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Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has outlined its intention to work collaboratively with new Green ministers Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater in support of net zero transition ambitions following their appointments earlier this week. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has been named minis

More than 15,000 Falkirk Council homes will soon benefit from an eight-year programme to replace doors and windows.

The Scottish Government has today laid three pieces of Scottish Statutory Instruments before the Scottish Parliament.

Scotland is set to drive economic growth in the UK’s transition to net zero emissions, according to The Green Growth Index produced by Lloyds Banking Group and Oxford Economics. The report suggests that at least £1.4 trillion will need to be invested in the UK economy between 2020 and 20

Councillors will be asked to approve a £20,000 grant to support the Dundee Museum of Transport’s (DMoT) redevelopment of the former Maryfield Tram Depot as its permanent home.

Repairs to the leaning Millennium Tower in San Francisco have been suspended after it was found that the skyscraper was sinking faster than previously thought. A spokesman for homeowners told the Los Angeles Times that work had been stopped while workers “try to understand better the mechanism

Bellway Homes has been granted planning permission to build 403 homes at the site of the former Ruchill Hospital in north Glasow.

The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) executive counsel has delivered a disciplinary Formal Complaint, under the Accountancy Scheme, against KPMG, a former KPMG partner and certain current and former KPMG employees relating to the audits of Carillion. The Formal Complaint alleges misconduct

Scotland’s biggest housing group Wheatley is to invest £100 million in major glazing, insulation and heating initiatives as part of a green agenda drive.

An aviation expert has set up Scotland’s first planning consultancy for airport safety zones. Nyree Millar-Bell spent years as a senior manager with Edinburgh Airport assessing and at times objecting to planning applications that did not satisfy Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) rules.

Helensburgh’s state-of-the-art leisure centre is on track to open in 2022 despite the construction challenges brought by the global pandemic, the local authority has revealed.

Ivan McKee, minister for business, trade, tourism and enterprise, will tell attendees at an industry seminar next week about the vital role that Scotland’s construction sector will play in supporting a transformation to zero carbon ahead of COP26 and beyond. Hosted by the Constructio

Following its huge funding boost through the Ayrshire Growth Deal, Prestwick Spaceport has revealed plans to become the continent’s leading space hub as it steps up its marketing and operational efforts, whilst moving forward with launch partner discussions. The proposed spaceport&nb

Chartered surveyors DM Hall has appointed Calum Allmond as its new head of architectural services. An Associate of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technology (ACIAT), Dunfermline-based Calum will manage a three-strong team with a brief to grow its headcount both this year and next

Councillors have noted the funding position and proposed delivery programme for the Portee Link Road as the project moved to the planning submission stage.