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The controversial Carbuncle Awards have returned after a decade-long hiatus to hand this year's unwanted title of “most dismal town” – complete with the notorious Plook on the Plinth trophy – to Port Glasgow. Event organisers claimed that despite its “great bones,&rdquo

Twelve new apprentices have joined teams across Hillcrest Homes, Hillcrest Enterprises and Hillcrest Maintenance.

It’s just one week until SHN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now welcomes the key industry players to Glasgow to discuss Scotland’s construction future.

Thenue Housing delivered a resilient message to members at its 46th AGM held in Calton last night. The RSL outlined its ongoing and ambitious building programme, but recognised that the “seemingly never ending” cost of living pressures were making life difficult for its communities.

Angus Council has approved a new policy regarding the installation and use of wood burners, stoves, open fires, and other open-flued appliances within council-owned properties and tenancies.

England's Housing Ombudsman and Regulator of Social Housing have reviewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organisations.

Clare Wade is the owner of professional lighting design company Cat Lighting based in Fife. Cat Lighting is one of over 120 exhibitors at The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston 4 – 5 October 2025, where she will present a masterclass on getting

Although Scots are less likely than those from other nations in the UK to hire builders, when they do, they pay a steeper price, a new survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has revealed.

Members of Highland Council’s Sutherland County Committee have agreed to commit £250,000 of Community Regeneration Funding to launch a new Development Officer Support Scheme, designed to strengthen community-led regeneration across the region and deliver on the Sutherland Area Place Plan

Moray Council has once again reaffirmed its commitment to delivering high-quality housing services with a focus on tenant safety in publishing its latest annual Assurance Statement.

North Lanarkshire Council’s Rent Assistance Fund is continuing to be a vital safety net for tenants, helping more people manage with the cost-of-living crisis and avoid the risk of losing their homes.

Robert Reid, who has died aged 92, has been remembered as a "towering figure" to the Bute community. Born in Campbeltown in 1932, Reid served for over 60 years on the committee of Fyne Homes Housing Association.

Cruden Homes has secured planning permission for its first development in Fife for over a decade, bringing new homes to the picturesque fishing village of Pittenweem.

Proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented homes will deliver direct health and living cost benefits for Scotland’s most vulnerable households, according to housing, fuel poverty and consumer organisations. 

Three years after the collapse of Dundee construction firm McGill, its administration has closed with just £185,689 paid to creditors – all of it going to former employees.