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Social landlords must take immediate action to ensure their sites and pitches meet the minimum site standards set by the Scottish Government, a new Scottish Housing Regulator report has found. The report on social landlords’ progress towards the Scottish Government’s minimum site standards shows

Fife Housing Group has successfully achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) Gold Accreditation. For nearly 30 years IIP has been acknowledged internationally as a leading people accreditation and this award represents a true commitment to employees’ training and development.

Fife Council’s ambitious Affordable Housing Programme is making progress with the start of construction of new very sheltered accommodation in Glenrothes. Located on Napier Road at the site of the Napier House Care Home, all 31 flats will be brand new council housing and form part of a care villag

Kevin Cordell Tenants renting a council house in Dundee could see an increase of around £3 a week if councillors back a consultation on the options.

A partnership between Partick Housing Association and Annexe Communities has been successful in securing a grant of £20,000 from the Scottish Government’s Community Choices Fund. The Fund saw sixteen successful community organisations from across Scotland secure a share of £750,000 to deliver lo

The Virtual Dementia Tour Bus returned to Viewpoint this October. Back in 2016, Viewpoint was the first employer in Scotland to have the national touring bus visit for staff training, as well as offering members of the public at Cameron Toll shopping centre the opportunity to learn more about dement

Growth among Scotland’s small construction firms slowed in the third quarter of this year with materials prices and labour shortages continuing to squeeze margins. The latest quarterly State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) found that the pace of growth among Scotlandâ€

David Knight Housebuilder Avant Homes has been granted planning permission to build 197 new homes for a £52.6 million development in Hamilton.

A Fife-based site manager has achieved a Seal of Excellence award for his contribution to providing high-quality housing at Miller Homes’ Regents Gate development in Crossgates. Calum Punton was one of 17 site managers collecting the highly coveted accolade at The Hilton Hotel in Glasgow.

Chief executive Glenn Adcook welcoming Ellis Masson to the organisation Osprey Housing has shown its commitment to providing career opportunities for young people by taking on its first modern apprentice.

Five million homes across the UK are to benefit from full fibre broadband thanks to a £2.5 billion investment programme announced by fibre optic telecoms firm CityFibre. CityFibre’s fibre-to-the-home builds are currently underway in Aberdeen, Milton Keynes and Peterborough, with construction due

The proportion of homes in the UK bought with cash fell to 29.6% in the first half of 2018, according to estate agents Hamptons International, the lowest level since the company’s records began. Hamptons International’s records started in H1 2007 when 33.6% of homes were purchased with cash and

Helen Moore At the same time as demands on rental income grow, external scrutiny of rents and rent increases is growing too, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Court of Session Assuming a person is intentionally homeless because they were evicted for rent arrears is lawfully wrong, the Court of Session has ruled.

The Trump Organisation will have to pay £5 million towards affordable housing should plans to build luxury housing near the US president’s Aberdeenshire golf course gain planning approval, according to reports. Plans to build 550 new homes on a site within the Trump International Golf Links estat