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To mark its 50th year of operation, Trust Housing Association will be holding a number of parties across the country over the coming months. Trust was established in October 1973, born out of a philanthropic movement in the 1970s. It was originally called Kirk Care and re-branded to become Trus

A crucial partnership has been renewed after revealing the huge successes it has delivered to Scotland’s market for affordable and accessible homes. Since it was launched in 2018, the partnership has seen the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) support and collaborate with the Scottish Federat

“The best way to encourage tenant participation is to be a terrible landlord”. It sounds like an essay topic for a housing student, but these were the words of David Bookbinder spoken on the Scottish Housing News Podcast. SHN editor Kieran Findlay and I recorded an episode on tenant part

Recorded at this year's TPAS Scotland Annual Conference on June 30th, this episode features a panel discussion hosted by Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black alongside Anne Marie Brown, CEO at Dalmuir Park Housing Association, and David Bookbinder, the director of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of

Kingdom Housing Association has welcomed a broad range of invited guests to the Association's annual site tour, showcasing new projects and recently completed developments in the East Neuk of Fife. Kingdom chair Linda Leslie and group chief executive Tom Barclay greeted board members, tenants, staff

Glasgow-based Akela Group has secured a £4.5 million contract to provide civil engineering, infrastructure and surfacing works at a new residential site built by Ashberry Homes in Renfrew.

Edinburgh-based bid management firm AM Bid has been acquired by Bidding Limited, a provider of bid consultancy and software solutions. The acquisition is aligned with Bidding Limited's goal to expanding its market reach across all sectors, boosting its service offerings and enhancing its existing pr

Work is well underway on the transformation of a former charity furniture warehouse into a development in one of Edinburgh’s most desirable areas. The 67 St Bernards project, from urban regeneration specialists Kelvin Properties, will see the former Edinburgh Furniture Initiative (EFI) site ma

Trust Housing Association has unveiled its new corporate brand and website as part of its 50th birthday celebrations. The organisation, which will still be called ‘Trust’, said its previous visual identities were dated and not widely recognised, either nationally or locally in

Scotland Excel has appointed Clark Contracts to its £300 million Property Maintenance and Refurbishment Framework. The contractor has been appointed to the multi-trade lot of the framework, which will run until June 2025, with the option to extend this until 2027.

Fyne Homes has become a Local Program Partner with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library which will provide free books for tenants’ children under the age of five who are eligible under the scheme. Each month the Imagination Library will post a high quality, age-appropriate book to chi

Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit 18 homes in Skye in a bid to help address the island’s ongoing housing crisis. Work has begun on a £540,000 upgrade of the 18 terraced and semi-detached bungalows at Shulishader Beag in Portree, which were

After working from Bridgewater Shopping Centre since April 1998, Bridgewater Housing Association is moving to a new office next month. While its base in the shopping centre has served Bridgewater well over the last 25 years, the current office is no longer fit for purpose and requires extensive impr

Bancon Homes has become a registered developer with the New Homes Quality Board. From today, all homes reserved for sale by the company will be covered by the New Homes Quality Code. This covers every step in a customer’s new home purchase, from the initial marketing of the development, their

Patrycja Allan has been appointed to the role of land manager at Persimmon West Scotland. Patrycja joined the housebuilder last month, strengthening a land team whose activity stretches from Ayrshire to Lanarkshire. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having previously worked for Stewart Mil