Housebuilder achieves £1m charity donation milestone for Samaritans
CALA Homes is celebrating a milestone in its partnership with Samaritans, after reaching the £1 million mark in donations to support the charity’s work...
SSEN Transmission’s Stornoway project to see historic hotel reopened
STORNOWAY'S historic Caledonian Hotel is to be brought back into use for the first time in more than a decade, as part of SSEN...
Whiteburn gets green light for 110-home Lauder development
WHITEBURN has been granted planning consent to build 110 new homes at Allanbank, Lauder, in the Scottish Borders.
The development will comprise a mix of...
Research points to encouraging signs for commercial property market
DEMAND for commercial property in Scotland rose slightly in Q4 of 2025 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) commercial property...
Glasgow deal highlights growing demand for city centre office investments
GEORGE House, a prominent multi-let building in Glasgow city centre, has been sold in a £10.65 million deal.
Lismore Real Estate Advisors said the transaction...
Registration opens for ScotPlant 2026
VISITOR registration is now open for ScotPlant 2026, which returns to the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston in Edinburgh, on Friday April 24 and...
Plans for Elgin High School extension scrapped
PLANS to build an extension to Elgin High School have been ditched in favour of an internal repurposing project.
The proposed extension, which was first...
SSEN pledges to build over 300 homes in Aberdeenshire
SSEN Transmission has committed to building over 300 homes in Aberdeenshire as part of its £22 billion+ planned programme of investment in the north...
Damaged sections of historic viaduct to be removed from River Spey
A tender for the removal of sections of a historic viaduct from the River Spey is set to be published in February.
Built between 1883-86,...
Robertson to lead build of Scotland’s National Centre for Music
ROBERTSON Construction Central East has been appointed construction partner for the development of Scotland’s National Centre for Music in the former Royal High School...
Build of £88m Fife School ‘progressing rapidly’
AN £88 million Passivhaus high school being built in Inverkeithing is to open in 200 days with work 'progressing rapidly', Fife Council has said.
BAM...
Funding boost for Kingdom’s affordable homes ambitions
KINGDOM Housing Association has secured £13 million of funding arranged by Allia C&C through its charitable bond programme in partnership with the Scottish Government.
The...
DM Hall confirms appointment of new partner
CHARTERED surveying business DM Hall has appointed Charlie Barrett as a partner in the firm.
Charlie, who operates within Edinburgh residential team, joined DM Hall as...
Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre earns top public sector award recognition
THE retrofit of Scotland's National Retrofit Centre has been named Public Sector Project of the Year at the 2025 Energy Saving Awards.
The project, led...
Community artwork pays tribute to Roslin’s past at new development
TAYLOR Wimpey East Scotland has completed and installed two pieces of community artwork at its Sinclair Gardens development in Roslin, Midlothian.
The move marks a...
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Scaling up isn’t enough: why construction must deliver sustainable scale in...
By John Forster, founder & chair, Forster Group
AS we enter 2026, the construction sector stands at the centre of the UK’s most urgent social...
