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Michael Drummond and Sean Patrick Lynch An employment adviser has gone the extra mile to ensure the breaks were not put on a Dundee man’s efforts to get back into work this week.

A major Hackathon will take place in Glasgow across the weekend of April 13-15 designed to find practical ways of tackling the homeless situation in Scotland’s major cities. The event will aim to be a spark for innovative solutions including apps, websites and other digital platforms.

Josh Littlejohn MBE launching the sleep out event Around 600 of Scotland’s most vulnerable rough sleepers are to be provided with homes and continuing support to sustain their tenancies under an imitative launched by social enterprise Social Bite.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has announced plans to transform the corner of Stag Road in Stornoway with the construction of 12 new homes. To be located on the site of the former Stag Bakeries, the homes, made up of 8 x 2 bedroom and 4 x 1 bedroom properties, are being built by Lewis Builders

Eight new properties for Stirling Council tenants have been completed on the site of the former Riverside Swimming Pool. The James Street development, which was supported by £368,000 of Scottish Government grant funding, comprises four one-bedroom and four two-bedroom cottage flats that were design

Kevin Scarlett Interest is growing across Scotland in the new sector scorecard pilot, with several new housing associations indicating that they will submit data in 2018.

Council leader Shona Haslam Scottish Borders Council has agreed its budget for the year ahead as part of a five-year revenue plan and a ten-year capital plan.

Plans to transform the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) site in Hamilton into an ‘urban village’ complete with 365 homes and a five-storey hotel have been given the green light.

The designer of a pioneering spoon which allows people with disabilities to eat without spilling has paid tribute to housing care and housing provider Blackwood for the honour which propelled his invention into worldwide success. Grant Douglas, who has cerebral palsy, won the Blackwood Design Award

Matt Lowther With only a week to go until the CIH Housing Festival of 2018, Matt Lowther said his NHS Health Scotland colleagues are in full swing as they embrace event planning.

Springfield’s Dykes of Gray development in Dundee Housebuilder Springfield Properties has reported double-digit growth in profit and revenue in its first set of interim results since the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Stewart Milne Group has said its timber systems arm is on course to achieve turnover of £100 million by 2021 after doubling its business in the last four years. With a current turnover of £65m, Stewart Milne Timber Systems should achieve its five-year target, with “robust” growth predicted for

Judith Proctor Judith Proctor has been recommended as the preferred candidate for the post of chief officer of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board and director of the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.

(from left) Councillor Douglas Lumsden, Fergus Ewing MSP, Guilhem Poussot (Vodafone) and Greg Mesch (CityFibre) Aberdeen is set to become Scotland’s first city in which nearly every home and business will have access to gigabit-speed broadband.

Rachel Lowther in her studio at Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Photo by Kate V Robertson A group of Scottish contemporary artists have launched an adoption scheme aimed at recovering sculptures languishing in storage so it can be enjoyed by the public.