Scotland's property sector has responded with disappointment to an announcement in the 2025-26 Budget that the Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) will increase from 6% to 8%.
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Local employers and businesses are being encouraged to support the next generation by offering paid summer placements in 2025 for local young people.
Organisations are being invited to apply for funding from East Dunbartonshire Council's Community Grants Scheme. The latest round is open until Friday 10 January 2025, for more information and to apply visit the website.
In the light of the financial forecast for 2025-26, Highland Council is inviting residents to tell it more in the budget preparation for the coming financial year. The budget engagement builds on extensive budget participation which took place in the winter of 2023-24.
An agreement has been reached that will see Cala Homes (East) build 21 new social rent homes on behalf of Fife Council – with work due to start in January 2025.
The Dundee City Council budget consultation for 2025/26 is now live as it looks to make more than £15 million in savings.
Monica Patterson, chief executive of East Lothian Council, has announced that she is to retire from her role in February 2025. Ms Patterson, who has been chief executive for almost five years, has spent most of her professional career working in local government.
A specialist hub is to be created to help increase the rate at which homes with planning permission are delivered.
Tenants Information Service (TIS) CEO Ilene Campbell has announced plans to step down from her role in Summer 2025. Ilene first joined TIS in 1991 before being appointed the role of CEO in 2002. Under Ilene’s two decades of leadership, TIS has enjoyed great success as she steered its team to b
Dumfries & Galloway Council has launched its budget consultation for 2025/26. The consultation runs for more than five weeks until midday Friday 6 December.
Aberdeen City Council has launched the second and final phase of its Budget 2025/26 consultation. The second phase provides additional proposed savings options and invites people to have their say on these, and comment on how changes might affect them if taken forward.
North Ayrshire Council has launched a community consultation to gather views on the proposal to implement an additional Council Tax levy on second homes from 1 April 2025.
Moray Council is asking residents for further feedback on their priorities for the 2025/26 budget following extensive engagement in 2023 and early 2024.
As many as 20,000 private renters, including 10,000 children, will be pulled into poverty in 2025/26 if the UK Government doesn't commit to unfreezing Local Housing Allowance (LHA) in the Budget on October 30, JRF has warned.
Midlothian Council is seeking views on savings proposals as it attempts to bridge a budget gap of £9.41 million in 2025/26 rising to £20.64m by 2028/29. A consultation will run until Wednesday 20 November.
