Dumfries And Galloway

Carlisle-based Cubby Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the long-awaited regeneration of Annan Harbour in Dumfries & Galloway, with works on the £15.65 million redevelopment set to begin next month. Following a competitive procurement process, Annan Harbour Action G

Edinburgh-based renewable energy company Red Rock Renewables has reached financial close on a £62 million financing with Lloyds, HSBC and China Construction Bank for its Benbrack Onshore Wind Farm. The three lenders have provided equal project financing as the Dumfries & Galloway Project t

Plans for almost 300 new homes on the outskirts of Dumfries have taken a major leap forward, paving the way for Wheatley Homes South’s biggest development in the area. The plans, approved this week by Dumfries and Galloway Council, will see 296 new homes built at Catherinefield Farm, including

Plans are being submitted to restore Ellisland Farm near Dumfries, the only home ever designed and built by Robert Burns, with new images revealing a deliberately quiet and sensitive approach to conservation. The before-and-after images show how modern visitor facilities can be introduced without al

Efforts to regenerate nine towns in the south of Scotland have taken a major step forward with the publication of proposals developed by volunteer-led teams.

Construction is now underway on nine multi-modal transport hubs in Dumfries and Galloway, which will bring new active and sustainable transport options to communities across the region. 

The £68.6 million Whitesands Project in Dumfries, combining major flood defences with significant public realm improvements, is set to start in Spring next year after receiving approval by Dumfries and Galloway Council.

Dumfries and Galloway Council will consider the future of the Whitesands Project – combining a major flood protection scheme with significant public realm improvements – at its Full Council meeting on Thursday 11 December.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is to consider plans to kick-start the regeneration of the long-derelict Former Interfloor Factory site in Heathhall, Dumfries.

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust has launched an international fundraising campaign to save the historic farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne and more than a quarter of his entire body of work.

More than £1 million is being invested in the Stranraer railway line this month as Network Rail carries out essential improvements. 

Renewable energy pioneer Drax is to invest around £15.4 million in a major refurbishment of its historic Glenlee power station.

Work is progressing at a new £4.1 million development that will deliver nine new homes and a housing office hub in Stranraer.

Manufacturing firm Eco Group is to invest in a major new manufacturing site in Dumfries, where it will produce recycled glass panels for the housing and general construction markets. The firm has more than doubled its footprint in south-west Scotland by investing in a 60,000-square-foot manufacturin

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has helped Windy Standard III Wind Farm reach a significant construction milestone with the first pouring of concrete on turbine foundations.