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Construction of a new state-of-the-art leisure centre and theatre in Eastwood Park is expected to get under way in January 2023, East Renfrewshire Council has confirmed.

The City of Edinburgh Council has awarded a £15 million contract for a new community hub at Macmillan Square to Robertson Group. Macmillan Square (Image Credit Richard Murphy Architects)

Apprentices now account for almost 10% of Stewart Milne Homes’ workforce and the housebuilder says their contribution is becoming increasingly vital as the construction industry seeks to build a pipeline of future to meet the acute skills shortages.

In celebration of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, City Building has launched its apprenticeship application process for 2022. Easterhouse-born Steven Cochrane, 17, reflects on his decision to join City Building and encourages his peers to consider an apprenticeship.

Levenmouth is moving a step closer to the reintroduction of passenger services for the first time in more than fifty years, bringing with it exciting new journey opportunities and economic benefits for the area.

Colliers expects UK all-property total returns growth to moderate to 9.6% in 2022 and 6.4% in 2023 as rental growth slows and yields stabilise, following a six-year high of 16.5% in 2021. The industrial sector will continue to remain popular with investors this year as will retail warehouses, prime

The JR Group has submitted plans to bring a new lease of life to an abandoned plot of land in South Lanarkshire.

Wheatley Group has launched a consultation over proposals for around 70 mid-market rent flats at the site of the Shawbridge Arcade in Pollockshaws.

A new partnership approach launched by the Scottish Government will be embedded across the education and skills system to ensure employers and government are working together to deliver training opportunities for the new green jobs of the future. Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformat

An application for a new 500-home residential complex and shops near Edinburgh Airport looks set to be decided by the Scottish Government after developers lodged an appeal before councillors were due to refuse permission.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: D. J. Laing Homes Limited

Public views are now being sought regarding a masterplan to create approximately 400 homes and a commercial opportunity in Milton of Leys. A planning application is being brought forward by Hazledene Ltd, Park Lane and Highland Housing Alliance to develop the currently vacant 25.2-acre site.

The developers behind a proposed £100 million regeneration of the former IBM site in Greenock have warned that the project “will no longer be economically viable” after councillors approved only 60% of the desired number of homes on the land. Local businessmen Sandy

A marked and accelerated rise in housing activity has led to the fastest rise in construction output for eight months.

The £118 million Cross Tay Link Road is opening its doors to the public this month.