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As the festival programme for this year’s Borders Book Festival officially launched, sponsors Eildon marked the occasion by spreading the joy of books across the generations.

Last week, The Social Housing Safety Network Scotland celebrated its first birthday! We’ve put together some information which tells you all about the Network, including what we have achieved in our first year and what’s still to come during 2024. We're starting off with a reminder of wh

West Lothian Council has launched a postcode look-up facility for council housing tenants where they can check when their home is scheduled for improvement and maintenance works. This service enables council tenants to search for the proposed review year for Housing Capital Investment Programme work

Local community-led projects aimed at revitalising homes and improving rural transport links will be taken forward by Perth and Kinross Council and partners, following a winning bid for Innovate UK Pathfinder Places funding. The £150,000 funding provided follows a successful Phase 1 Pathfinder

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is warning that proposals to charge advice agencies who provide immigration advice fees could have a ‘disastrous’ impact. The Home Office is currently consulting on introducing charges for bodies providing immigration advice.

Shetland Islands Council staff are among those benefitting from a visit to Lerwick by a fully-equipped mobile classroom to deliver certified heat pump training.

Thousands more unpaid carers in Scotland will be eligible for a new benefit, if regulations laid this week in the Scottish Parliament are approved. Carer Support Payment is the replacement for Carer's Allowance in Scotland. It was first launched in November 2023 in three pilot areas, Perth & Kin

A public consultation that will help shape future developments at the Viewforth and Burghmuir Road areas of Stirling has now gone live. The new draft framework and planning brief for Viewforth and Burghmuir covers a key area of the city centre that includes the Viewforth site, existing council build

North Lanarkshire Council is marking another completion of one of its new council housing developments.

Kingdom Group has started work on 45 affordable new homes for social rent in Kinglassie, Fife.

Ian Phillips has become the new managing director of Robertson Construction Northern. Following the retirement of Frank Reid after 43 years of service, Ian Phillips has become the regional managing director of Robertson Construction Northern. With over three decades of experience in the industry, Ia

Fife Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to submit an Evidence Report to Gate Check, the first stage in preparing a new style Local Development Plan for the Kingdom.

Retail Trust has begun a £1 million renovation of its Hugh Fraser Retirement Estate in Newton Mearns to create a new community hub for older people and the community across East Renfrewshire. Three disused spaces within the estate’s Crookfur House are being refurbished by the charity to

Morrison Community Care (CCG) Holdco has scored a trifecta of approvals in April, as their newest project in South Queensferry secures planning permission.

The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) has released a comprehensive guide on digital building logbooks, aimed at bolstering retrofit initiatives nationwide. These logbooks, initially utilised in legal and conveyancing sectors, hold potential to encompass detailed information and retrofit plans for every ho