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City Building has boosted a Glasgow community café’s plans to expand after donating much needed catering equipment. The Glasgow-based construction company provided growing social enterprise Milk Café, which is based in the Govanhill area of the city, with an integrated coffee machine and fridge.

Registered social landlords (RSLs) are continuing to deliver a strong financial performance and the sector is well placed to respond to the challenges ahead, according to a new report from the Scottish Housing Regulator. In its annual analysis of the sector’s finances, the Regulator said RSLs are

Planning permission has been granted to build a further 194 affordable and low cost homes at Craigmillar Town Centre, a major regeneration project in South East Edinburgh. The approval for the new homes follows on from other new housing developments in the area being built by construction firm CCG (

Leith Fort by CCG Scotland is among the contenders for Affordable Housing Development of the Year The shortlist for Scotland’s premier home building industry awards has been announced as Homes for Scotland prepares to celebrate the sector’s successes at the largest annual gathering of its kind.

A variety of new houses at opposite ends of the Cairngorms National Park have been given the go ahead. The Cairngorms National Park Authority planning committee approved an application from Atholl Estates to build eight, two-bedroom homes in the village of Blair Atholl in Highland Perthshire, aimed

Six prominent Scottish homelessness charities have agreed to come together for the first time for a pioneering fundraising campaign. The charities – Bethany Christian Trust, Glasgow City Mission, Street Soccer Scotland, Rock Trust and Simon Community Scotland/Streetwork – have agreed a formal co

The Scottish Housing Regulator published a report on its statutory intervention to protect tenants’ interests at Molendinar Park Housing Association. The report explains why the Regulator intervened and sets out the improvement actions the Association’s management committee has taken.

A major regeneration project in Edinburgh has taken another step forward with work starting on 70 new affordable homes. Dunedin Canmore, part of Wheatley Group, is behind the latest development at Craigmillar in the south east of the city.

Milnbank Housing Association has achieved Investors in People accreditation at Platinum level. The Association was first recognised as an IIP organisation in 2000 and was the first housing association in Scotland to achieve Investors in Young People at Gold Level.

Martin Armstrong of Wheatley Group (left) receives his IoD Scotland Director of the Year award The achievements of Martin Armstrong, chief executive officer at Wheatley Group, were recognised at the Institute of Directors Scotland Director of the Year Awards at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow last week.

Barrhead Housing Association hosted its first Community Choices event at The Foundry in Barrhead earlier this month. The event was part of a commitment to engage the community through Particapatory Budgeting (funded by the Scottish Government) and received a “wonderful response” from the residen

Pauline McNeill MSP Scottish Labour’s proposed plans to introduce a ‘Mary Barbour Law’ to protect people renting in the private sector will be put out for public consultation within weeks.

(from left) South Ayrshire Council’s portfolio holder for housing and customer services, Councillor Philip Saxton, Andrew Filby (Energy Agency), Councillor Peter Convery, SAC executive manager people directorate, Chris Carroll (SAC), Councillor Craig Mackay Hundreds of poorly insulated properties

(from left) Barry Dawson (local partnership manager at CITB), John Turnbull (investment director at Clyde Valley Housing Association), young people from Skills Development Scotland, Clare Haughey MSP, Stephen Profili (regional MD at Lovell), John O’Hare (contracts manager at Lovell) Clare Haughey

Lynsey Reid outlines the “agent of change” principle in planning policy. On 16 February 2018 researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Newcastle and Turku in Finland published the UK’s first live music venue census. The survey found that 29% of small music venues (defined as those with l