Iain McLellan It is with sincere regret that Glen Oaks Housing Association reports the death of Iain McLellan, one of the Association’s long serving Board members.
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Elaine Mulgrew The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has appointed Elaine Mulgrew as its new head of finance and corporate services.
Building much needed new homes could fill the economic void left by large, soon to be completed infrastructure projects such as the Queensferry Crossing, according to Homes for Scotland. Responding to the EY Scottish ITEM Club Summer Update, which predicts growth in the Scottish economy for 2017 to
Faifley Housing Association Ltd has become the newest member of Scotland’s Housing Network, joining the well over a hundred-strong group of social landlords who already benefit from the Network’s services. Philip Burbidge, director of Faifley Housing Association, said: “Once we saw the impress
A Bield housing development for older buyers in St Andrews has secured nominations in an impressive four categories at an upcoming property awards ceremony. The Walled Gardens, located in the heart of the historic town, has been nominated in the Apartment Development of the Year, Development (Age Ex
All Perth & Kinross Council housing tenants are being invited to attend the annual Tenant Conference 2017 on June 29. The event will be held at the Dewar’s Centre, Perth, from 6pm to 8.30pm.
As part of Global Sharing Week, staff at homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust hosted a banquet dinner for those less fortunate in Glasgow. The event took place this week at Street Connect Hub and was run in partnership with Street Connect, a Glasgow-based charity that works to help marginalised
James Andersen Grant Thornton’s James Andersen on the need to tackle Scotland’s housing crisis and the role that the Private Rented Sector (PRS) can play in this.
Hillcrest Housing Association fundraising team, The Late Developers, held a successful walking football tournament on Saturday to raise money for Brae Riding for the Disabled. Coupled with the raffle and auction the team has recently held, they have raised nearly £1,600 for the horsing riding thera
Moray Council is on course to complete more than 240 new affordable homes over the next three years. The previous three years have seen a total of 180 affordable homes built and allocated across the area.
One of Tony Husband's illustrations in the ‘Getting Involved’ document For the last year, staff, customers and representatives from the Board of Hanover Scotland have been working on a strategy to enable more innovative, meaningful and fun ways of engaging with residents and service users.
Plans have been unveiled to demolish a former whisky bottling plant to make way for a new housing estate in Dundee. Stewart House, the former Stewart’s Cream of the Barley plant at Kingsway East, could be replaced with 90 houses under plans by Persimmon Homes and site owner Bruce Linton.
A £119,000 investment is to transform a Livingston retirement housing development as part of a move that will see improvements made to a number of apartments and its exterior. Bield’s Restondene in the Deans area of the town will have works completed by Holytown based Rodgers and Johnston Ltd.
James Forbes What price will we pay for cheaper heat? James Forbes from Burness Paull looks at district heating schemes, fuel poverty and regulation.
A development of more than 200 new homes on the outskirts of Forfar could be underway by the end of summer. Guild Homes is seeking permission to build 236 properties, including 36 affordable homes, on a site at Turfbeg.