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A £4 million project to transform one of Lochaber’s main tourist attractions has secured up to £800,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Work will begin this month at Nevis Range on a 22-bedroom hotel, 24-berth Bunkhouse, bar and restaurant, bike shop, childr

Proposals underway for an ambitious housing energy retrofit programme to the Glasgow City Region’s 428,000 homes could create thousands of new local jobs, improve the quality of housing, reduce fuel poverty and deliver on Scotland and the UK’s commitment to net zero carbon

Scott Cochrane has been appointed head of property management at Glasgow-based Park Property Management. With 26 years’ experience in the property management sector, Mr Cochrane joins from James Gibb which acquired Life Property Management.

Energy, compliance, refurbishment and building services provider Valley Group has appointed a new director of energy service. Kevin Callaghan has gained a wealth of experience delivering whole house retrofit across the UK and NI. With a demonstrable track record of success.

Miller Homes is marking its 20th-year building in East Kilbride with a brand-new development in Jackton, South Lanarkshire. 

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has commenced work on twelve new affordable homes in Hamilton.

Homes in Glasgow are to benefit from major improvements in energy efficiency thanks to a new net-zero retrofit project by GHA. A total of 36 Canadian timber homes in Drumchapel will benefit from a £1.5 million ‘deep retrofit’ programme.

The five local authority partners of the Borderlands Partnership has published a prospectus to inform ongoing discussions for the extension of the Borders Railway to Carlisle.

The furlough scheme which has protected jobs and earnings, as well as cheaper mortgages and a benevolent approach to short term arrears by lenders, has meant the residential sector has been the star performer of the Scottish economy after it reopened following the initial Covid-19 lockdown, the 

A derelict swimming pool in the centre of Montrose has undergone a huge community-led transformation and will reopen its doors to the public as the long-awaited Montrose Playhouse on October 8 with a showing of the 25th Bond Movie - ‘No Time to Die’

The Highland Council has taken possession of thirty new flats at Mart Road in Dingwall that it said will significantly enhance the town centre and provide much needed affordable quality housing in the heart of the Ross-shire town. Re-named ‘Morganti House’ and ‘Ross Buildings&rsquo

Independent property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate has predicted that the Scottish investment market will have a "strong run to the year end". According to the firm's review of the Scottish investment market for the third quarter of 2021, after a significant increase in quarter two, transac

Network Rail is set to begin a £700,000 bridge improvement project on Bell Street, in the east end of Glasgow.

A US contractor has formed a joint venture with a robotics startup to ramp up the introduction of autonomous robots to construction sites.

A Wick man has been fined for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries. William Swanson, who traded as LTS Construction, pled guilty to a breach of working at height regulations at Wick Sheriff Court on 4 October 2021. He was fined £2,000