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Energy supplier Utilita has refuted a suggestion by industry regulator Ofgem that the company is failing to act on smart meters as "grossly unfair". Last week Ofgem announced that Utilita Energy Limited could be banned from taking on new customers as the regulator consultd on iss

A new digital platform which substantially accelerates the speed at which housing developers gain required approvals has the potential to revolutionise how drainage designs are validated in Scotland.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has announced that the 10th Scottish Empty Homes Conference will be held on an online digital platform from 1 – 4 February 2021. With the theme Providing Homes, Helping Recovery, this year’s conference will reflect on the work of the past decade and l

The Wee House Company have been crowned winners at the 2020 Build It Awards securing the accolade in the 'Best Off-Site Manufactured House' category.

Glasgow-based internet of things (IoT) innovator iOpt has won a global industry award for its solution to monitor environmental conditions in social housing.

The Scottish Government has issued a position statement which outlines its current thinking on the issues that will need to be addressed when preparing Scotland's fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).

Current and former City of Edinburgh Council employees and members of the public are being encouraged to come forward as an independent inquiry into the council's whistleblowing and organisational culture starts.

The Scottish Government will set out how it intends to support the Paris Agreement goal of preventing warming of more than 1.5 degrees by publishing its own indicative Nationally Determined Contribution ahead of COP26 in Glasgow next November. Roseanna Cunningham, environment and climate change secr

Michael Martin, chair at Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd, and Iain Wallace, former chair of Arklet Housing Association, discuss the recent merger between the two organisations. There’s a widely held view that Scotland has too many Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) - and as a conseq

Dalmuir Park Housing Association has welcomed new staff members to fill key roles within the organisation. Dougie Wilson joins the Association as customer services team leader with a wealth of experience in housing and comes with a vast knowledge of tenant participation and inclusion. Much of D

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has spoken of its pride of being one of 17 north Edinburgh charities, community groups, schools and other organisations to join forces to support people most likely to be hit hardest by coronavirus and associated restrictions this winter in a new collaborati

Shire Housing Association has won a tender to deliver the Care and Repair Service on behalf of the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership for a further three years from 28 November 2020. The Association has successfully delivered the East Ayrshire Care and Repair Service since 2003.

Wellhouse Housing Association’s estates team have been praised for their herculean effort in looking after the community throughout the pandemic which included cutting the equivalent of the famous pitch at Hampden 18 times. In eight months the team of Daniel Healy, Jordan French, Dale Russell

An area of land within South Cumbernauld Community Growth Area (CGA) is being marketed for sale for housing by North Lanarkshire Council. The 18-hectare site at Mid Forest has capacity for up to 300 residential units, with 25% to be affordable homes, and the development should include play facilitie

The City of Edinburgh Council has published its response to the recent Scottish Government consultation on short term lets, welcoming the announcement that draft legislation on proposals is expected to be considered by Parliament in December. The report, which will be considered by councillors at ne