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The Highland Council is to invest over £2.8 million this year into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Caithness. At yesterday's meeting of the Caithness Committee, councillors agreed a Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £2,684,000 spent on making impro

Edinburgh-based Nomak-ik Ltd has submitted plans to build 20 new homes on agricultural land north west of Coldingham Primary School in Berwickshire.

Fife Council has allocated £62,000 of funding to help tackle poverty in the Dunfermline area. This funding will come from the area’s anti-poverty budget, money set aside specifically to support individuals and families who are experiencing poverty and require the information and support

Badenoch and Strathspey members of the Highland Council have approved a four-year programme of works which will see over £2 million of investment in heating and energy efficiency works for council houses in the area.

Shire Housing Association recently welcomed Patrick Harvie MSP, minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights, to hear about the opportunities and challenges the Association face. The minister met with senior staff and the chair of the management board.

Akela Construction has been appointed by Dawn Homes to lead a diverse package of works for the new Quarriers Gate development at Bellshill.

A derelict site once central to the Clyde’s shipbuilding industry will be transformed following a £2.4 million award from the low carbon Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme. The Govan Graving Docks were used for final painting and repair of vessels but have lain empty for 40 ye

A 52-year-old woman who fell down a concrete staircase outside a residential housing complex in Banchory has been awarded £17,000 in damages after a personal injury sheriff ruled that the company responsible for maintaining the staircase had acted negligently.

A once-in-a-generation opportunity to live in new affordable homes for Colonsay has come closer to fruition.

Property management and lettings business PMC Property Management & Lettings has been bought by two of its directors, Neale Bisset (managing director) and Annette Hudson (finance director), for an undisclosed sum. The management buyout of the Oldmeldrum-headquartered firm follows the death of th

A motion to change the leadership arrangements of Dumfries & Galloway Council's administration was agreed by elected members during a special meeting of the full council last week. With immediate effect, Cllr Stephen Thompson becomes leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council wh

Projects supporting people most at risk of social isolation and loneliness will receive a share of almost £1 million in support funding, the Scottish Government has announced. The money will help to provide warm spaces, hot meals, group activities and fuel payments to people most at risk of is

New homes near Carnoustie’s famous Championship links have been given the go-ahead by Angus planners. The 14-house development will be built on a former lorry park in Victoria Street by DJ Laing.

Plans to build new homes on the site of former flats in Beith and Kilbirnie are moving forward.

Fife housebuilder Lomond Homes has been granted planning consent to build 20 new homes, as well as commercial premises, on the former police station site on Napier Road, Glenrothes. Marking a significant element of Fife Council’s ongoing regeneration plans for Glenrothes town centre, the propo