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Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson has accepted the post of chief executive for Devon County Council. She will be leaving the Highland Council in February.

Veterans Housing Scotland has launched a campaign to secure 25 more homes for veterans in Scotland by 2025. The Edinburgh charity, which provides homes for disabled veterans in Scotland, currently has more than 650 homes across the country helping around 1,000 veterans and their families.

Edinburgh’s 20-Minute Neighbourhoods strategy is progressing a programme of engagement across local town centres and high streets in the city, with a new focus on Gorgie Dalry.

A new community larder in Glasgow set up only four months ago has been praised by tenants and a councillor after 330 customers signed up. Wheatley Homes Glasgow joined forces with Good Food Scotland in August to create a community larder at the bottom of a multi-storey block in Kennishead Avenu

A bold strategic plan for Scottish local government has been launched by COSLA (the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) that aims to ensure that councils return to their rightful place at the heart of the governance of Scotland. The new plan was approved by all 32 council leaders at a meeting

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for the provision of 50 new affordable homes at its development which forms part of the wider masterplan for the Brackenhill Farm area, and is recognised as

The Community Planning Aberdeen Board, chaired by Aberdeen City Council co-leader Councillor Alex Nicoll, has approved a new strategy to help the city’s communities become equal community planning partners in achieving positive change. The Community Empowerment Strategy 2023-2026 defines what

Councillors have approved plans to develop 79 homes at the former Hoover factory in Cambuslang. A mix of private housing and affordable lets will be delivered on by Dawn Homes land south of Dale Avenue which forms part of the cleared site of the former factory.

Work is officially underway to bring hundreds of affordable homes to a key regeneration site in the Gorbals area of Glasgow’s southside. Regeneration specialist Urban Union, part of Robertson Group, will deliver 191 homes at their Laurieston Living site, which has already benefited from 537 ne

Clark Contracts has been appointed to the Scottish Procurement Alliance's (SPA) New Build Housing Framework.

The public is to be given a chance to view updated proposals for the redevelopment of the former Archaos nightclub site located in Queen Street, Glasgow.

Scottish thermal storage manufacturer Sunamp has secured £9.25 million to develop and trial its thermal storage system to tackle fluctuations in renewable energy availability. Sunamp will test their technology in 100 homes across the UK extending their existing heat battery to provide increase

Scottish homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022, with supporters’ donations doubled thanks to match funding. This year, the charity is seeing more people than ever needing emergency assistance at the Rapid Re-accommodation W

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has appointed Graeme Winning, East Ayrshire Council as chair of the board. SHN is a membership organisation which supports social rented sector landlords to improve services by benchmarking cost and performance data, sharing knowledge and best practice through

Fife Council's Planning Services is the first local authority in the UK to be awarded Gold Carbon Literate Organisation accreditation. In 2019, the council declared a Climate Emergency and is taking steps to help tackle the impact of climate change in Fife.