Comhairle nan Eilean Siar must find around £4 million to achieve a balanced budget for 2025/26, the local authority has warned. In December 2024, the Comhairle assessed that there was likely to be a need to make up to £2m of savings in setting the 2025 budget. Finding these savings in cu
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Taylor Wimpey said it is beginning 2025 on stronger footing thanks to an uptick in sales over the second half of last year but has cautioned over pressure on construction costs this year as suppliers mitigate the impact of Budget tax changes and uncertain economic conditions.
Scotland’s cities must be at the heart of economic success as “great places to live, work and invest”, minister for employment and investment Tom Arthur will tell a group of senior business leaders in London. At today’s Scottish Cities Week opening event, Mr Arthur will champ
Karen Gatherum delves into the complexities and inconsistencies of Edinburgh's new short-term let regulations, highlighting the challenges faced by those wishing to operate short-term lets and the potential negative impact on the city's tourism capacity. Short-term lettings has been one of the bigge
Works are set to get underway to create a new activity and community space within Ferguslie Park. Bringing an area of long-term vacant land the size of a football pitch back into use, the project will create a new games area for the local community at Bankfoot Road.
Cllr Kenny Macleod, convener of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has paid tribute to former member Angus A Morrison, who passed away on 19 January 2025. Mr Morrison served as Member for the Port of Ness ward from 1978 to 1982. His sister-in-law, Katie Mackenzie, was later the Member for the Port of Ness w
A new campaign has been launched to urge owners of Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) electricity meters to accept the offer of a meter upgrade from their energy supplier.
Persimmon Homes has launched a new facility to enable its teams to trial new technologies and train staff.
Deputy chair Andrew Watson summarises the Scottish Housing Regulator's latest meeting with its Rural & Islands Landlord Group. We held the fifth meeting of the Rural & Islands landlord group on 6 December 2024. This is one of the three standing groups of senior people from Registered Social
Avant Homes Scotland has acquired an 11.1-acre site at Blindwells in East Lothian to deliver a £47.8 million development of 174 new homes.
Faced with one of its highest budget gaps in recent times, Argyll and Bute Council is asking communities for their views on what council services should be prioritised, protected and provided.
Clackmannanshire residents are being invited to have a say on the range of options being put forward by officers as part of the council’s budget setting process for 2025-26. Clackmannanshire Council, like all councils, is facing further rising costs, reducing budgets and increased demand for s
Funding for local authorities to test and improve how they deliver wrap-around support for parents and families will be doubled to more than £6 million by the 2025-26 budget, the Scottish Government has revealed. Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the government's Fairer Fut
Persimmon North Scotland has begun construction at its Willowfields site on Branshill Road in Sauchie, with plans to deliver 86 energy-efficient new homes for the local community.
Persimmon North Scotland has kicked off the construction of 125 new energy-efficient homes in Coaltown of Wemyss.