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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has commended Link for its involvement in an initiative to create employment opportunities for young people. Gill Jardine, senior customer service leader for Forth Valley Jobcentres, acknowledged Link’s commitment to the Kickstart scheme when she vis

The number of new homes being built in Scotland has yet to return to pre-Covid levels, official figures have shown. Quarterly housing statistics published by the Scottish Government revealed there were 20,767 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end March 2022,

Cruden Building has been appointed by Midlothian Council to deliver 72 affordable homes at Conifer Road in Mayfield. The new homes will form part of a wider project being developed by Cruden Building and Midlothian Council comprising a total of 265 new homes within the local community.

An intellectual property expert has been appointed to join the judge’s assessing inventions that could help transform the daily lives of people living with mobility issues at the upcoming Blackwood Design Awards. Blackwood has invited Gordon Stark to help judge this year’s awards - a Dra

A new cost-of-living crisis campaign by DGHP has been welcomed by Dumfries and Galloway Council co-leaders Stephen Thompson and Linda Dorward. DGHP, part of Wheatley Group, launched ‘Here for You’ at an event in north-west Dumfries on Monday.

An initiative to encourage youngsters in north Glasgow to take more exercise and physical activity has been awarded £12,500 by Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust. The trust is donating the funding to On Our Marks, which aims to improve health and wellbeing in the area. 

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC), an affordable housing aggregator, has retained its ‘A’ credit rating with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings. S&P praised THFC’s risk management and governance structures, which it said will allow the aggregator to maintain a st

Abertay Housing Association has submitted plans to build 44 new homes on the site of the former Mossgiel Primary School in Dundee. The site, located on Ballochmyle Drive in Linlathen, has been vacant since the primary school closed in 2007 and was later demolished. The demolition came two years afte

At a time of unparalleled growth that has seen employee numbers almost double in the last year alone to support a significant expansion of work to new areas of the UK, Edinburgh-based energy efficiency leaders Warmworks have been recognised by Investors in People for their values-driven leadership a

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA), working alongside local arts charity Out of the Blue, has commissioned a mural for the garden of one of its developments in Leith. PoLHA asked what type of mural residents would like and using the chosen theme of gardens, artist Kate George held a riso prin

Tenants have been moving into a new Fife Council housing project in Kingseat. The development has been built on the site of the old Halfway House Hotel and consists of 18 new council houses, a mixture of two and three-bedroom houses and flats.

Refugees and asylum seekers unfamiliar with using energy in the UK are receiving new support thanks to the Empowered by Energy partnership.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has successfully overturned a planning decision regarding its proposed Sibbalds Wynd development in Bathgate. The housebuilder’s proposals included the provision of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes, new play areas as well as new bus stops on Sibbalds Brae, te

Northern Powergrid is the latest electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) to join forces with Gas Distribution Networks Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, SGN and Wales & West Utilities and DNO Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution. The companies have already committe

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has won a commendation at the Herald Property Awards 2022 in the Affordable Housing Development of the Year category (sponsored by NHBC) for its Heron Place development. Heron Place was also shortlisted for the Scottish Home Awards 2022 and nominated for Arc