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A cheque for £5,000 from Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has helped a new Eyemouth-based social enterprise get up and running. Sea the Change strives to help create happier, healthier, more sustainable communities, encouraging the whole community to get outdoors, connect with others, and mak

Merchant Homes has submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council for 132 homes as part of a new residential community for Glasgow East. The local authority will now consider plans for the development which is set to be located at Stepford Road, just north of the city’s Edinburgh Road.

Scotland’s construction industry is being held back by poor broadband and high postal delivery charges, according to new research. A total of 44% of businesses in the sector have told Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) that broadband in their area is variable or poor. The statistic is in contrast with

The aspiration of young people and people on lower incomes to have their own home is being failed by the capital’s broken housing market, says Callum Chomczuk at CIH Scotland. Home ownership is increasingly out of reach, with young people expected to save large deposits in order to access mortgage

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(from left) Housing minister Kevin Stewart, James Knowles - chairperson at Langstane Housing Association and Helen Gauld – chief executive at Langstane Housing Association Langstane Housing Association has made an addition to its affordable housing provision with the delivery of 15 new-build homes

(from left) Angela Constance MSP, Connie Lillie (housing officer (East) at Hanover Scotland), Janet Meier (development manager at Hanover Court) and Mark Farey (director of asset management at Hanover Scotland) Angela Constance MSP met with residents and staff of a Hanover Scotland sheltered housing

EHRA chair Colin Cameron with fellow committee members In continuing its commitment to tackling all forms of exclusion and inequalities, the Easterhouse Housing & Regeneration Alliance (EHRA) has joined the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (left) and Catherine Reid (right). Image credit to Lloyd Smith A 90-year-old former nurse who worked on the first day of the NHS has helped celebrate its 70th anniversary alongside the future King of the United Kingdom.

Veteran Jimmy Andrews with Wheatley veterans co-ordinator Shirley Docherty More than 100 of Scotland’s ex-servicemen and women have been given life-changing support to help them settle back into civilian life.

The average price of a property in Scotland has increased by 4.9% on the previous year, according to new statistics. The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in May 2018 was £149,004 – an increase of 4.9% on May in

Lindsay Wake Responsible finance provider, Social Investment Scotland (SIS), has appointed three new members to its commercial team, following continued growth in customer lending.

Clydesdale Housing Association staff with certificates after attending the two-day Scottish Mental Health First Aid training course Clydesdale Housing Association (CHA) has worked alongside Lanarkshire Association for Mental Health (LAMH) to provide training to staff to help tenants who are living w

(from left) Helen Cameron, asset management and investment manager at Albyn; Thom MacLeod, managing director at Compass and Shaun Smith, vice chair at Albyn Work is about to start on a new phase of affordable housing at Dalmore in Alness as part of Albyn Housing Society’s ambitious new build progr

(from left) Front: Robert Higgins, DGHP chairman and Mark Lynchy, head of commercial with Anglian. Back: Mo Muir, DGHP’s asset management officer; Steve Hoadley, Anglian’s managing director and Jane Urquhart, DGHP’s senior investment manager Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has