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Legislation which will help cut emissions, reduce fuel poverty and create green jobs by accelerating the deployment of heat networks has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament.

Rosie Gollan, an Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, looks at the Building Safety Bill and its implications in Scotland. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing and taking steps to reform our building and fire safety regimes. 

While many companies are struggling during the pandemic, Aurora Planning is one small business bucking the trend. In only three years, the company has taken on countless significant projects including securing planning permission for the first Scottish satellite launch site and advising ground-break

NatWest Group has issued a €1 billion affordable housing social bond, the first of its kind by a UK bank. The issuance reinforces NatWest Group’s July 2020 commitment to provide £3bn of funding to the UK’s affordable housing sector by the end of 2022.

Glasgow-based contractor and manufacturer CCG (Scotland) Ltd has successfully completed its latest planned maintenance contract on behalf of Maryhill Housing with the installation of high-performance fire doors.

The Scottish Government must match Chancellor Rishi Sunak's reported extension of the stamp duty holiday beyond March if there is to be a level playing field in the property market from April to June, according to a property and lettings firm. David Alexander, joint chief executive officer

Scotland’s construction firms have continued to demonstrate their commitment to apprenticeships despite the impact of Covid-19, according to new figures which come ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (March 1-5).

The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) is urging businesses to seize the opportunities offered by the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme. The programme, which has now been extended until March 25, offers a grant of £5,000 to rep

While starting a new working life and career during a global pandemic has been a huge challenge for thousands of young people across Scotland, two new apprentices who started last August as part of Barratt East Scotland’s regional 11-person brickwork team have risen to the occasion. Alan Turnb

A rare opportunity to acquire The Old Forge, reputed to be Scotland’s most remote pub, is being marketed by Baird Lumsden, the rural property arm of DM Hall.

Toyota Motor Corporation has started work to build an entire town from scratch and use it as a laboratory for cutting-edge technology such as self-driving cars and artificial intelligence.

Housebuilder Springfield Properties has reported a 42.9% rise in pre-tax profits to £9 million for the six months to the end of November 2020 from £6.3m in the previous year. The Elgin-based company said it was well placed for the full year having achieved a substantial reduction in

Investment of £61.9 million for the Ravenscraig Infrastructure Access (RIA) project has been approved by the Glasgow City Region Cabinet.

Edinburgh developer Glencairn Properties is set to double its profit in the next three years despite the ongoing social and economic challenges posed by COVID-19. Since March 2020, Glencairn Properties has had three planning permissions approved and are awaiting the application results for one

A fourth new early years centre planned for Glasgow has been awarded planning permission.