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Garry McCann, creative director of the Cole AD design agency shares his views. “If we make the website accessible, is it going to be bland and cost a fortune to build?”

Bill Banks Kingdom Group CEO Bill Banks has been appointed as the new chair of Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN).

Grampian Housing Association has won an appeal to build affordable houses on the site of a Victorian school in a Royal Deeside community. The application to build 26 affordable houses at the C-listed Old School site in Ballater was initially rejected amid concerns over a lack of amenities and road s

John Blackwood Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has welcomed broad political support for stronger enforcement of rules governing landlords and letting agents operating in the private rented sector to allow a better service for tenants.

A national Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Ready programme is being funded by the Scottish Government’s TEC Programme and hosted by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA). Since 2016, TEC Ready has been working with housing organisations and individuals to support the valuable contri

(from left) Kevin Nixon (area manager), Gillian Robertson, Laura-Anne Hamilton, Samantha King, Geraldine McKenzie, Lisa-Marie Brown, (housing officers), Kim Goode (senior caseworker), Martin Docherty-Hughes MP West Dunbartonshire MP Martin Docherty-Hughes joined housing staff from Bellsmyre and Cord

Bronwyn Wyper, winner of the community award in the Young People’s Outstanding Service to the Community category Helping other young people improve their lives through her own experiences of growing up in care has earned Bronwyn Wyper a top community accolade from Queens Cross Housing Association.

Photograph used by permission of Andrew Davidson Rare photographs from the First World War showing life in a Glasgow barracks have gone on display in Scotland for the first time thanks to Cube Housing Association.

The winners with Castlemilk Parish Church Minister Rev Sarah Brown (fourth left) Ardenglen Housing Association caused a stir this week by winning a great Castlemilk ‘Soup Off’.

The former Kelso High School Members of the public have the opportunity to view plans for the old Kelso High School site this month.

Extra measures to further improve fire safety in Dundee City Council buildings following the Grenfell Tower tragedy have been outlined in a new report. The measures include the installation of new fire and smoke alarms in domestic properties in line with new Scottish Government guidance.

Churches Action for the Homeless (CATH) is holding its third annual Sleep Out in Perth this month to raise awareness of homelessness and raise much needed money for the charity. CATH supports, encourages and promotes the development and delivery of projects to relieve homelessness and poor housing,

(from left) Specifier consultant Ivan Griffiths, specifier consultant Rachel Heyes, specifier sales manager Ian Digby and specifier consultant Ian Thornton LPG provider Calor has strengthened its offering to the rural housing development market with the appointment of two key new specifier consultan

A more supportive policy environment as well as effective management and strong governance have resulted in a “stable” outlook for the creditworthiness of English housing associations, Moody's Public Sector Europe said in a report today. The 1% annual social housing rent cut is entering its fina

An area of land in south Edinburgh has been brought back into use by construction company CCG (Scotland) Ltd. CCG has invested £47,000 to create a brand new car park for the local community in Niddrie Mill. Located at Moffat Drive, the new facility adds capacity to an area where limited car parking