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Issues affecting rural businesses and communities in Argyll have been raised with the UK Government during a visit by John Lamont MP to Ardkinglas Estate near Cairndow. Mr Lamont, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, joined representatives from several estates in the re

Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has teamed up with primary school pupils and a local development trust to celebrate the coronation, and to honour the incredible life and service of her late Majesty the Queen.

SHARE is delighted to announce its next residential conference is taking place in September at the Seamill Hydro.

The Blackwood Design Awards (BDA) is celebrating a decade of excellence and innovation by welcoming entrants to participate in the 2023/24 competition. An international awards programme that seeks to find innovative and life-changing inventions and concepts that enhance independent living for people

After five successful years, David Rose stood down as chair of EVH at this year’s AGM held in Dunblane over the weekend. The newly elected chair is Nicki Finlayson from Rosehill Housing Co-operative in Glasgow.

Only one in five applications for short-term let properties have been approved following the introduction of the licensing scheme, according to data obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has seen first-hand how diversity and the celebration of different cultures is alive and well in Govan.

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has warned that local communities, family farms, and smaller businesses are at risk of being priced out of Scottish rural land, as it is increasingly sought after by forestry interests, natural capital investors, and corporate buyers, becoming a scarce commodity. T

East Renfrewshire Council is undertaking an assessment into the requirement and need for mid-market rent (MMR) housing in the local authority area. MMR homes are designed to assist those who are on low to modest incomes, struggling to afford private renting or home ownership and for people who want

Prioritising customers and putting them at the heart of service delivery has resulted in Kingdom Housing Association achieving Customer Service Excellence Accreditation. The prestigious award comes just one year after a centralised Customer Service Team was established at the Fife-based association.

Residents of Loreburn Housing Association in Stranraer have been given some welcome help with the issuing of supermarket and homeware vouchers gifted by Stranraer Development Trust. The Trust has donated Morrison’s supermarket and Home Hardware vouchers to a value of £3,775 to help Loreb

Work will begin this week on a £334,000 project to preserve the heritage of another historic building in Lochgilphead. The building at 3-17 Colchester Square is the second major project to benefit from funding from the Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS). The funding package also incl

Orkney Islands Council is planning a drop-in information day focusing on the short-term lets licensing application process.

An innovative new partnership has been launched that will see empty homes in Argyll and Bute being brought back into use to help to tackle the shortage of affordable housing for health and social care workers across the region. The two-year project is being funded by the Scottish Empty Homes Partner

West Town Edinburgh Ltd, the development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of prime development land to the west of Edinburgh, has agreed a joint approach with the City of Edinburgh Council to deliver a major new ’20-minute neighbourhood’ for the city.