Outlook improves for industrial sector but office and retail woes continue
DEMAND for office and retail property in Scotland continued to fall in the third quarter of the year but there are signs that the...
Plans approved for new sports and outdoor centre in Edinburgh
THE City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans to build a new sports and outdoor centre in the north of the city.
The Bangholm Sports...
Three year £120m transformation of Glasgow’s Queen Street Station enters final phase
THE redevelopment of Glasgow's Queen Street station has entered its final phase, Network Rail has announced.
October marks three years since Balfour Beatty began the...
Network Rail warn of criminal gangs ‘increasingly’ targeting infrastructure metal
NETWORK Rail has warned that organised criminal gangs are 'increasingly' targeting metal used in infrastructure.
Theft incidents from the rail management firm's North West &...
Pupils attend ‘magnificent’ new school building for first time
PUPILS attending Alness Academy have returned from the October break to their new £37.4 million school building.
The project, which commenced in 2018, was delivered...
Derbyshire firm opens first Scottish premises
A UK building and plumbing supply firm has opened its first Scottish base in North Lanarkshire.
M Markovitz Ltd, headquartered in Derbyshire, opened the new...
Construction firm launches private housebuilding division
THE JR Group has announced the launch of its new private home building division, called JR Homes.
With a land bank spanning the length and...
Housebuilder expands Edinburgh offering
HOUSEBUILDER David Wilson Homes has announced it is expanding its offering in Edinburgh with two new developments.
The brand new development at Cammo Meadows will...
Over eight million homes to be powered by offshore wind under new plans
THE Scottish Government has announced its ambition to increase offshore wind capacity to power more than eight million homes by 2030.
The measures in the...
University aims to develop system which removes pharmaceutical drugs from hospital wastewater
THE University of the Highlands and Islands is to explore how 'cutting-edge' technologies can be used to treat wastewater from hospitals and distilleries.
The educational...
School building has ‘significant’ and ‘high-risk’ backlog of maintenance issues
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council has released a report detailing the final elements of their Dumfries learning town programme (DLT).
Phase one of the programme was...
HMRC seeks to gain understanding of Covid-19 impact on mid-sized construction firms
HMRC is seeking to gain a better understanding of how Covid-19 is impacting mid-sized construction firms.
The UK Government department defines a mid-sized firm as...
Morrison Construction completes £184,000 nursery refurbishment
CHILDREN have been welcomed back to a Moray nursery following a £184,000 refurbishment of the facility.
The Mortlach Nursery project was led by Morrison Construction,...
Make It Smart Hub to launch in the Highlands and Islands
CONSTRUCTION and manufacturing firms in the Highlands and Islands will soon be able to access a new online hub aimed at boosting innovation in...
Council approves district regeneration frameworks for two Glasgow city centre areas
GLASGOW City Council has approved district regeneration frameworks (DRFs) for both the Blythswood and central districts of the city centre.
These are the fourth and...
Offshore workforce fell by thousands in first month of lockdown
THE number of workers on oil rigs decreased after the UK went into lockdown in March, figures published by the Oil and Gas Industry...
Robertson completes delivery of 263 Edinburgh homes
ROBERTSON Partnership Homes has completed the first phase of The City of Edinburgh Council's small sites programme.
The firm handed over the final 26 units...
Work begins on build of new Glasgow cinema
WORK has begun on the build of a new Vue cinema in Glasgow at the city's St Enoch shopping centre.
The venue comes as part...
Kelvin Properties unveils second Glasgow BTR development
THE team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent (BTR) housing development has announced the successful delivery of another multi-million-pound BTR project.
Mitchell...
Estate reaps the benefits of partnership working
MAINS of Taymouth Country Estate & Golf Course has spoken of the successful relationship with Aberfeldy-based Blairish Restorations, who have acted as the estate's 'in-house'...
