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The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) wants private developers to include plans to bring empty homes back to use in their responses to the Prior Information Notice (PIN) issued by the City of Edinburgh Council calling for investors, landowners and developers to consider ways to accelerate the

Falkirk Council has agreed to a £347 million investment in housing over the next five years with funding allocated for improvements to existing homes and the provision of additional homes. In 2022/23 alone, £38.7m will be spent on improvements to around 6,800 properties with £6.5m

A continued shortage of new properties being listed for sale, despite a rise in new buyer enquiries, is still preventing a pick-up in sales volumes and house prices continue to increase, according to the December 2021 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Offsite Solutions has been awarded a £3 million contract to manufacture 588 bathroom pods for its third major build-to-rent neighbourhood for Moda Living.

An Irvine-based construction company and its director have been sentenced after multiple health and safety failings, giving rise to significant risk, were found on a local housing development site. Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard how three inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) took pla

Amey is making the most of the UK Government’s Kickstart programme by converting participants into full time apprenticeship positions.

Increasing demand from independent residential home developers has led Bridge of Allan-based rural property specialist Baird Lumsden to launch a Scotland-wide New Homes sales division to assist developers to market and sell newly built residential properties. Sophie Watt, New Homes sales manager at

A public hearing is to take place into plans for 24 new homes in Garelochhead after the number of objections to the proposal passed 100.

GB Grove Ltd, the developers behind a roadside development scheme, rejected by Stirling councillors last year, have lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government.

Plans for a £24 million Blairgowrie Recreation Centre are set to go before Perth and Kinross Council for approval in March this year.

A summary of an independent flood risk study for Kilsyth has been published by North Lanarkshire Council.

Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has launched the latest marque of its globally-acclaimed ViO17 zero tail swing mini-excavator.

A water treatment plant could be created behind Scotland’s oldest working brewery in East Lothian. Belhaven Brewery submitted plans to East Lothian Council's planning department before Christmas.

Innis & Gunn has revealed plans to open its fifth taproom on Glasgow's West Nile Street.

Morrison Construction has awarded a £1.8 million furniture and fitout contract to Dunfermline-based Deanestor for a new £60m multi-school campus in West Lothian.