Scotland constructs £10m fund for low-cost green homes

Jessica Shankleman
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New figures show nation's off-site construction sector could be worth £240m by 2017

Housing developers and councils in Scotland are being invited to bid for a new multi-million pound government fund that is aiming to improve energy efficiency in the nation's building stock and boost the...

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