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Full fibre broadband is heading to 28 more Scottish city suburbs, towns and villages, as part of a huge broadband upgrade by Openreach.

This week sees work start on 781 new private and social homes for rent at Cornhill Village in Hamilton as Cala Homes (West), Barratt Homes West of Scotland and David Wilson Homes officially break ground at the new site located off Strathaven Road.

More than 30 Scottish households are being forced to stop using their gas and electricity every week because they cannot afford to top up their prepayment meters. Figures from national advice agency Advice Direct Scotland show that the energy crisis is far from over, with prices still high and many

A study into the impact of Scottish charity Right There has revealed it generates over £300 million of savings every year for the public purse, through its unique approach to preventing and tackling homelessness. As Scotland’s national housing crisis deepens, the report, entitled “

Households across Scotland are missing out on funding for energy saving measures due to a lack of awareness and misconceptions. Green Home Systems says up to 80 per cent of the customers they approach either don’t know they’re eligible or are skeptical about the funded schemes.

Promotion of the Inverness Winter Payment Scheme and the work of Highland Council’s Benefits Advice team has made significant financial changes to some households in Inverness. Leader of Inverness and Area, Councillor Ian Brown said: “I am pleased that Members have agreed to continue to

Housebuilder Persimmon is reportedly exploring a £1 billion takeover bid for Cala Group.

An ambitious masterplan to regenerate Hamilton town centre can now move to the design stage after additional funding was approved for the project.

A vacant office building in Glasgow is to be converted into student accommodation under newly lodged plans.

Hillcrest Homes has recorded its biggest financial gains for tenants yet after it put an astounding £3.3 million back in residents’ pockets during the last financial year. The incredible figure was collectively secured by the RSL's Tenant Services teams, comprising of Hillcrest Fina

First Minister John Swinney is to announce a £5 million package for Scotland’s island communities including funding to help tackle increasing costs.

One of Edinburgh’s leading annual charity dinners topped all previous records this month, after announcing a £170,000 fundraising total from this year’s event – all of which will be channelled into life-saving cancer research projects in Central Scotland. Business Beats Cance

Lovell Homes has appointed Margaret Davidson as its new sales director for Scotland as part of its ambitious plans to grow the private development side of the business. The housing developer aims to increase the number of homes it builds annually to an average of 140, up from approximately 78 due fo

Highland Council has unveiled a new online tool which will help speed up the process of identifying households that are most in need of energy efficiency improvements. Last year the local authority launched its pioneering Energy Benchmarking Tool which is used to monitor non-domestic property-relate

A new report from The Salvation Army in Scotland is recommending urgent collection of data on the number of people rough sleeping, along with cause-of-death data for anyone who dies while living in temporary accommodation.