Businesses in Edinburgh city centre are to help fund police officers and charity workers to address issues of homelessness and begging in the area. Essential Edinburgh, the organisation which runs the city’s central Business Improvement District (BID), said the investment will go towards a multi-a
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A near £4 million programme of external wall insulation is to be installed into Dundee City Council homes thanks to the Home Energy Efficiency Programme for Scotland, councillors will be told next week. Members of the neighbourhood services committee will hear that properties in Tullideph, Marshall
Jamie Ballantine Cultural and social regeneration experts have been appointed to leading roles on the Board of SURF – Scotland’s Regeneration Forum.
Tenants of Horizon Housing Association have given their seal of approval to its revised repairs and maintenance policy, with satisfaction levels rising to 91% in a recent survey, from 73% in 2015. Horizon commissioned an independent survey to ask its tenants what they thought of its repairs service,
Mike Bruce In a new opinion piece for CIH Scotland, Mike Bruce, chief executive of Weslo Housing Management reflects on borrowing conditions in the Buy to Let market and its place in an ever growing private rented sector.
Work on a large-scale flat block refurbishment programme in South Lanarkshire is now complete. The £2.1 million upgrade was carried out by Lovell at the multi-storey block of flats at Kyle Court in Cambuslang.
Residents who have went the extra mile within the community are to be recognised with a new award by Parkhead Housing Association. The Association is looking to hear about people who have had a positive impact on others and the Parkhead community.
A housing development in Alexandria has celebrated the vital role volunteers play in helping to provide support for its tenants. Oakbank, joins 35 Bield developments across the country thanking the hardworking volunteers that selflessly put others first, as part of Volunteers’ Week.
STV is looking for first time buyers and new landlords to feature as property case studies in its new financial advice series called Life Moments. Being produced for the broadcaster’s new STV2 channels, the series uses real life case studies of individuals, families and couples in Scotland who are
A part of Byres Road in Glasgow is getting a makeover as it becomes a runway for a charity fashion show for each of the next three Saturdays. The Boutique by Shelter Scotland charity shop is hosting the events during the Westend Festival to showcase the designer and high quality items on sale.
Martin Armstrong Wheatley Group has secured £100 million of new private investment as it drives forward the country’s largest house-building programme.
Iain McLellan It is with sincere regret that Glen Oaks Housing Association reports the death of Iain McLellan, one of the Association’s long serving Board members.
Elaine Mulgrew The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has appointed Elaine Mulgrew as its new head of finance and corporate services.
Building much needed new homes could fill the economic void left by large, soon to be completed infrastructure projects such as the Queensferry Crossing, according to Homes for Scotland. Responding to the EY Scottish ITEM Club Summer Update, which predicts growth in the Scottish economy for 2017 to
Faifley Housing Association Ltd has become the newest member of Scotland’s Housing Network, joining the well over a hundred-strong group of social landlords who already benefit from the Network’s services. Philip Burbidge, director of Faifley Housing Association, said: “Once we saw the impress