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A growing economy and a strengthening of the labour market will provide a positive backdrop for real estate in 2022, with total returns for all UK property forecast at just over 6%, according to the latest UK Real Estate Outlook from CBRE. In the near term, rising Covid-19 cases, including the new O

A £500,000 project to develop two new business units in Scalsaig, Isle of Colonsay in Argyll, has secured up to £145,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The project is being taken forward by the Colonsay Community Development Company (CCDC) following a feasibility study to a

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Scotland can build its economic future by developing its vacant land and constructing affordable homes, according to Lord Willie Haughey. In an interview with The Herald, the entrepreneur said there should be “no doubt” that housing should be at the top of the list of infrastructure inve

The Scottish Government has opened a consultation on draft regulations and guidance for local development plans (LDPs).

A development of four houses on vacant land in Dennistoun has been granted planning permission. Balmoral Developments and DTA Architects had submitted an application proposing the development of two semi-detached two and a half storey dwelling houses on a site formerly known

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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has teamed up with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution to confirm that it will donate £25 for each new home sold and legally completed at itsnew development in South Queensferry – Hawthorn Gardens. The first tranche of £1,075 was donated this month,

Pupils from two Highland academies will soon have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the construction industry thanks to a new business-education partnership. Simpson Builders in Beauly has teamed up with Developing the Young Workforce Inverness & Central Highland (DYWICH) to sign

A new walking and cycling route linking the town centres of Renfrew and Paisley is set to be built by the end of 2022 after a contract worth almost £1 million was awarded for its construction to JH Civil Engineering Limited.

Demolition and construction firms are being urged to double-down on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work.

Award-winning architect Richard Rogers has died aged 88. The influential architect and thinker on placemaking, who was the creative force behind the Centre Pompidou in Paris as well as the Millennium Dome and Lloyd's building in London, passed away at his home on Saturday night.

Advance Construction (Scotland) Limited has appointed Campbell Evans as group sustainability champion. In addition to his current role as SHEQ compliance & sustainability manager for the business, Campbell will be tasked with reinforcing the company’s continued drive towards its net zero a

Construction and manufacturing group CCG (Scotland) has donated over £5700 to food banks across the country this December, taking its total for community-based donations in 2021 to £174,000. As part of a burgeoning portfolio of contracts, which includes a housebuilding programme of over

Real estate advisor CBRE has acted on behalf of CBRE Investment Management UK Property PAIF to acquire Exchange Place One, a Grade A office building on Semple Street in Edinburgh.