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The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has announced that Vodafone Business and Cisco have become SFHA commercial associates, helping to increase the knowledge and experience it can provide members with regarding new digital technologies and mobile connectivity. Through the partnersh

Crown Estate Scotland is offering two tenant farmers the opportunity to buy their farms. Tenants on Auchindoun Estate in Moray and Applegirth Estate in Dumfriesshire are being made the offer as part of a pilot which may be extended.

Proposals to partly demolish a former art deco cinema in Edinburgh to create new homes have been rejected by councillors.

Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Jason Windsor as its new chief financial officer as the firm noted a return to near pre-pandemic levels. Mr Windsor is expected to join in the summer and will become an executive director on the board at that time. He will succeed Mike Killoran, who announced in

Glasgow construction firm City Building has won a £1 million contract with East Renfrewshire Council that will secure employment for more than 150 staff with a disability or learning difference.

Plans to build 24 flats for Parkhead Housing Association on a surplus green at Belvidere Bowling Club in Glasgow have been rejected by councillors.

Ardenglen Housing Association has held its biggest ever consultation with its tenants in order to map the organisation’s way forward. Known as the ‘Big Conversation’, it was launched in 2021 with the aim to specifically understand customer impact caused by the pandemic and explore

Falkirk Council’s leaders need to urgently make and implement big decisions about how to deliver sustainable services and make significant and necessary savings having stalled progress over the past three years, according to the Accounts Commission. The independent body that holds local c

A care home company has been fined £640,000 after one of its residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died. The 65-year-old resident of Orchard Care Home in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire was on a specialist diet of minced and moist food after a severe stroke and vascular dementia left her at

Link Group has attained the Certified Sustainable Housing Label, awarded by RITTERWALD Consulting, for a second year. In 2020, Link was the first housing association in Scotland to achieve the internationally recognised accreditation.

The significant increase in people of pension age which has been projected over the next two decades means that urgent action is needed to make Scotland fit for the future, Age Scotland has warned. The national charity for older people has highlighted the importance of preparing to meet the needs of

The Highland Council is piloting a new open market purchase scheme to buy directly from owners in a bid to bolster its housing stock. The council is asking anyone considering selling a house to contact them and help make to make a difference to families who are in need of a home.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords inviting them to complete a tenant health and safety survey.

A combination of wall construction membranes from Glidevale Protect has been installed across two social housing developments, designed and built by modular construction specialists Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group. The mix of membranes used included the reflective, low emissivity TF200

Crosslane Residential Developments has unveiled proposals to deliver a new form of residential living with shared social spaces to Edinburgh.