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CityFibre has reached an agreement with infrastructure provider Amey to extend its 150km network in Edinburgh to homes and businesses across the city. On completion, the £100 million project will extend the state of the art communications infrastructure to over 2100km of network.

Family housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has signed an innovative, two-year partnership with the UK Charity of the Year to provide vital life skills and practical support to young people when they move into their own homes for the first time. The housebuilder has pledged to work alongside Who Car

Queens Cross Housing Association has now secured £40 million funding from M&G Investments for ambitious plans to transform the Hamiltonhill area of Glasgow into a new urban ‘suburb’. The Association is to build 300 affordable homes for rent on the site just north of the city ce

South Lanarkshire Council is to invest more than £62 million in the next financial year on new council homes and improving existing council housing. As part of the council’s commitment to build 1,000 new homes, more than £38m will be spent delivering a total of 193 new homes during

West Lothian Council's former Waverley Street depot in Bathgate is to be transformed into new affordable housing. A deal has been agreed with Weslo Housing Management to purchase the 0.75-acre site for £105,000.

Perth & Kinross Council has announced plans to deliver 65 affordable homes on the former Glebe Primary School site in the village of Scone. Working with strategic partner CCG (Scotland) Ltd, the local authority will deliver two, three and four-bedroom terraced houses and 2-bedroom cottage flats.

Morris & Spottiswood is targeting residential and commercial markets across the country with the launch a rebranded Scottish housing division. The new Crosbie Homes brand launches with a series of high-profile contracts with East Dunbartonshire Council, North Lanarkshire Council (Coatbridge Sout

In light of the announcement by the Scottish Government regarding the implementation date for Freedom of Information (FOI) applying to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Eileen Barr and Len Freedman outline the areas covered by the new regime. On 11 November 2019 all Scottish RSLs will become subje

The contribution of the Universal Credit rollout to an increase in food bank use has finally been conceded by work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd. Having long been disputed by successive ministers, the link between the flagship welfare reform, which has been plagued with delays, and food insecuri

Increased fuel costs are a real issue across the UK and an issue that affects us all. 300,000 more people in the UK in 2018 are now in fuel debt taking the total in fuel debt to a staggering 2.9million. This is largely due to continual tariff increases and changes to income. (Source: Energy Advice S

The Tenants Information Service (TIS) is delighted to invite entries across eight categories for the TIS National Excellence Awards 2019: Inspire to achieve, in association with the Scottish Government. The awards recognise and celebrate housing organisations, staff, volunteers, tenants, residents,

The head of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned bureau managers of job losses in the wake of a £600,000 legal aid board funding cut. CAS chief executive Derek Mitchell said the proposed cut would lead to the loss of at least 25 staff in 15 bureaux across the country and thought the actua

Homes for Scotland chair Ken Gillespie has been named on an independent commission to advise on a 30-year strategy for infrastructure investment. The Infrastructure Commission, chaired by Ian Russell CBE, will provide independent, informed advice on the vision, ambition and priorities for infrastruc

Accessibility at sheltered housing complexes across Dundee could be improved if a tender is approved by councillors. Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee is being asked to allow spending of just over £31,000 to allow the installation of power assisted entry door openers

retailTRUST, a trade charity for people working in retail and the support services industries, is working with Clark Contracts to deliver a second phase of its major redevelopment of their well-loved retirement estate in Crookfur, Newton Mearns. This second phase of work involves the demolition of t