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A publicly owned energy company must be positioned at the heart of policy making, long-term in its thinking and flexible enough to react to change as it happens, according to a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee has written to the Scottish Government with its findings on

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee will today ask the Scottish Government to outline how its upcoming Fuel Poverty Bill will make a “real, practical difference” to help eradicate fuel poverty. The committee will take evidence from minister for loca

Scape Group chief executive, Mark Robinson, on the Scottish Government’s fresh investment into affordable housing and the barriers needed to overcome for delivery. Demand for affordable housing in Scotland dramatically outstrips supply. While the Scottish Government aims to deliver 50,000 affo

Two blocks of flats in Coatbridge which had problems with falling masonry have now been repaired thanks to a successful partnership between the flat owners, their factor and North Lanarkshire Council. The partners came together to use legislation to improve the appearance and durability of the Muiry

Places for People has secured £250 million of new funding with the assistance of HSBC UK to help deliver its business plan. The bank said it entered into dialogue with Places for People about its future strategy and was impressed with the scale of its plans and ambition.

Residents of Orchard Care Home in Rosyth have benefited from a donation of twiddle muffs from LinkLiving’s Older Persons’ service. The donation followed the efforts of LinkLiving service users and volunteers, who banded together with their needles and yarn to knit for people living with

Ayrshire Housing has continued to show its support for local charities by with a raft of new donations. Each year the Association works with a school to create a seasonal card sent to all its tenants.

Regeneration firm ENGIE has handed over new homes and festive hampers for Glasgow Housing Association’s (GHA) newest customers in Cathay Street, Milton. ENGIE secured a £6.1 million contract to build 54 terraced houses and cottage flats on the former brownfield site on behalf of GHA, par

Some of Partick’s finest were treated to a fun-filled afternoon as Partick Housing Association (PHA) hosted a free Christmas Afternoon Tea Dance for over 60s. The event was held to help tackle loneliness and isolation affecting elderly people over the festive period.

Tenants from a Stenhousemuir retirement housing development have been keeping fit and active thanks to pupils from a local high school. Pupils from nearby Larbert High School have been visiting Bield’s Robertson Court to hold sessions with tenants in an intergenerational initiative aimed at br

Big-hearted members of staff at the Tesco store in Dingwall have generously donated gifts to ensure that every child in Ross-shire waking up in homeless accommodation on Christmas morning will have a special parcel to open. For the second year running the Tesco Management team in Dingwall gave up th

SHARE is passionate about supporting the future of the social housing sector, not only training new staff through modern apprentice schemes, but also supporting current housing staff to fulfil their potential and progress up the career ladder.  Following the success of the Summer sessions in 20

The average price of a home in Scotland continued its upward trend in October 2018 to reach £151,508, according to Registers of Scotland. The latest publication of the monthly UK HPI shows that the average price increased by 4.4% on October in the previous year though it did decrease by 0.3% w

BAM Construction’s team working on Edinburgh’s new premier office development, Capital Square, rallied round to donate 120 selection boxes to the Grassmarket Community Project which provides a drop-in meal service for the homeless community. The gift-wrapped boxes will be distributed thi

Scotland has become one of the first countries in the world to develop a national strategy to deal with the serious problem of social isolation. To kick start A Connected Scotland: Tackling social isolation and loneliness, minister for older people and equalities, Christina McKelvie, said the strate