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Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is today launching 'Our Advice Adds Up', a new campaign encouraging people to seek advice as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets. This autumn consumers are set to face a huge increase in energy bills, soaring inflation and the impact of hig

Taps, showers, dishwashers and washing machines could all have new water efficiency labels in a move to encourage the purchase of more water-efficient products and help customers manage their water and energy bills. The plans, subject to a 12-week consultation, will help save 1,200 million litr

The outcome of the Scottish Government’s Emergency Budget Review will be set out to Parliament within two weeks of any UK Government Emergency Budget, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak could hold an emergency budget or other fiscal event after taking

Six kitchen manufacturers and suppliers have won places on a £6.5 million framework to deliver to social housing providers and the public sector across Scotland. The four-year Supply of Kitchen Units and Worktops (K7) Framework from public sector construction framework provider Scottish Procur

Russell Roof Tiles has supplied sustainable and long-lasting concrete roof tiles to support the vital re-roofing of a social housing project in East Ayrshire. The upgrade project has been delivered by A.C. Whyte, an energy efficiency contractor in the major refurbishment of social housing for local

Responding to a call for evidence from the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, CIH Scotland has raised some concerns about the lack of detail set out in the Bill about the role of housing in the new NCS and local Care Boards. The response highlights the need for bett

New proposals for the residential redevelopment of a prominent former care home site in Newton Mearns have been submitted to East Renfrewshire Council following community feedback. Property developer Dundas is looking to build 18 detached homes on the site of the former Mearnskirk House after rethin

An official sod cutting ceremony has been carried out in Earlston to mark the start of a £12.5 million new affordable housing development. Cruden Building, part of the Cruden Group, is building 64 energy-efficient new homes on behalf of Eildon Housing Association. This development contributes

Ahead of a BiteSize Briefing on the Future of High Rise Housing to be held later this month, Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay lead a roundtable discussion on the topic with SHARE's learning & development officer Debra Campbell, who is organising the event, Stephen Llewellyn, head of housing soluti

Councillors will be asked to decide on future management arrangements for 18 new flats for affordable social rent on the site of the former Fairfield Community Centre in Perth. A meeting of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee will be given an update on the development, which is due to be

Ancho, a housing association in North Ayrshire, held its first family fun day since before the pandemic.

More than 200 low-income households have received essential support to get online thanks to Wheatley Group. The group – including Wheatley Homes Glasgow, DGHP, Dunedin Canmore, Loretto and West Lothian Housing Partnership – distributed iPads, Chromebooks and WiFi units to tenants in grea

Guild Homes has submitted revised plans for a £50 million expansion of its Forfar housing development after it lost an appeal into the proposal just last month. The local firm hopes to double the size of its 245-home development at Strathmore Fields between Turfbeg and Kirriemuir Road.

A bid to expand the Aberdeen village of Peterculter with 250 new homes has failed to gain the support of Aberdeen City Council. First Endeavour LLP had sought to build the new properties in the north of the community. The houses were designed by Halliday Fraser Munro to border Bucklerburn

Aberdeen City Council has agreed a £3.3 million deal to upgrade the Travelling Persons Site located at Clinterty. The plans involve demolishing existing plots to build 21 new ones for Travellers.