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Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has been nominated for three prestigious awards for its response to Covid-19, stakeholder magazine and crusade to install free heat, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for vulnerable householders. Scotland’s largest construction trade body has been

Aberdeenshire steel and cladding company KR Group has been shortlisted as a finalist for the VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards 2022. The recognition of KR Group’s environmental achievements follows a series of awards finals this year, including the CeeD Awards and Northern Star Busine

The much-anticipated reopening of Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh took place today as the new £47 million project opened its doors to the public after a closure of four and a half years. Owned by the City of Edinburgh Council and managed by the charity, Edinburgh Leisure, this new state-

Staff at the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have raised £2,340 in aid of emergency support for the people of Ukraine following a fundraising drive.

Hadrian Real Estate has secured a £1.8 million loan from Broadwood Capital to help deliver its latest residential development at Lenzie in Glasgow. The development concerns a converted and extended former primary school in the centre of Lenzie.

Land near the ferry slipway at Yoker can be used for residential development after Scottish Ministers agreed to the recommendations of a planning reporter.

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Miller Homes is to deliver 109 new homes to Fife this year with the launch of its Leven Mill development in Glenrothes.

A 1,000-year-old tar recipe is to be used to help preserve the last of Norway's medieval wooden churches. Named for the cured pinewood posts that prop them up, “stave churches” must be tarred to keep the wood from decaying. Yet the skills needed are dying out, including th

Scottish commercial property enjoyed its best first half of the year for investment volumes since 2018 as the market continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that £1.2 billion of commer

Chinese property developers are accepting garlic, watermelons, wheat and barley as down payments on new apartments.

A derelict brownfield site in the west of Edinburgh is to be transformed into a multi-purpose country park and leisure facility with £26 million backing from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). The Wavegarden Scotland redevelopment of the disused Craigpark Quarry near Ratho will see

Buckholm Ltd has handed over the first 11 new two- and three-bedroom homes at the High Buckholm site in Galashiels called Buckholm Burn Court.

Shona Robison, cabinet secretary for social justice, housing and local government, has visited Kingdom Housing Association’s development on the former Tullis Russell paper mill site in Glenrothes. The 85 affordable new homes, all for social rent, are part of a £14.6 million development w

Over £300 million has been invested in the renovation of Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, with work now underway and further proposals pending before planning officials. Restoration work began last week at the castle, which was bought by US-headquartered Discovery Land Company in 2018, and will