Six years in the planning, the Shoreline Project at Bowmore is now on site. Promoted by Islay Estates Company, the project will deliver around 150 houses, employment opportunities and a mix of other uses. The first phase of 20 affordable homes is under construction and making good progress towards completion by the end of March 2015. […]

Health and the built environment
An inspiring talk by Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Harry Burns, launched the BEFS annual lecture series last week. We learned that Scotland continues to lag other countries on a range of health indicators but that innovative solutions are bearing some fruit. The root of our current malaise was traced back to the early 1990s […]

