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Lintel Soup, an innovative new community fundraising initiative, recently raised an impressive £500 for Glasgow community groups Maryhill Integration Network and Possibilities.

Charlie Drysdale, project development manager, heat and distributed energy at SSE Enterprise, discusses the issue of heat networks, which is a subject central to the Scottish decarbonisation agenda. Scotland has legislated to become a net-zero carbon society by 2045, with an interim target of 7

Hunters Hall Housing Cooperative is strategic partner for the transfer of engagements. Hunters Hall is a Registered Social Landlord operating in the Niddrie area of Craigmillar in Edinburgh. We are a fully mutual housing co-operative with 5 members of staff and 201 homes where all our tenants a

New flats are set to be built inside the B-listed Robertson Bond located in the city centre of Dundee. Developer Appletree Bond Limited has been granted permission to build 27 apartments in the upper floors on the empty former whisky bond located on the city's Seagate.

Housebuilder Campion Homes has dispelled harsh trading conditions as the firm seeks to expand its reach and pursue a mixed tenure strategy.

Sundial Properties has hosted a public exhibition revealing the firm's redevelopment plans for a former gasworks in Leith. Detailed plans for the site at 1-5 Baltic Street and 7-27 Constitution Street are being worked on by Michael Laird Architects for a future planning application for a mixed-

New plans have been submitted by developers to demolish part of the Oak Mall in Greenock and build 123 new flats. The proposal was originally refused by planners earlier this year due to uncertainty surrounding the use of the prominent gap site which would be created.

Professor Paddy Gray has been appointed vice-chair of Glasgow Housing Association (GHA). Professor Gray took up his new role at GHA, part of Wheatley Group, last week.

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has appointed Margaret O'Connor as consultant programme director and Rhona Mackay as programme manager to lead the Association's programme of business transformation projects. The two will lead on, manage and co-ordinate the key programmes that BHA has identifi

Build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator Moda Living has secured planning permission for the final phase of its £215 million Springside development in Edinburgh.

Energy, services and regeneration specialist ENGIE held a groundbreaking ceremony last week to mark the commencement of a £2.5 million construction project in Bellshill. The development, in partnership with the Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA), will see derelict land on Hamilton Road tr

Residents in high-rise properties are being given leaflets which outline how to prevent fires in the home and what to do if one starts in their building.

This week Women’s Aid South Lanarkshire & East Renfrewshire (WASLER) signed a two-year partnership with Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA). SCHA brings together the main Christian denominations and organisations in Scotland, with the vision of a Scotland free of homelessness.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has highlighted the importance of a strong tenant voice to a national tenant conference. George Walker, SHR chair, and board member Helen Trouten Torres, were speaking at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland conference in St. Andrews.

Residents of a Bield retirement development in Glasgow have been urged to make their voices heard in the lead up to the general election.