New stadium could keep Accies in Hamilton

SOUTH Lanarkshire Council has expressed concern at the recent announcement that Hamilton Academical Football Club is to relocate its games outside the town. The Scottish...
Flats in Aberdeen

Commemorative plaque to honour Denis Law in Aberdeen

ABERDEEN City Council has gone against normal criteria to approve plans for a commemorative plaque for Denis Law in a move that the local...
Fife College exterior

New Dunfermline City Campus meets carbon targets

FIFE College's new Dunfermline City Campus has passed an independent verification of the embodied and whole-life carbon assessments for the three new buildings on...
Sigma II panels

Timber frame manufacturer achieves EPDs for full wall panel range

OFFSITE timber frame manufacturer Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) has published third party accredited environmental product declarations (EPD) for its full wall panel range. Last year,...
Bancon Homes' Cloverhill development exterior

Bancon Group celebrates number of award nominations in 50th year

BANCON Group is celebrating a major achievement in its 50th year as both its homes and construction divisions have been named finalists in the...
Ronnie Muir

Muir Group mourns the loss of director Ronnie Muir

THE Muir Group has announced the passing of director Ronnie Muir. Paying tribute to Ronnie, the firm said he dedicated his life to the growth...
Exterior of The Avenue

Cruden Group shortlisted four times at Scottish Home Awards 2025

CRUDEN Group is celebrating receiving four shortlist nominations at the upcoming Scottish Home Awards 2025. In the Housing Development of the Year (Small, Private Sale)...
Falkirk Wheel

Mackenzie Construction launches Falkirk community fund

MACKENZIE Construction has launched a dedicated community fund to support local groups, organisations, and initiatives in the Falkirk area. The launch of the fund comes as...
Guidi's exterior artist's impression

Glasgow firm to lead rebuild of popular Airdrie restaurant

WORK is underway to rebuild an Italian restaurant in Airdrie following its destruction by fire in 2021. Glasgow-based Thomas Johnstone Ltd (TJL) has been appointed...

Wood boosts North Sea operations with triple extension awards

ABERDEEN-headquartered Wood has secured a trio of reimbursable contract extensions worth $118 million to deliver operations and maintenance solutions for Shell UK, Dana Petroleum,...
Exterior of house

Kirkwood Homes secures four finalist spots at national property awards

KIRKWOOD Homes has been shortlisted four times across three categories at the Scottish Home Awards 2025. The housebuilder is in the running for Housing Development...

CECA Scotland launches new strategy to tackle civil engineering labour shortage

CECA Scotland has launched a new strategy to tackle the civil engineering labour shortage and attract new talent to strengthen the sector's workforce for...
Port Glasgow Community Hub official opening. From left, Councillors Jim Clocherty, Natasha McGuire, Francesca Brennan, Investment Minister Tom Arthur, Provost Drew McKenzie, Councillor Stephen McCabe, Corporate Director of Education and Communities Ruth Binks, and Councillor Chris Curley outside the refurbished building, formerly known as the King George VI building.

Local contractor completes £3.2m revamp of historic Port Glasgow building

GREENOCK-based WH Kirkwood has completed a £3.2 million restoration project on one of Port Glasgow's oldest buildings on behalf of Inverclyde Council and the...
House build plans

Programme for Government ‘doesn’t go far enough’ to address housing emergency

THE Scottish Government has vowed to remove barriers on stalled housing sites to deliver up to 20,000 new homes - but housing bodies have...
Taylor Wimpey typical streetscene

Infrastructure programme underway at Whitefields in Dunfermline

TAYLOR Wimpey East Scotland has announced that work has started on a 'comprehensive' infrastructure programme at the new Whitefields neighbourhood in Dunfermline. This milestone follows...

Robertson initiative helps youngsters prepare for the workplace

SCHOOL pupils in Stirling and Clackmannanshire have completed an initiative run by Robertson Group aimed at aiding young people in preparing for the workplace. The...
Meadowood showhome

Independent housebuilder celebrates quadruple award shortlisting

BRIAR Homes Limited Scotland has been shortlisted in four separate categories at the Scottish Home Awards for its Meadowood development in Garthamlock. The four categories...
Stuart Batty, senior project development manager for SSE Energy Solutions; Simon Oldham, managing director of Highland Spring Group; Cllr Liz Barrett, Perth and Kinross Council; Jim Fairlie MSP

SSE and Highland Spring partner for solar project

SSE Energy Solutions is to build a 7-megawatt solar array on the Ochil Hills overlooking Highland Spring’s Perthshire production facility to help power the...
John Forster, chair of Forster Group

A power failure in Spain and a planning failure we can’t repeat in Scotland

By John Forster, chair and founder, Forster Group Spain’s power grid failed this week. Portugal’s went down soon after. What could have been mistaken for...
Festival Square, Edinburgh

Plans submitted for 195-bed Premier Inn on Edinburgh’s Festival Square

WHITBREAD PLC has submitted plans to transform Capital House into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn, with a commitment to investing more than £21 million in...