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Cairn Housing Association is celebrating after returning to The Sunday Times’ list of the best not-for-profit employers in the UK. The Sunday Times Best Companies Awards recognise organisations for creating a workplace where employees feel valued and motivated.

GHA has hailed the transformative impact of its new homes on the lives of its tenants and communities. Tenants have just moved into 51 new GHA homes built on the site of the former high-rise blocks at Tarfside Oval in Cardonald.

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for the Scottish Government to prioritise alternative solutions, including self-build, in order to boost supply and affordability. According to the latest Housing Statistics for Scotland, the Scottish housing market’s chronic undersu

The Scottish Government has approved plans previously rejected by councillors for a new 150-house development in the Linlathen area of Dundee. Plans for the Balgillo Heights project were rejected by Dundee councillors in June, despite officers had recommending the plan for approval.

A collaborative innovation project, which aims to help tackle the UK housing crisis by using industrialised offsite solutions to deliver high quality homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes, has been awarded funding under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The &p

Housebuilder Springfield Properties has increased revenue in its private housing and affordable divisions, with profit before tax across it operations soaring by 97%. Announcing its interim results for the six-month period ended 30 November 2018 yesterday, the AIM-listed firm said revenue for the ha

Offsite timber frame manufacturer Stewart Milne Timber Systems has entered into a ground-breaking partnership to deliver timber frames for more than 1,500 homes for major UK housing association L&Q. The company, which has three manufacturing centres in the UK, will also support L&Q

Homelessness charity Cyrenians hosted Almond Valley MSP Angela Constance at its West Lothian farm community this week. The East-of-Scotland based charity operates four residential communities, including the Farm Community.

Persimmon has released results showing profits exceeding £1bn for the first time. Annual profits jumped 13% to £1.091bn at the housebuilder which was caught in a pay row last year and is under scrutiny over its continued involvement in the Help to Buy scheme.

Recent advances in household-scale battery systems are making them an ever more attractive option for new home buyers, and there’s an expectation that they could become commonplace as part of a home’s electrical infrastructure in the near future.  A new guide from the NHBC Foundatio

Continued support from CALA Homes (East) is helping to support a joint project between the Rotary Club of Currie Balerno and the Balerno Village Trust. The housebuilder has once again contributed £2,000 towards the ‘Community Chest’ which funds a host of initiatives around Balerno,

Staff at MCC Label based in Clydebank have delivered a bumper cash boost to help make homelessness a thing of the past. The team at the label producer raised £8916 by sleeping out at December’s ‘Sleep in the Park’ event held in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow.

Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) has officially broken ground on a new six-home affordable housing development in Doune. The six homes - comprising two semi-detached bungalows and four cottage flats - are being built by Hadden Group and will be available for rent once completed.

Kingdom Housing Association has been shortlisted in the National Housing Federation Housing Finance Awards 2019. Kingdom has been shortlisted in the Treasury Team of the Year category, for their team work in delivering their £85 million debut private placement along with other funding from the

A housing manager at Glasgow-based ng homes has been shortlisted for the Women in Compliance award at the upcoming ASCP National Awards for her recent work in gas compliance.