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Ofgem has issued two energy providers with provisional orders for failing to demonstrate their renewables obligations. The regulator has ordered Nabuh Energy to pay £872,200.62 plus interest and Breeze Energy to pay £486,232.06 including interest.

Persimmon has highlighted the progress of its drive to improve quality and customer care which has seen extra £140 million spent on work in progress during the first half of this year. The “substantial additional investment”, which follows criticism of construction standards by new

A developer has lodged housing plans for a site in Kippen which was previously the subject of a withdrawn planning application by CALA Homes.

Property developer Big Top Productions intends to demolish a former pub in Glasgow city centre which was traditionally popular with Rangers fans to build new apartments. The developer intends to demolish the building on the Ropework Lane site, which previously traded as Anne Millers, in order t

West Lothian Council is proposing to build a new £3 million complex care housing development at Cawburn Road, Pumpherston. The council executive approved plans for the proposed new project in June this year. This week, the council executive approved a new design layout for the complex followin

Informal discussions around a potential future partnership between Link Group and Blackwood Homes and Care have begun this week. Senior staff from the two organisations met for talks centered on options for future collaboration.

Tenants’ union Living Rent has called on housing associations in Glasgow to commit to no evictions stemming from debts caused by Universal Credit.

Molendinar Park Housing Association (MPHA) has launched new web-based software to increase efficiencies across its operating systems.   MPHA chair Andy Scott and Craig Brock, chief operating officer of Designer Software

Hillcrest has pledged its support to the Make a Stand campaign which encourages organisations to take action in supporting victims of domestic abuse. (clockwise from top left) operations manager Rob Hughes, director of housing Bob Sander, deputy chief executive Fiona Morrison, chief executive Angela

A series of UK Government advertisements aiming to dispel myths about Universal Credit have been banned by a regulator for misleading the public.

With arctic winds set to bring freezing temperatures and gales to the whole country, Energy Action Scotland is to gather together policy makers, support services, industry and energy companies this week to look at the work being done to alleviate the high levels of fuel poverty currently suffered by

Gary Milne, technical & design director for Stewart Milne Homes Central Scotland, has been appointed to the board of Homes for Scotland (HFS). In this role, Milne will represent the housebuilder and join 20 other leading industry professionals, where he will help to support and inform the agenda

Scottish Labour will launch its general election campaign in Glasgow today with a pledge that a UK Labour government will fund the building of 120,000 homes at council and social rents over ten years.

The need for planning permission could be removed for certain types of rural developments to help tackle depopulation and support local economies, under new proposals from the Scottish Government.

Barratt West Scotland and North Lanarkshire Council have partnered on its third affordable housing project to bring the residents of Motherwell ten affordable housing units within the grounds of a new housing community at Colville Gate. (from left) Stuart Dodson, development director at Barratt West