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Regional apprenticeship manager for Scotland William Smith has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Apprentice Instructor of the Year category at this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards. William has played a central role in increasing the number and improving the diversity of Persimmon&rsq

Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency, has launched its review of 2022 highlighting its achievements and announced details of its work in 2023. As Scotland adopts a new National Planning Framework – with place at its heart –Architecture and Design Scotland will

Mactaggart & Mickel Homes’ Greenan View site manager Stuart Gillespie has received praise from the Scottish Parliament for winning a National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job award, in the medium housebuilder category. Sharon Dowey MSP submitted a parliamentary motion in reco

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations' chief executive Sally Thomas has written to The Herald to correct a recent article that the SFHA said may have caused "unnecessary concern" to tenants. The article in question concerns the emergency rent and eviction provisions brought in by

A Midlothian-based foodbank welcomed a donation of £2500 to assist with supporting families and residents in the local area. Shawfair LLP, the master planners behind the new town in Midlothian, alongside housebuilders Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, part of The Springfield Group, and Bellway Ho

More than 200 affordable homes across three developments have been given the green light by the City of Edinburgh Council. The council's Development Management Sub Committee granted permission for new build sites in Greendykes, Wester Hailes and Dreghorn, which will deliver at least 130 new hom

A new environmental report by a leading UK architect has supported proposals by Wheatley Homes Glasgow to demolish four multi-storey flats and for hundreds of new homes to be built in their place. Wheatley has announced plans to invest £73 million in Wyndford, in the Maryhill area of the city,

Scottish Borders Council has approved the next steps that have been recommended for the development of a new care village facility for Hawick. Agreement was given at the council meeting held on 26 January for a full business case to be progressed, based on the preferred option that a new build care

Members of the Highland Council’s Housing and Property Committee yesterday approved a 4% increase in council house rents for 2023/24. The council said the increase, which is well below the current rate of inflation, will help mitigate the financial challenges faced by tenants affected by the c

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd has submitted plans to build 49 affordable homes just off Lour Road, Forfar.

After seven years of hard work to bring tenant participation up to a high level, Kingdom Housing Association has been awarded Gold Accreditation from TPAS Scotland. Kingdom has undertaken several key areas of review in consultation with tenants, including its new participation strategy, underta

Following the government’s decision to suspend the rent freeze on student accommodation, a new report has revealed what it claims is the "depth of the dysfunction of the student housing market".

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for nearly 80 three-storey houses to be built in the second stage of the huge canal-side quarter in Dundashill.

Surplus Property Solutions Ltd has submitted detailed plans for a major flats complex between two A-listed buildings in Calton. The firm intends to build a seven-storey, T-shaped block in the car park area at the former headquarters of social enterprise organisation The Wise Group in Charlotte Stree

A Wheatley Foundation programme to tackle unemployment in some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged areas has reached a major milestone – with its 3,000th job and training opportunity created.