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Independent consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has secured a significant contract at a major development site near Ayr which, in its initial phase, could provide 750 new homes. DBA has been instructed by Allanvale Land Investments to provide key transportation, road and bridge engi

An expert advisory board is to be established to drive progress towards a fairer, more equal Scotland in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The group will listen to and learn from people with lived experience of poverty and inequality and membership will draw on expertise from equality and disabl

NatWest Group, the owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has launched a £1 million fund to support victims of economic and domestic abuse, in a new partnership with SafeLives. SafeLives is a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.

Staff at an East Glasgow Mecca Bingo branch have been supporting people in the city who are homeless by preparing hundreds of free meals.

The next Scottish Government has been urged to commit to delivering 53,000 affordable homes over the duration of the next parliament to reduce housing need, tackle child poverty and kick-start the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

The Scottish Government’s work to tackle empty homes has been put on hold due to “changed priorities” and the implications of the coronavirus crisis, housing minister Kevin Stewart has admitted. The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee issued a rep

The funding being given to support communities across Scotland affected by coronavirus is to be displayed on a new collection of digital maps.

On June 3, the Court of Session handed down a landmark judgment in the case of Gladman Developments Limited v Scottish Ministers in which it upheld the use of the ‘tilted balance’ in cases where there is a shortfall in the housing land supply. Burges Salmon’s Scottish planning and

Aberdeenshire Council has said that it is currently dealing with £1.8 million in rent arrears as the coronavirus pandemic hinders people's ability to pay their rent. The council's communities committee discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on housing rent management for tenants duri

Appointees should be able to collect benefits on behalf of consenting adult claimants but safeguards must be put in place to limit fraud and the exploitation of vulnerable people, according to a Scottish Parliament committee. MSPs on Holyrood’s social security committee have backed a Bill whic

The River Clyde Homes Group (RCH Group) has been continuing its good work in the Inverclyde community thanks to grant money from Cash for Kids.

Home Fix Scotland is celebrating a significant milestone with the unveiling of its newly branded fleet.

One of the UK’s largest property developers has targeted Aberdeen for the site of its first project in Scotland with new plans for up to 150 new homes.

A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2021/22 has been announced by Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee.

Tristia Harrison, chief executive of TalkTalk, has been announced as the new chair of trustees for national homelessness charity Crisis. Tristia brings years of PLC leadership, marketing and digital experience, as well as a passion for tackling inequality, having spent almost a decade as a trustee a