Housebuilder Barratt has reported its strongest start to the year for sales in Scotland for eight years. The firm said it secured nearly 190 sales in January, up 15 per cent on a year ago, with some of its Scottish sites “selling at twenty per cent above the UK average of 0.58 sales per week per s
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Barratt Homes is to deliver 2,100 new homes across 13 new sites in Scotland after citing “a strong recovery in the housing market following the launch of the Help to Buy scheme”. The housebuilder said its expansion north of the Border underpins employment for about 4000 new and existing jobs.
Sir Tom Hunter Sir Tom Hunter has made a £100 million investment in a scheme for a new village in West Lothian.
Two of Britain's biggest housebuilders Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey are to join the FTSE 100 index, it has been announced.
Aberdeenshire Council has rejected two major developments in Stonehaven.
Planning approval has been granted for a Barratt Homes development of 147 new homes in Stirling, bringing more than £20m of new investment to the area. Plans for Highland Gate comprise of a range of three bedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached homes, and four bedroom detached homes from the h
Forster Roofing picked up the NFRC Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Award for Solar for the second successive year at a special luncheon held at the Trades Hall of Glasgow last week.
Mark Clare The Scottish Government needs to put more money into the Help to Buy scheme or risk dampening the housing market, the chief executive of Barratt Developments has said.
John Swinney Finance secretary John Swinney delivered a budget yesterday which pledged to provide £4.5 billion of infrastructure investment in 2015-16.