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Places for People has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its financial service offering. Applying to consumer credit permissions, the FCA authorisation means that Places for People Financial Services can continue to directly lend unsecured personal loans and admini

Argyll and Bute Council has made solid improvement but needs to build on this for the future, according to a new report from the Accounts Commission. Published today, the report by the local government watchdog welcomes progress since 2013 in the council's decision making, scrutiny, governance, and

Housing minister Margaret Burgess, Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety and GHA chair Gordon Sloan with GHA tenants and staff, representatives of the Scottish Government, the city council and contractors CCG at Sighthill The first stage of the transformation of a Glasgow community is complete,

Cllrs MacLennan and Murphy meet former Nurses outside the Belhaven Ward Work is due to begin preparing a site in the Highlands for a housing development project, it has been announced.

An area of land within Musselburgh which has been identified in East Lothian Council’s Local Development Plan will provide the location for much needed family homes, under new proposals by CALA Homes. The housebuilder will be lodging initial proposals with the local authority to create an extensio

Bield has won a ringing endorsement for its “brave and far-sighted” revamp of the way it delivers specialist housing for Scotland’s older people. An external review by independent consultants said its creation of a new retirement housing model to meet both the evolving needs of older people an

Scottish War Blinded has officially unveiled a new sports hall and housing for veterans in Wilkieston, West Lothian. Opened by the charity’s president The Duke of Buccleuch, the hall was officially named ‘Centenary Hall’ to celebrate its opening in an important year for the charity, which thro

Marty Walsh “I don’t know how Shelter Scotland get it so right!”

(from left) Artist Iain Campbell, Arthur, John and Ewan Clydesdale, city centre project manager at Glasgow City Mission Thirteen men who regularly attend Glasgow City Mission's evening drop-in service have been painted as part of a modern take on the iconic Last Supper painting.

Link Group Ltd has been awarded £548,000 as part of the latest Investing in Communities funding package from the Big Lottery. The funding will allow Link’s Tenant Transition Advice Service (TTAS) to deliver its Financial Inclusion service for a further three years from December 2015.

(from left) John McDonald (Big Lottery Fund), Angie Lloyd-Jones (SBC), Michael Patterson (Eildon HA) Martin Sime CEO of SCVO who sponsored 3rd Sector Partnership Award. A care & repair service managed by Eildon Housing Association in partnership with Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has scooped a

DGHP staff who received awards at the recent DGHP awards ceremony, along with line managers, directors and DGHP chairman David McMillan (front row, second left) Staff from Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have been praised for their achievements at an annual awards ceremony in Dumfri

Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) has launch the latest edition of its online Housing Application form which promises to help get tenants on the waiting list for CHA’s 1,000 homes in central and east Clydebank even sooner. The application form, updated to make it even more user friendly to compl

The Scottish Government’s draft budget must show significant investment in energy efficiency as a National Infrastructure Priority to end the scourge of cold, leaky homes, according to a number of organisations. The call by CPAG Scotland, RCN Scotland, SCDI and the Existing Homes Alliance follows

Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a refreshed version of its Recommended Practice on Business Planning for RSLs.