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ICONFIRM UK CEO Mike McEwan discusses the difficulties often faced by housing associations and how GDPR will both benefit and challenge the sector. With the much-publicised General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in May 2018, companies are scrambling to ensure that they are set

The UK government has announced the winners of a £25 million competition to pave the way for a future rollout of 5G technology in the UK. From the Orkney Islands, Inverness-shire and Perthshire to the West of England and south Wales, the six projects led by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Organisations and projects across the West of Scotland looking for the chance to receive a share of £15,000 as part of the CALA Homes Community Bursary scheme are being urged to get their applications in before the closing date of March 23. Now in its second year, the scheme aims to provide support

Healthy Working Lives has launched its new website, allowing businesses across Scotland to access personalised advice to improve the health, safety and wellbeing of their workforce. The new home of health, safety and wellbeing is packed with interactive features. And its fresh and concise new conten

Scottish Housing News is now on LinkedIn, giving our readers more opportunities to keep updated with developments. The move comes as record figures were registered by the Scottish Housing News website, which attracted over 38,000 unique visitors last month, and subscribers to the free daily newslett

Tenants at a retirement housing development in Bo’ness have seen their IT skills flourish thanks to the creation of an internet café by pupils at a local school. Eleven school pupils from Bo’ness Academy have been attending Bield’s Dean Court development to help share their computer skills wi

The number of new build homes completed by housing associations in Scotland has dropped by 19% since last year and by 43% in the last three months, according to new figures. The latest Quarterly Housing Statistics, released today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician, revealed that there were 386 housi

George Walker Scottish Housing Regulator chair, George Walker, says the Regulator’s discussions with stakeholders will inform what goes into the new Regulatory Framework which it plans to publish next year.

Kevin Stewart Communities across Scotland are to benefit from a share of £26 million as part of an initiative which supports projects that engage and involve local communities in disadvantaged areas, tackle inequality and support inclusive growth.

Contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd has commenced works on a new housing development in the centre of Perth. Located on Crieff Road, the development will comprise 24 two-bedroom flats and is being delivered on behalf of Perth & Kinross Council. The development is expected to be completed in February 2

Jane Bradley and Kevin Carr South Ayrshire Council has taken the next steps on its journey to transform how it delivers for people and places with the latest appointments to its strategic management team.

The Scottish Government has launched a procurement process for a £25 million project to address mobile ‘notspots’ across Scotland. The Scottish 4G Infill Programme will fund new mobile telephone masts in locations with no existing 4G mobile coverage to improve mobile connectivity for communitie

Legal & General Capital has taken full ownership of CALA Homes in a deal that values the housebuilder at £605 million.

Agnes Houston MBE The world’s first design school for people with dementia, which will see the attendees learn vital design skills from experts in dementia design, will take place in Birmingham’s Crowne Plaza Hotel today.

Parkhead Housing Association has launched the call for nominations for the 2018 Mary Barbour Award. Now in its third year, the Award was created to pay homage to Mary Barbour and to celebrate local women following in her footsteps.