The Cruden Group will purchase electricity which always comes exclusively from renewable sources after it signed a three-year enhanced green energy supply contract with ScottishPower.
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A pledge to set up a state-owned energy company has been dropped by the Scottish Government in favour of a “new dedicated national public energy agency”. First unveiled by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during the Scottish National Party's 2017 conference, the company would have sold ene
Kirsty Wells, head of Housemark Scotland, highlights how social landlords can play a significant part in combating climate change. Climate change is a serious threat to lives, from the very real risk of water shortages and food production becoming difficult, to heat waves, violent storms and downpou
A new residential development comprising a majority of build-to-rent (BTR) homes, including affordable homes, could be delivered at New Mart Road, Chesser, under new plans announced today.
A public consultation is set to begin into plans for a major new residential development at Chesser in Edinburgh. Announced last month by Watkin Jones Group, the proposed mixed-use brownfield development to the rear of the Corn Exchange will comprise primarily of build-to-rent (BTR) homes, incl
A new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and the Centre for Homelessness Impact highlights that money spent on housing support could be used more effectively. The report has suggested that The Exchequer could save £1.9 billion a year by moving recipients of Housing Benefit (HB)
Fifteen contractors have won places on a new £500 million framework to deliver new build, infrastructure and refurbishment works for the public sector in Scotland. The Public Buildings and Infrastructure (PB3) framework from Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) allows public sector organisation
The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed Marieke Dwarshuis and Lindsay Paterson as two new board members appointed yesterday by Scottish Ministers. Marieke Dwarshuis graduated in Law from Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and her career in Scotland spans 30 years in the public and volun
Stirling Council remains on track and committed to delivering its successful programme of affordable housing for the benefit of all its communities. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) 2022/23 to 2026/27 sets out the council’s approach to invest in affordable housing throughout Stirli
A symposium hosted by Edinburgh Napier Business School has submitted proposals to the Scottish Government on how small parcels of land in Scotland can become a key revenue source - while enabling Scotland to meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets. The five-point action plan is based on the curr
An increase to the energy price cap next April could see the cost of heating the average home double in just over a year, fuel poverty charities have warned.
Housing charity Shelter Scotland has joined forces with CIH Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) in an open letter to MSP Kate Forbes, cabinet secretary for finance and the economy, to ask for a guarantee on the social house building commitment ahead of the Scottish Go
South Lanarkshire Council's Housing Service has pledged to significantly reduce homelessness over the next five years. That was the headline commitment outlined to councillors on the housing and technical resources committee yesterday as part of a wider report on work to mainstream equality and dive
New homes and buildings in England will have to produce significantly less CO2 under new rules announced by the UK Government.
A new strategy has been published to make homes safer, warmer and cheaper to heat and meet the Scottish Government’s commitment to eradicate it as far as reasonably possible by 2040. The Fuel Poverty Strategy 2021 sets out a range of comprehensive actions that will be taken to tackle the drive