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Persimmon apprentices showcased their bricklaying skills to Jenny Gilruth MSP, as the education secretary marked the homebuilder’s milestone donation of materials to construction colleges across Scotland. The cabinet secretary joined apprentices and members of staff at Ayrshire College’s

Budgets for health and social care have been approved in East Renfrewshire, Dundee and Inverclyde.

Moray Council has appointed John Mundell as its interim chief executive, who will take up his duties in early May. John Mundell will take on the post alongside outgoing chief executive, Roddy Burns, for a three-week handover period before taking up the reins for up to a period of between 6 and 18 mo

A preferred design solution for a new £15 million flood prevention scheme for Bridge of Allan has been identified by Stirling Council, following consultation with the local community.

East Dunbartonshire Council has agreed its Revenue Budget for 2024/25 and a revised 30-year Capital Investment Plan.

Bield Housing and Care is celebrating a triple award win for its progress in transitioning its homes towards digital telecare. The housing and care specialist received the Gold Level Two Digital Telecare Implementation Award in recognition of its rollout of live digital telecare to 82% of

Homebuilder Miller Homes has opened up applications for its community fund initiative, which will see £10,000 shared among those in need across the Central Belt and beyond. The fund will support a variety of groups near Miller Homes’ 16 Scottish developments that are linked to education,

Susanne Miller has been appointed chief executive of Glasgow City Council. Susanne Miller, who is currently chief officer of Glasgow's Health and Social Care Partnership, will replace Annemarie O'Donnell, who announced earlier this year that she was stepping down from the biggest local government ro

Scottish Government spending on social security could deliver a £300 million boost to Scotland’s economy over the short term, according to new analysis. Figures published by chief economist Gary Gillespie also show that long-term investment in labour market and social security policies c

Housebuilder Cala Group (Holdings) Limited has released its full year results revealing a 33.6% drop in profits from £169 million in 2022, to £112m. The firm's turnover also dropped by 7.3% falling from £1.35 billion to £1.26bn, while the number of home completions also fell

North Lanarkshire Council has postponed a decision on the awarding of a £1.8 billion contract after a controversy involving the sole bidder for the work. Mears CLP is the only company bidding for the contract, which was set to be awarded at a meeting on Thursday.

The second and final phase of Moda, The McEwan, a wellbeing-focused neighbourhood created by investor, developer and operator of rental communities Moda Group, marked its ‘topping out’ in Edinburgh last week. The second phase of construction of the neighbourhood will bring an additional

New measures have been proposed to simplify the planning process for zero and low carbon technologies that aim to help homeowners and businesses save money and reduce their emissions.

Five new committee members have been elected to the management committee of Reidvale Housing Association following the resignation of previous members.

In light of last month's launch of the new Housing Bill and ongoing developments with mandatory qualifications for housing professionals in England, Dr Kim McKee from the University of Stirling highlights the importance of housing education. Following on from several well-documented traged