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The Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has praised the industry for embracing its drive to improve payments and cashflow – and says the positive response to its recent campaign demonstrates that there is a real appetite for change across the sector. The collective says the response

Planning applications that will provide new premises for businesses, retail and holiday accommodation in Aviemore have been granted approval by Cairngorms National Park Authority. The planning committee gave the go-ahead for the erection of 20 commercial letting units, access road, parking

One of Scotland’s most successful businessmen and the founder of stock market listed group Smart Metering Systems is to make the largest single investment in Scottish basketball history, as part of a £20 million new basketball arena project for the Caledonia Gladiators. Steve Timoney and

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has concluded a contract with Home Group Scotland to deliver 55 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of its Auldcathie View development and the wider masterplan vision for the new community that is now emerging in Winchburgh. The conclusion of this agree

Persimmon has appointed Colette O’Shea and Alexandra Depledge MBE as independent non-executive directors of the group as Simon Litherland and Joanna Plac unveiled they are to step down. Set to join the board on 1 May 2023, both Colette and Alex will join the housebuilder's nomination comm

Following a comprehensive master planning process, Collective Architecture has now submitted The Ladyfield Masterplan and the associated technical studies to Dumfries and Galloway Council to consider the next steps.

Living standards will be improved for thousands of residents in Edinburgh after councillors agreed a £173 million spending package to upgrade and build new homes.

Wemyss Properties Ltd has submitted plans to build 125 new homes in the Fife village of Coaltown of Wemyss.

A former South Lanarkshire police station could be converted into a small-scale housing development comprising of six new homes.

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans to build three new homes near Gartly School despite contamination fears.

Delighted tenants in West Lothian have welcomed a £750,000 investment in their homes.

People are being asked to take part in a consultation for potential options for improving transport connections from the Park and Ride in Ellon to the Garthdee Road corridor in Aberdeen.

The landmark cyclist, pedestrian and wheeler Sighthill Bridge over the M8 will soon open to the public.

Nine rare cream-coloured K8 phone boxes in and around Hull have been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England. The K8 was designed in 1965-66 by architect Bruce Martin who was commissioned by the General Post Office, owners of the pub

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), Scot JCB and CITB have collaborated to upgrade the machinery used for the Plant Mechanic Apprenticeship at CITB’s National Construction College at Inchinnan. In the last couple of years, the relationship and collaboration between the SPOA and CITB