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(from left) Kevin Stewart MSP; Matt Stevenson, managing director, Carbon Dynamic; Lucy Fraser, head of innovation, Albyn Housing Society and Professor Angus JM Watson, director of research, development at NHS Highland Modular housing pioneer Carbon Dynamic welcomed minister for local government and

Planning decision times for major housing developments in Scotland are more than four weeks slower than a year ago, though improvements have been made for smaller developments. Newly published planning performance figures for 2016/17 revealed that the average decision time for major housing developm

Perth & Kinross Council has been awarded over £1,350,000 by the Scottish Government to continue its programme of external wall insulation on local homes. The programme is aimed at homes with walls that are unsuitable to be fitted with cavity wall insulation. More than 1,100 privately owned hous

A new initiative launched by River Clyde Homes to help people set up home in Inverclyde is already making a difference. Open to those looking for their first home with the housing association, the pilot project offers a helping hand by providing a choice of white goods or floor coverings in selected

Organisations across Scotland supporting hundreds of community-led projects are to receive £8.6 million funding for the year 2017/18, housing minister Kevin Stewart announced yesterday. The money from the People and Communities Fund aims to help provide a positive impact on thousands of lives in Sc

Rona Anderson Queens Cross Housing Association has appointed a new director of property, enterprise and regeneration.

Joy Dunlop Gowrie Care, the registered charity of Hillcrest Group which offers varying levels of support to people in different settings, has announced the appointment of Joy Dunlop as its new managing director.

A decision by East Dunbartonshire Council to reject a new housing development in Milton of Campsie has been overturned by Scottish Ministers. An application by CALA Management/Ashfield Land to build 57 new homes on a greenbelt site near Birdston Road was refused planning permission in January on gro

The result of an independent poll commissioned by Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) has revealed that 94% of its tenants are satisfied with the overall service they receive. Research Resource carried out a face-to-face tenant satisfaction survey with 430 (40%) of CHA tenants.

(from left) Craig Thompson (Hillcrest energy advice worker), Euan Hird (Hillcrest energy advice worker), Colin Martin (Police Scotland), Angela Martin (Hillcrest tenant support services admin) and Emily McCulley (Hillcrest tenant participation officer) Members of the energy advice team at Hillcrest

Owners of Craigie’s Farm and Café, John and Kirsteen Sinclair, shake hands with Iain Gordon, chief executive of Bethany Christian Trust, which has been chosen as the business’ official charity partnership for the next three years Craigie’s Farm and Restaurant is planting seeds of hope by part

West Dunbartonshire Council has been named the Best Public Sector Employer in the UK in the 2017 UK Top Employers for Working Families Awards. The council won the prestigious national award for its flexible and family-friendly policies at a special awards ceremony in London.

Jeane Freeman More than a quarter of a million individual low-income households have received awards totalling £132.6 million from the Scottish Welfare Fund since its inception in 2013.

Grampian Housing Association has unveiled plans to transform the site of a former Aberdeenshire school into affordable homes. The proposals to create 27 rented homes for families and individuals at the C-listed Old School site in Ballater will be unveiled to the public next month.

The confidence of employers in the Scottish construction industry has taken a hit as fears over future work prospects grow, according to the latest Scottish Construction Monitor. The quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), which represents hundreds of building c