The Scottish Government must grasp its opportunity to transform the country’s energy sector and provide strong vision for Scotland’s future energy system, according to a group of leading energy experts. Members of Scotland’s Future Energy Taskforce have today released their recommendations ahe
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Over 70 winter jackets have been donated to homeless men in and around Glasgow thanks to a Christmas Appeal launched by hub West Scotland. Enlisting the support of its supply chain of local consultants, architects and contractors, the development company will deliver the donations to homelessness ch
Plans to invest £163 million into building almost 1,200 affordable homes in the Scottish Borders have been approved by councillors. However, it came with a warning that the construction sector would have to be worked with closely in order to see the plans delivered.
A proposed plan for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region has been published this week that sets out how the region should grow over the next 20 years in a way that makes best use of its assets and protects the qualities that make it a great place to live. SESplan, the regional planning
Lowther Homes’ new apartments for rent in Yoker are being snapped up fast. Following initial viewings, 40 applicants moved to secure some of the 46 stunning waterfront flats.
Crowd listening to the welcome speeches A new permanent public artwork by artist Liz Peden of Gorbals Arts Project was unveiled last week in the Gorbals.
Linstone Housing Association has been honoured at the Scottish Home Awards 2016 for Customer Service Excellence. The Linwood and Johnstone based social landlord was crowned winners over a number of public and private sector builders throughout the country, where they were also one of four finalists
The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) Joint Committee has passed one of the first steps in the replacement of the current 2013 South East Scotland regional plan. Councillors from the six member authorities approved a Proposed Strategic Developme
Over 280 housing professionals, tenants and residents from across Scotland gathered from 10 – 12 June 2016 to share good practice and ideas at this year’s TIS Annual Conference. The Tenants Information Service (TIS) were thrilled to welcome more delegates than previous years at the Westerwood Ho
A proposed updated planning document covering Edinburgh and South East Scotland is to be discussed during a public meeting next week. The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) aims to prepare and maintain an up-to-date Strategic Development Plan whi
Cllrs Judy Hamilton, George Kay and Peter George visit the site with John Mills, head of housing and council officers responsible for the conversion A project is under way to renovate the three main vacant buildings at the site of Burntisland’s former primary school into 25 affordable homes.
Eighty-six properties have been completed in the final phase of Sanctuary Scotland's £30 million regeneration of Shortroods, Paisley.
The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has increased by 626 in a year, official figures have shown. The quarterly Homelessness in Scotland bulletin from Scotland’s Chief Statistician found that 4,896 children were in temporary accommodation on 30 June 2015 – an increase of
People who are running online businesses through an app store or listings site such as online auctioneer eBay or lettings portal Airbnb, could be about to be hit by a new government crackdown on tax evasion. Airbnb is a website for people to list, find, and rent lodging. It has over 1,500,000 listin
Housing associations should not seek to provide inferior employee pensions after contributions to the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) were increased, the country’s largest union has warned. The SHPS has members in more than 700 organisations in the social housing sector, and is open to employ
