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A newly lodged planning application has called for permission to demolish a lens manufacturing plant in Aberdeen to make way for a block of flats.

A Holyrood committee has backed plans to introduce a licensing scheme for short-term let properties in Scotland.

The new chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce has been announced as David Strang, a former Chief Constable who previously chaired the Independent Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Tayside. Mr Strang was also HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland. He takes up this new position with immediate ef

New staff joining the social care workforce are to have entry costs paid by the Scottish Government until the end of March. Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checks and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration will now be funded to help encourage more staff into the profession and ad

The board of management at Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has approved a £40,000 grant assistance fund for its tenants. The purpose of this fund is to assist any tenant experiencing vulnerability in financial terms between January and March 2022.

A £3 million support fund has been launched to help Scots struggling with their energy bills amid a growing cost-of-living crisis. The Scottish Government scheme, which is administered by national advice service Advice Direct Scotland, is designed to prevent households falling into fuel povert

Sandra Brydon, director of Home Group Scotland, who has devoted more than 40 years to public and charitable service in Scotland, is calling time on her career this spring.

The 11th Scottish Empty Homes Conference, due to take place on Tuesday 1 February 2022, has been rescheduled to 22 March 2022 to increase the likelihood of in-person participation at the conference. With the theme 'Empty Spaces to Thriving Places', the conference will be held in a hybrid format. A l

A new community cafe will open next week inside Barrowfield Community Centre in Glasgow which is run by the Willowcare Trust, part of West of Scotland Housing Association.

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.