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East Renfrewshire Council's Money Advice and Rights team has helped more than 5,000 local residents gain £8 million through its support services. The Money Advice and Rights (MART) offer free, expert and confidential money advice to East Renfrewshire residents and throughout 2023/24 helped the

Family business At Home in Edinburgh has been shortlisted in The Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2024, for Residential Letting Team of the Year - sponsored by SafeDeposits Scotland. The shortlisting is a fantastic achievement for the team of just four, led by husband-and-wife duo Rick and Vicky

This year’s Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit, organised by Horizon Housing and Scottish Housing News with sponsorship from Campion Homes and Hanover Scotland, has sold out.

Hundreds of unsecured creditors owed in excess of £33 million following the collapse of construction company Stewart Milne Group will not receive a penny back, administrators have confirmed.

A proposed £2.5 billion merger between UK housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow looks set to go ahead despite concerns from the competition regulator.

Join ng homes for its August Community Networking Breakfast on Friday 30 August, bringing together people and organisations in North Glasgow.

Councillor Bob Pollock is to take on the role of depute leader of South Ayrshire Council as part of several changes to its cabinet.  Councillor Hugh Hunter will be responsible for the Portfolio for Health and Social Care, while Councillor William Grant will assume the Portfolio for Education.

Councillors have approved funding for a range of measures to help Argyll and Bute’s island communities navigate the cost of living crisis. Argyll and Bute Council will direct £141,000 from the Scottish Government’s Island Cost of Crisis Emergency Fund (the same amount as last year)

Proposals to deliver a residential development on part of a Helensburgh golf course have been withdrawn.

The Care Inspectorate has published a positive report of the June 2024 inspection of the Lewis Care at Home Service. The report was very positive scoring the service as Very Good and Good in the two measured categories:

A record number of people living in North Lanarkshire have been supported by the council’s tackling poverty team - and other services - to secure the benefits to which they are entitled. In 2023/24, the additional benefit income generated for residents increased by 35.1%, with just under &poun

Five projects that will benefit students, families and local communities are to receive £72,235 Inverness Common Good Funding which has been awarded by members of The Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee. Following these latest awards, councillors agreed to close the Inver

Work is underway on a new £9 million housing development in Paisley, which will see quality, energy-efficient homes brought to the area.

A predicted rise in the cost of energy bills in October will come as a shock to households still struggling with debts built up last winter, Scotland’s national advice service has said.

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has launched the 2023/24 Development Value for Money report.