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Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has scooped the coveted Impact Award at this year’s Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards. The Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards celebrate the impact and achievements of responsible finance providers on the people and places of Bri

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) is helping children do better at school by giving them free tablet computers. A total of 34 tablet computers have been provided to families in Knightswood, Drumchapel and Scotstoun to help them use the internet – and help the youngsters keep up with their scho

Barratt Homes has donated and fundraised over £6,800 to help local initiatives across the east of Scotland. From January to June, the Edinburgh School Uniform Bank, PlayMidlothian, Cramond Playgroup, Social Bite, Edinburgh Women’s Aid and Ashlee’s Neuroblastoma Appeal all received

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland challenged the children living within its Greenlaw Mill development in Penicuik to design a welcome flag for the site. The winning design by Precious Orjj, aged 10, has been produced into a flag that now flies at the entrance to the development which offers a bright welco

Weslo Housing Management has launched proposals for the transfer of all its homes and services after a strategic review found that it cannot afford to make the necessary improvements to its properties. The Bathgate registered social landlord (RSL), which manages and maintains around 2,300 homes prim

A joint planning application has been submitted by Partick Housing Association and Hanover Scotland to transform a vacant site between Bearsden Road and Crow Road in Anniesland.

Kingdom Housing Association’s groundbreaking Naumann Initiative has been adopted by PA Housing in Leicester.

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) held a discussion surrounding the moratorium on evictions this week and agreed to undergo further work on the subject.

A Scottish Borders Housing Association (ABHA) tenant is celebrating 60 years in her home in Selkirk.

Cohousing is an under-explored tool in tackling the rural housing crisis, and one which more communities should be encouraged to investigate, according to Derek Logie of Rural Housing Scotland (RHS). With this in mind, RHS has invited Chris Coates, founder member o

Tourism, business, community and agricultural projects across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders have been awarded more than £2.1 million to support economic development across the region.

A PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow is undertaking research to better understand the investment behaviours of private rental sector (PRS) landlords, with a view to creating best practice guidance to support the sector. Andrew Watson, who has worked in real estate, facilities mana

Projects such as the regeneration of Granton waterfront should be accelerated to “reflect the urgency and scale of the current climate crisis”, according to a report considered by the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday.

Modern methods of construction and modular housing (MMC) will increasingly help deliver the new homes of the future, according to a new report from Savills. 

NatWest Group's inaugural social bond has supported the creation of 6,900 jobs in some of the most deprived areas of the UK.  The proceeds of the £642 million social bond are linked to an equivalent amount of the bank’s lending to SMEs in areas of high unemployment an