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A Borders energy supplier with around 290,000 customers has ceased trading after the company was given a £14 million bill by the energy regulator. Spark Energy Supply is part of a gas and electricity firm which employs more than 300 staff at its Selkirk headquarters.

Six months on from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Daradjeet Jagpal carries out an initial appraisal of four key aspects and provides his thoughts on what lies ahead.

A coalition of renters unions across the country staged a demonstration against banking firm Natwest on Saturday over its “discriminatory” buy to let mortgages. In the first co-ordinated action of its kind, ACORN, Living Rent and London Renters Union organised the demonstrations at Natwest branc

Bill Hood cuts the cake at the 20th anniversary party for Hanover Scotland’s Lochhead Court A party was organised for the residents at a Hanover (Scotland) sheltered housing complex in Stewarton to mark a major anniversary in the history of the site.

Orkney Islands Council is to purchase a group of uninhabited islands because they offer a “significant development opportunity”. It is anticipated that the council will become the owners of Faray, Holm of Faray and Red Holm early in 2019.

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is giving festive shoppers the opportunity to buy a bed for people who are homeless this winter by purchasing a Christmas Gift Voucher for its Edinburgh-based Winter Care Shelter. The Care Shelter Christmas Gift Vouchers, which cost £21 each, ar

David Bookbinder Community controlled housing associations (CCHAs) are evolving and adapting to ensure they are well equipped to face future challenges and protect their independence, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Milnbank Housing Association has completed an £8.5 million borrowing deal with GB Social Housing which, on completion of the bond, has achieved almost £10m in cash proceeds sought by the Association. GB Social Housing tapped its £2 billion bond programme with a £16.5m issue on November 14, fundi

Glasgow Housing Association has formed a pioneering partnership with all Scottish local authorities to develop a toolkit that helps people sustain their homes, prevents homelessness and delivers improved information and advice. The project, the first of its kind in Scotland, will be led by North Lan

A major £1.5 billion contract opportunity for the construction sector to deliver new build housing is about to be launched in Scotland. Scotland Excel will publish the Invitation to Participate (ITP) for its four-year New Build Residential Construction Framework – the organisation’s largest eve

(from left) Kevin Kelly, Lovell assistant site manager; local councillor Claire Barclay; Councillor Allan Graham, convener of enterprise and housing (cutting the sod); Bob Brownlie, area manager, Pamela Humphries, head of housing programme and Kevin McColgan, Lovell interim regional managing directo

(from left) Minister Kevin Stewart, resident Anne Deighan, Cruden managing director Allan Callaghan, chair of RCH Board, Jillian Moffat and local MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan MSP Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and planning, visited Slaemuir in Port Glasgow

The Highland Council is to invest over £8 million into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in the Inverness area. At yesterday’s meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee, councillors agreed a two year Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £8,002,023 spent on m

East Dunbartonshire Council has agreed to increase the capital budget for its open market purchase scheme from £1.33 million to up to £3.9m for 2018/19. The decision supports Priority 1 of the council’s Local Housing Strategy which is to enable a suitable, efficient and affordable supply of hous

Councillors in South Ayrshire will be asked next week to give the green light to a consultation with tenants on the future of the three high-rise blocks of flats at Riverside Place in Ayr. The proposal will be put to councillors when they consider the findings of a structural survey of the buildings