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Angela Constance The Scottish Government has urged Gypsy/Traveller site providers to quickly improve the maintenance of sites after a report revealed that many will not meet minimum standard requirements by next month’s deadline.

Gill Henry was also project director of the Social Bite Village Cruden Group company Hart Builders has announced the appointment of Gill Henry, business development director, to its Executive Board.

Twenty building contractors have been selected for a Scottish Procurement Alliance house-building framework worth £1.5 billion. Procured by LHC, the four-year framework will see the development of new build housing projects, including housing, bungalows, flats, apartments, sheltered accommodation,

Karen Reid Current Care Inspectorate chief executive, Karen Reid, has been announced as the new chief executive of Perth & Kinross Council, taking over from Bernadette Malone who will retire on July 1.

Scotland’s local authority spending watchdog has praised Fife Council for delivering improvements and tackling aspects of underperformance head on. In a report out today, the Accounts Commission said the council has made good progress since a previous audit in 2009.

Roseanna Cunningham The upcoming Climate Change Bill will see Scotland become one of the first countries to achieve a 100% reduction in carbon emissions, climate change secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said.

George Walker delivers the latest on the Scottish Housing Regulator’s review of its Regulatory Framework. As you know, we’ve been having an important discussion with our stakeholders on the future of social housing regulation in Scotland. Since January we’ve held a series of roundtable events

Monica Lennon Scottish Labour is to put forward plans to introduce new rights for communities over planning decisions, in a bid to “level the playing field” between developers and the public.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is expanding its “highly successful” shared equity scheme to rural sites across the Outer Hebrides with the support of the Scottish Government. Sites are currently being identified to expand the New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE) scheme and are currently hoped to

Proposals for a £606,000 investment in the expansion of the Torry district heating network are to be progressed after backing from Aberdeen City Council. Councillors on the capital programme committee considered the plans yesterday and gave their approval to add to the existing network in Balnagask

Homelessness prevention charity Cyrenians is seeking £500,000 from businesses to support its work in Edinburgh as it marks its 50th anniversary year of helping rough sleepers. The campaign is being supported by Essential Edinburgh, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Edinburgh City Centre,

Kathleen McAnea Kathleen McAnea outlines why developers should review a recent case when procuring works and considering the extent of their design consultant’s liability.

Tenants of Govanhill Housing Association are set to benefit from the latest phase of a housing improvement programme with the installation of new, high-quality windows. Works are set to cover up to 89 properties and will be undertaken by specialist construction firm CCG (Scotland) Ltd.

A newly settled resident has become the 500th tenant to move into a new build council home by North Lanarkshire Council. Mrs Doloros Gunn, who’s now happily settled in to her new build council home in Chapelhall, said: “I was very surprised to be told that I’m the 500th tenant to move in to a

Effective approaches for Scotland to use publicly created increases in land value to help finance the infrastructure needed to deliver new housing and other development have been highlighted in a report published today. Written for the Scottish Land Commission by a team from Heriot-Watt University,