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Helen Forsyth Berwickshire Housing Association’s chief executive Helen Forsyth has been announced among the nominees to be named Business Leader of the Year 2017 by Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce.

Fraser Nicol General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25th 2018, and signals a significant change to the law. Fraser Nicol outlines what changes will be required of housing associations.

Graeme Reay Developers have submitted plans to build more than 500 homes in an Aberdeenshire village.

Dundee City Council has approved plans by InverTay Homes to build 43 properties on an area of empty land in Whitfield. Featuring eight two-bedroom, 30 three-bedroom and five four-bedroom homes, the development will extend along Summerfield Terrace as far as Summerfield Avenue.

Alastair Cameron Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA) has organised a meeting to establish a starter packs service for homeless people in East Lothian.

The Highland Council is to involve tenants and other customers in the design and delivery of its housing services. Two tenant representatives will be invited to attend the People Committee and the People Committee Policy Development Group as advisors in relation to housing items.

Regeneration company Urban Union is hosting a special event for first time buyers at its Muirton Living development in Perth on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October. The firm is holding the event to make house buying an easier alternative for those not on the property ladder. For one weekend only, firs

The City of Edinburgh Council launched a campaign today to encourage flat owners to work together to keep their properties in good repair as we move towards winter. The council wants to raise awareness of a toolkit produced by its Shared Repairs Service to offer private homeowners help and guidance

LinkLiving Ltd has joined a number of housing organisations by participating in the Carnegie UK Trust's ‘What Do Citizen's Want?’ project. The study looked in-depth at a small number of users of housing services asking what makes their lives meaningful and exploring how support services fit into

Magic and marshmallows helped make Ardenglen Housing Association’s Autumn Fun Day a great success. The fun day took place in Castlemilk and was organised by the Association’s hard-working Community Committee.

Nicola Barclay The Scottish Government’s “political focus” on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development, according to Scotland’s house builders.

Plans for new homes set to be delivered at Dundee's Derby Street Dundee City Council has increased its new build social housing target to 1,000 properties by 2020/21 and has pledged to review the use of section 75 agreements to help deliver the new homes.

Linkwood View, the new specialist facility in Elgin built by Springfield Properties, has been awarded Social Housing Development of the Year by Premier Guarantee. In partnership with Hanover Housing Association, Springfield built the 30 apartment specialist care facility, specifically for the elderl

Scotland’s economy can be transformed for the better through large-scale investment in the transition to a low-carbon economy, two leading economists will say today. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launched a public consultation last week on the operational details of the proposed Scottish National

After publishing the new model form of private residential tenancy agreement last week, the Scottish Government outlines how new legislation will benefit people renting privately in Scotland. Big changes to private renting are on the way.