Edinburgh

Work on a new £20 million four-star hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town began in earnest today. The 98 room boutique hotel is the first venture in Edinburgh by European operator, the Carlton Hotel Collection, and is being delivered in partnership with The EDI Group Ltd.

Doubt has arisen over the £850 million redevelopment of the St James Centre in Edinburgh following a legal challenge over ownership of the site. Work is due to start on the project next month to create a new St James Quarter with shops, hotels, leisure complex and apartments.

Shandon Garden AMA Homes has become the first housebuilder in Scotland to secure investment from the UK government’s Housing Growth Partnership initiative.

Plans by Edinburgh Printmakers to create a new creative hub in Fountainbridge have edged closer following a £1.9 million grant from the Scottish Government. The cash takes the art charity to 90 per cent of its target £11m funding total, prompting it to appeal to the public to help raise the remain

Bowmer and Kirkland has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by a sub-contractor working for the Derbyshire firm was contracted to pour concrete onto the first floor of a building that was under construction

Plans for a 1,350-home development on green belt land on the edge of Edinburgh face an uncertain future after the plans were withdrawn from a council planning meeting. Put forward by developer Murray Estates, the proposal was for the first phase of a 675-acre Garden District development on a 54-hect

The University of Edinburgh has opened the bidding for contactors to redevelop parts of its School of Biological Sciences’ facilities on its King’s Buildings Campus. The ‘Building a New Biology’ project is a plan to grow the university’s research and teaching capacity. It plans to invest �

Architects at SASANBELL have completed work to alter and refurbish the Edinburgh headquarters of professional chartered accountants body ICAS. Situated in the heart of Edinburgh's Haymarket, CA House is the global HQ of ICAS. The aim was to improve the visitor experience through alteration and refur

Andrew Burns Building defects and flaws have been uncovered in all 17 schools in Edinburgh closed for safety reasons earlier this month and some could remain closed until the summer, the council has revealed.

Galliford Try has confirmed that it inherited “contractual responsibility” for four of the 17 schools closed in Edinburgh over structural safety fears when it acquired Miller Construction. The City of Edinburgh Council ordered the closure of the schools last Friday after the private consortium b

Structural faults have been detected in two Edinburgh secondaries following the closure of 17 schools in the city. The City of Edinburgh Council ordered the closures on Friday after the private consortium behind the construction and maintenance of the schools, the Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP)

An application to develop the Engine Shed building and site on St Leonard’s Lane into a small single malt whisky distillery and visitor centre has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. Whisky expert, and former Master Distiller for The Macallan, David Robertson is behind plans to open T

An £11 million pound scheme is to enable a University of Edinburgh campus to produce its own low-carbon energy. The new Combined Heat and Power system, to be installed at the University’s Easter Bush campus, will provide electricity for the Roslin Institute and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterina

Crosslane Student Developments is working in partnership with Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF) to deliver a 237 bed purpose-built student accommodation development, which is under construction at Lutton Place, Edinburgh. The freehold of the site was acquired from the City of Edinburgh Coun

Developers behind a plan to transform the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a £75 million hotel have appealed against a council decision to reject the project. The plans were rejected by councillors by a single vote after hours of debate in December last year.