpatient service for young people in Scotland and has been procured through The Health Facilities Scotland Framework.