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The event that rewards the very best in house building proved to be a successful night for Link Group which won three awards including ‘Housing Association of the Year’. The Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross & Liddell, welcomed over 600 guests in Glasgow last week to celeb

Jimmy Black cycled to Stornoway to meet Calum (Barney) MacKay, chair of TPAS Scotland and long-standing tenant activist. Barney is a trade unionist, and that explains a lot. Trades unions teach their active members how to do many useful things, including basic skills, like how to run a meeting or th

The Highland Council has appointed current North Lanarkshire Council deputy chief executive Derek Brown as its new chief executive. Derek started his career in teaching. His first job was in an international school in Madrid. Later, he worked as an English teacher in North Lanarkshire and Fife befor

More than £985 million is to be invested in Fife after councillors agreed the council's capital strategy and spending programme until 2033. The decision on capital spend was deferred from the council's February budget meeting to give time to consider the significant impact of rising costs asso

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland will begin a programme of pre-construction ground remediation works from today as part of the delivery of the new Whitefields neighbourhood in Dunfermline.

Residents have begun to settle into their new homes at Fife Housing Group's new community-focused development of 49 energy-efficient affordable homes in the Glen Albyn area of Kirkcaldy. The project, developed in partnership with The JR Group, comprises a selection of two, three and four-bedroomed h

The Scottish Parliament has launched a public consultation on The Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, proposed legislation that would allow local authorities to impose an additional charge on overnight accommodations, such as hotels and bed & breakfasts.

Shoosmiths has been appointed to Avant Homes’ Scottish legal panel. The appointment sees the law firm extend its relationship with the UK housebuilder after securing a place on Avant’s England and Wales legal panel in 2021.

A £100 million project which is set to deliver new homes, offices, food outlets and leisure facilities in Falkirk is on course to commence next year following the signing of a new development agreement. The move, which comes as joint venture partners Hargreaves Land and Fintry Estates reached

Kirknewton Community Development Trust has entered into a £1.696 million contract with Colorado Construction Ltd for the building of seven affordable, energy efficient houses, intended for occupation by those from within the Kirknewton community who face increasing needs.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Bailes Partners Consulting (BPC) have published a social housing skills report and toolkit exclusively for CIH members. The report and toolkit follow the popular skills and recruitment masterclass series provided by CIH and BPC in 2022, condensing th

Clydebank social housing landlord, Clydebank Housing Association (CHA), welcomed the recent opportunity to host an event with PATH Trainees. PATH works to actively address the issue of underrepresentation of BME communities in housing and other professions.

Following a successful short-term lets licensing information day focusing on the application process, Orkney Islands Council has planned to hold another one!

South Ayrshire Council will work with the South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SAHSCP) and NHS Ayrshire & Arran to turn the former Hourstons building and the Arran Mall in Ayr into a 'Living Well Village.' The decision was taken at this week's cabinet meeting with councillors agree

It’s all change at East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) as the director of finance, Paula Oliver, retires after 29 years. Paula Oliver was only the Association’s seventh staff member and has seen it grow from just 200 homes into the group it is today, not just a housing association bu