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A weekly series of webinars is being launched by a new website, seeking to crowdsource content to make our places in Scotland better. placedesignscotland.com has just launched - with a huge amount of pre-launch archive - and comprises news, comment and features on place-related issues in the country

Construction works are officially underway at a new care home in Livingston.

The opportunity to take the first step onto the property ladder is now open for some homes at a new development on Ballindean Road in Dundee.

A primary one class from Shortlees Primary School in Kilmarnock has won a health and safety design competition organised by Connect Modular, part of the Wee House Group, who are working with Cunninghame Housing Association to deliver 101 modular affordable homes to the Shortlees area. The winning de

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has published the second briefing in the “Putting Safety First” series. Developed by Campbell Tickell on behalf of the SFHA in partnership with the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) and CIH Scotland, the

The final phase of a development project in Goathill reached a significant milestone recently with the completion of the care home and housing with extra care facilities, both constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey.

The Scottish Child Payment is now being received by the families of more than 300,000 children and young people, according to official statistics. New figures show that 303,000 children were receiving the payment at the end of March.

Cala Homes (West) has made a cash donation to a major Scottish-born charity to help with its efforts to end homelessness across the city. Following Cala’s first donation of £2,000 at the start of the pandemic, the West of Scotland region is gifting a further £3,000 to Social Bite,

Statutory consumer body Consumer Scotland has published the report of the Scottish Energy Insights and Coordination Group (SEIC) which urges more support for energy consumers.  SEIC was convened by Consumer Scotland following the former First Minister’s energy summit in August 2022, held

The £300 million transformation of Candleriggs Square in Glasgow’s Merchant City has reached another significant development milestone with the completion of structural work for a 346-apartment build-to-rent (BTR) complex, forward funded by Legal & General. Candleriggs Development 2

An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said.

Age Scotland is calling on local authorities to provide a ‘one-stop shop’ to help older people adapt their homes for later life after new research found that the available services across the country are fragmented, inflexible and difficult to navigate. A new report “Making Adaptat

The Scottish Government is consulting on measures that will save businesses time and money by making it easier to install renewable energy equipment.

Elderpark Housing has appointed established property maintenance business Timetra as its new reactive repairs contractor. The company will take over the reactive repairs contract from June 1.

The complex nature of Scotland’s land ownership along with a variety of sometimes unworkable title deeds and various legislative introductions over the past two decades has meant that more than ever organisations must ensure they have competent and knowledgeable factoring teams who can provide