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Clackmannanshire Council has agreed spending on services for the year ahead as part of a budget setting process which seeks to transform service delivery and with a strong focus on investment-led recovery. At a Special Council Meeting held on Friday, councillors approved a revenue budget of £1

Over 1.8 million adults in Scotland have seen their finances get worse during the Covid pandemic, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

The developers behind a proposed £100 million regeneration of the former IBM site in Greenock have warned that the project “will no longer be economically viable” after councillors approved only 60% of the desired number of homes on the land. Local businessmen Sandy

The housing sector is well aware that it is heading into, if not already in, a period of natural change, where more senior posts are becoming vacant. Recruitment to these roles from within the sector also creates vacancies in other management positions which then need to be filled. This means that p

Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has secured a further £25 million private placement from an existing investor to support its ongoing development programme.

Shelter Scotland’s deputy director Gordon MacRae and Martin Gavin, improvement lead at Homeless Network Scotland, join Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay to discuss the present homelessness situation in Scotland.

Williamsburgh Housing Association has appointed Jonathan Grant as its new chief executive officer. He will take up the post on 7 March 2022.

Moray Council has made progress in some important areas to address financial stability and having plans in place to tackle poor performing services, although challenges remain as it seeks to deliver strategic change, the Accounts Commission has said.

Lochfield Park Housing Association’s new build Abbeycraig Road Development in Easterhouse is continuing to progress, according to the management committee members who recently visited the site.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s pioneering heating network has been honoured with another prestigious national award.

A "vital" service that provides a wide range of services to older and disabled citizens in Aberdeen faces the axe, Castlehill Housing Association has warned.

People over the age of 65 will receive free residential care under a new proposal to be unveiled by Scottish Labour today. Party leader Anas Sarwar will use today's Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow to announce the policy that he said will "transform" social care in Scotland.

Taylor Wimpey has reported a strong start to sales in 2022 and a near return to pre-pandemic levels of turnover. Figures for the year to 31 December 2021 for the housebuilder revealed turnover was £4.28 billion after a fall to £2.8bn in 2020.

The Highland Council has agreed £10 million additional investment in 2022-23 as part of a collaborative budget and an ambitious Health and Prosperity Strategy for the Highlands, aiming to secure medium-term financial sustainability for the council. The agreed budget will see £5.5m additi

A man who has been tirelessly raising funds to purchase a defibrillator for the community has had a welcome boost in his efforts, teaming up with Hillcrest Enterprises to have the life-saving device installed. Dougie Harrold, who is local to Kirkliston, set out on his fundraising mission after his o