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Moira Kelly Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget announcement included a series of measures affecting Stamp Duty Land tax (SDLT), both on commercial properties and residential properties that could provoke a rethink of similar charges north of the border, according to the Chartered Institute of Taxa

Third sector funder Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has announced 11 board and committee appointments. In a move that signals its intent to expand the sector SIS announced that the appointments include former Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group senior director Eric Gibson and former chief exe

Lesley Martin (programme liaison officer) with Cllr Paul Kelly and Anne Cummings People living in more than 26,000 homes across North Lanarkshire are set to benefit from a bumper £250 million investment over the next five years.

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil with Phil Caroe, Allia's director of social finance; Colin Connell, development director at Persimmons Partnerships; Jim Whiston, director of Ayrshire Housing Association, Nick Pollard, Kingdom Housing Association director of finance; Sandy Dennison, finance manage

Social justice secretary Alex Neil with Nick Pollard, Kingdom Housing Association's director of finance Kingdom Housing Association Limited has been successful in securing £5.22 million of borrowing through the Allia bond for the development of 116 new homes for the people of Fife.

Margaret Burgess Legislation which will modernise the private rented sector (PRS) will enter Stage Three of the Parliamentary process this afternoon.

Mary Taylor The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the reiteration by the UK government that it will delay the LHA cap for tenants in supported accommodation by a year.

GHA chair Gordon Sloan joins tenant Nicola Blair and daughter Laila, and tenant John Traynor, chair of GHA’s local committee, and wife Rachel at Cathay Street in Milton A Glasgow community is in line for a £30 million boost that will see more than 170 new affordable homes built and hundreds of ex

Budget reductions mean starker choices ahead for Scotland’s councils which will not be met simply by continuing to cut staff and services, according to a new report. The Accounts Commission's annual overview of local government charts a 5 per cent drop in revenue funding in the next financial year

Aileen McLeod Legislation to transform how land is used and governed has been passed by the Scottish Parliament, although the Bill has been labelled a “missed opportunity” to help increase housebuilding.

Progress was made towards a new Argyll and Bute housing development yesterday. Councillors have approved a planning application for a new bonded warehouse, the first step in a distillery and residential housing development, at Polphail village, Portavadie, as well as a masterplan which will guide th

(from left) Chris Murray (CCG Scotland); Sandra McLeod (River Clyde Homes); Margaret Burgess; Marilyn Thompson and Albert Henderson MBE River Clyde Homes (RCH) has completed its latest development of new homes in Inverclyde.

The Scottish Government is consulting on a number of options to achieve savings for the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) in 2017 and beyond. The annual survey, which has run since 199, provides detailed national and local authority level data on people in Scotland.

A housebuilder is calling on political parties to increase the provision of retirement housing to meet the needs of Scotland’s ageing population. McCarthy & Stone said encouraging specialised retirement housing for homeowners would result in a triple win for government by improving the lives o

Margaret Anne Gachagan A major drive to get people to volunteer their skills and time to help others has been launched by Thenue Housing.