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A building contractor who fraudulently claimed a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back loan has received a 13-month suspended sentence. Florin-Petrica Bodale operated as a building contractor offering plumbing, heating and air-conditioning installation and was based in Harrow, London.

Mosaic Architecture + Design has delivered the interior design for Scoop Restaurants Group’s stylish Margo Restaurant on Miller Street in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Investment in Scottish commercial property totalled more than £300 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a subdued beginning to the year, according to Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy’s analysis of real capital analytics (RCA) data found that there were £31

Finning has supplied £1.1 million worth of Cat machinery to one of the largest construction and contracting companies in Scotland. Malcolm Construction, a division of The Malcolm Group, has invested in two Cat 745 three-axle articulated trucks and one Cat 352 excavator from Finning UK & Ir

The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has embarked on a new partnership with The Skills Centre to deliver essential training and support for individuals pursuing careers in the finishes and interiors sector. The collaboration aims to address the growing skills shortage in construction, specificall

An ambitious community-led initiative on the Orkney island of Sanday is moving forward with a call for architectural design proposals for an innovative housing and healthcare project. The Sanday Development Trust has issued an open invitation to tender for the design of Care for Sanday — a tra

Highland Housing Alliance (HHA) has officially completed its latest residential development, Slackbuie View, delivering 24 high-quality mid-market rental (MMR) homes in the sought-after Slackbuie area of Inverness. Constructed by Capstone Construction Ltd, the development includes 18 two-bedroom cot

Spectacular drone footage has captured construction progress of student accommodation at 292-298 St Vincent Street in Glasgow, which is on schedule for completion in summer 2026. Developer Artisan Real Estate and student management company Homes for Students are partnering with building contractor G

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has today released its updated residential sustainability assessment, BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential V6.1, formerly known as Home Quality Mark (HQM). BRE said the move, which follows a rebrand of HQM, will streamline and simplify certification for n

A planning application for 29 much-needed affordable homes has been submitted to Glasgow City Council by The JR Group on behalf of Wheatley Group.

Calvay Housing Association is to help lower the energy bills of its residents, thanks to support from CAF Bank and Scottish Government funding. The Glasgow-based housing provider secured a £2.77 million Green Loan facility to undertake a major upgrade to 267 of its residential units.

Stirred by the recent completion of the Notre Dame restoration, architect Alan Dunlop has taken to his favourite medium to compare the project's timeline to the ongoing rebuild of the Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh Building.

Plans for a large-scale electricity substation in Angus have attracted more than 1,700 objections amid growing concern over SSEN Transmission’s wider "mega pylon" project through the north-east.

The Doocot at Pittenweem in Fife is described as a ‘quirky, romantic getaway created out of a historic and very unusual three storey doocot (dovecot).

Muir Homes has appointed Robert Herd as its new managing director. Having originally joined Muir Homes as a site manager, Herd rose through the ranks to become construction manager before briefly stepping away. Now, he returns to lead the company at a time of significant growth and investment.