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Staff at Berwickshire Housing Association’s Duns office held a ‘Big Pink Event’ to raise money for Breast Cancer Care. The successful event raised over £1000 with staff raising the money by entering a Big Pink Bake-Off competition, various raffles and a ‘Guess the name of the Pink Pug’.

North Lanarkshire Council has announced a series of 'Housing Matters' events, where participants will have the opportunity to find out about the latest developments within the service and the delivery of future services. Two events have been confirmed: South session, Saturday 3 November at Gartlea C

Workloads in the Scottish construction sector continue to rise amid financial constraints and Brexit uncertainties, assisted largely by the buoyant housing sector, surveyors have reported. Results of the Q3 2018 UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered

Laura Reilly An income advice officer who joined Wellhouse Housing Association earlier this year has well and truly hit the ground running offering much needed services to the Association’s communities.

James Brokenshire The UK Government has released funding to remove and replace unsafe cladding on high-rise homes in England owned by social landlords.

Almost seven in ten Scots living in rural areas support the use of onshore wind energy, a new poll has found. The independent survey is the first to focus specifically on what people living outside urban areas think of renewable energy developments.

Founder of Locavore Reuben Chesters with Darrin Nightingale, chief customer officer, Social Investment Scotland Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has reached a significant milestone by lending to Locavore, marking its 300th investment in Scottish social enterprises.

Sally Thomas Increased funding will not fix the fundamental problems of Universal Credit delivery as the processes need to be fit for purpose as much as policy, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said.

More than 1,000 new affordable homes across the Scottish Borders could be delivered over the next five year period, according to a newly approved plan.

A district heating network is set to service a new housing development in Edinburgh. Located on Greendykes Road, Craigmillar, the development is being constructed on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council comprising 75 affordable homes and is set to be complete in early 2019.

Scottish Borders Council has agreed to provide financial assistance to Waverley Housing to enable a large scale regeneration of Upper Langlee in Galashiels. The estimated £21.5 million housing-led project, which focuses on Beech Avenue, Hawthorn Road, Larch Grove and Laurel Grove, will see 115 new

Eildon Housing Association has been awarded up to £1.8 million to enable the development of 39 extra care homes in Galashiels after its projected bill was increased by the discovery of asbestos on the site. Eildon Housing is currently seeking planning consent for the new development at Langhaugh, h

(from left) Ewan Sinclair of WorkingRite and the Langstane social justice team: Susan Penley, Monica Aires and Billy Gilles (David Campbell not pictured) Staff from Langstane Housing Association’s social justice team, together with a like-minded colleague from WorkingRite, will join 12,000 other p

The number of winter deaths between December 2017 and March 2018 was the highest in Scotland for 18 years, according to new statistics. Figures released by National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that a total of 23,137 deaths were registered across Scotland from December 2017 to March 2018, (winter

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £153,309 in August 2018 – an increase of 4.1% on the previous year and an increase of 0.3% when compared to the previous month. The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index shows that the volume of residential sales in Scotland in