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(from left) Gail Ward, Highland Council; Fiona Munro, Albyn project Co-ordinator (with scarf); Liberty Bligh, Libertie Project; Ley-Anne Forsyth, Cairn Housing and Amanda Gregory, Highland Council A programme focusing on money saving solutions rolled out across the Highlands has helped local residen

The voting gets underway at Maryhill Burgh Halls Community organisations across Maryhill and Ruchill are in the money to the tune of almost £20,000 thanks to a Community Fund organised by Maryhill Housing.

Angela Linton, Hillcrest Group CEO Friendly competition took hold of a newly-opened charity shop in Dundee on Thursday as members of the senior team from one the city’s biggest charities tried to sell the most stock during their shift.

Residents in a development of 130 new affordable homes in Castlemilk told Scotland’s housing minister yesterday how their new houses had changed their lives. Kevin Stewart MSP was given a tour of GHA’s £14.8 million development which has been built on the site of old tenements in Dougrie Drive

Frank Jarvis Frank Jarvis summarises some recent cases where the Equality Act was deployed against letting agents discriminating against prospective tenants.

The former farm cottages at Cessford, Roxburghe Estates Independent property consultancy Galbraith has been appointed to bring six empty properties on a historic Borders estate back into use.

Brian Birt A volunteer with Shelter Scotland's Prestwick charity shop has helped to save £3,000 for the cause in just six months by passing an electrical safety course.

Grampian Housing Association’s 61 unit development at Riverside in Aberdeen is nearing completion. The Mugiemoss is being delivered by Barratt. Images courtesy of Craig Stirrat on LinkedIn.

Champions Graham Pest Control Business Fives winter season reached a thrilling climax as the Grand Final was held in Glasgow.

Crummock (Scotland) Limited is experiencing significant growth in 2017-2018. Turnover to March 2017 was near £24 million and the civil engineering company expects turnover to March 2018 to be around £34m. Managing director Derek Hogg, credits this growth in part to the company’s business strateg

A new housing development for Link Group Ltd and Paragon Housing Association at Queen Street, Alva has been opened officially opened by the minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart. The £5.3 million construction of 48 homes for social rent began in February 2016, and was supported b

Work has started this week on a new housing development at Rose Court in Langlee, Galashiels. The £1.8 million project by Scottish Borders Housing Association will see the creation of 10 brand-new three bed family homes.

The homes are planned for a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area Plans to build 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area are to be brought back before the local authority after it emerged councillors apparently voted t

The City of Edinburgh Council’s plans to accelerate the delivery of new homes for people on low and middle incomes have been boosted with the acquisition of the former National Grid site in Granton. The local authority, which reached an agreement for the Waterfront site with National Grid on Tuesd

Big civic projects such as building affordable homes at a scale similar to the construction projects seen post WW2 must be led by the public sector, according to a new discussion paper. Commissioned to open up discussion about making more of Scotland’s land, The Delivery of Public Interest Led Dev