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A singing group that exists to bring together communities in Stirling with a focus on overall wellbeing has landed funding towards a much-needed electric piano.

Nicky Connor has been appointed as the interim director of health and social care for the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. The interim role is to enable a seamless transfer of leadership to ensure that the Partnership remains focused on delivering its strategic vision, mission and outcomes f

New fire safety regulations under consideration by the UK Government could undermine existing qualifications that currently ensure contractors are qualified and competent to carry out work in their field, the trade body for Scotland’s electrical industry has warned. In its response to the &lsq

Hanover Scotland has established a working partnership with Health & Social Care Moray (HSCM) and Allied Healthcare which is focused on the delivery of a new independent living area in an Elgin housing development. Loxa Court is a purpose-built housing development providing housing with care fac

A development of 24 flats in Pollokshaws has been completed on behalf of Home Group.

Oak Tree Housing Association has submitted plans for 69 new homes in the Bow Farm area of Greenock. The proposed site at Tay Street and Tweed Street was formerly occupied by multi-storey blocks Pentland Court, Nevis Court and Grampian Court which were cleared more than a decade ago.

Energy, services and regeneration company ENGIE has been appointed to deliver two projects in East Ayrshire that will upgrade housing stock in the area while increasing the energy efficiency of resident’s homes.

Local tradespeople are being invited to attend a special Open Day to find out about opportunities for subcontracted work on a new 50 unit housing development at Claish Farm in Callendar. Taking place between 10am and 3pm on August 16 at Forth Valley College in Stirling, the Open Day is being organis

More than 13,000 households in Scotland have been affected by the benefit cap, according to new statistics.

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

ng homes has worked in partnership with the University of Glasgow over the past eight years to deliver the Activate Community Development programme in North Glasgow. Youth Activate students celebrate after completing the Community Development programme at Glasgow University

Manchester City Council has introduced a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from sub-letting the properties or selling them to private landlords.

The 'No Evictions' movement fighting against the Serco evictions of people living in asylum accommodation has created a fundraiser GoFundMe page with the monetary aim of reaching £1,000 to aid their campaign.

After a century of flight to the suburbs, urban living has come into vogue for a variety of reasons. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores further. For much of the 20th century, living in the heart of a city was unfashionable and even somewhat undesirable

This week Channel 4 aired a programme in which architect and television presenter George Clarke aimed to highlight the current 'British Council House Scandal'. It discussed the current housing crisis which is crippling the UK and Clarke launched his campaign to instigate a 'Council Housing Revolutio