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Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to continue the Winter Discretionary Payments Scheme for eligible people in the Inverness area for 2022/23. A one-off payment of £97 per household will be awarded to support those most in need of financial ass

The Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) has inspired a group of Australian housing providers to pioneer the country’s own equivalent framework. The SRS was launched in the UK in November 2020 by Sustainability for Housing (SfH) and The Good Economy and has provided a com

Twenty-two apprentices from across North Lanarkshire are learning a range of trade skills with the council’s strategic housing and repairs partner Mears Scotland. Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council welcomed the young people at a recent visit to the council’s civic centre wher

Three new board members have been appointed to support the work of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) in Scotland. Kerry Clayton, governance and compliance manager at Elderpark Housing, Helen Merriman, housing services manager at East Ayrshire Council, and Paul Scott, director of operations at

Housebuilder The Springfield Group is to gift its own National Insurance savings to its 898 employees, following confirmation that the UK Government will reverse the 1.25% increase, which came into effect in April this year. Last week, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed that the National Insurance

The Scottish Government's proposals for a National Care Service will mean diverting urgently needed funding for social care towards disruptive structural reform rather than improving services, COSLA said today. The draft legislation currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament would see the

Energy regulator Ofgem has today published its Market Compliance Review of how energy suppliers help customers in payment difficulties and has found issues ranging from minor through to severe weaknesses, or failings. The deep dive found that, although good practice exists across the industry, with

Kingdom Housing Association welcomed members, board members and staff to the organisation’s Annual General Meeting on Monday evening. Guests heard about another successful year in which Kingdom invested over £88 million in affordable housing, allowing it to complete 465 new homes and sta

North Ayrshire Council and the Energy Agency have teamed up to deliver advice and support to residents amid the cost-of-living crisis. The partnership is one of the measures the council is taking to assist people through the current challenges.

At its AGM, Muirhouse Housing Association promised to prioritise development of its role as a “community anchor” to focus on bring tenants, the community and wider stakeholders together. Susan Bell, appointed as chief executive in April, highlighted this as a key point at the AGM while r

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on a new devolved tax that it said will encourage greater use of recycled and other sustainable materials by the construction industry. A replacement for the UK Aggregates Levy, the Scottish Aggregates Levy would be payable when newly qua

Home Fix Scotland (HFS), the Inverclyde repairs and maintenance company, has recruited seven further apprentices. When the opportunities were advertised back in June, the response was overwhelming: from over 300 initial applicants a shortlist of 70 was drawn up. These young people then attended exte

Thenue Housing has announced the appointment of Barry Allan as its new director of finance, IT & resources. Barry Allan has joined Thenue to complete the senior management team.

Cunninghame Housing Association has made the final shortlist for The Award for Third Sector Employer Of The Year in The Investors in People Awards 2022. In a record-breaking year for entries, with over 300 organisations involved, this is an outstanding achievement and one that everyone at CHA is pro

Moray Council is hosting a drop-in event on 5 October for suppliers interested in tendering for the new Framework for Building Repair and Maintenance. The new contracts with the council to undertake building repairs and maintenance are due to be tendered via Public Contracts Scotland before the end