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Kingdom Housing Association has marked the successful completion of its inaugural graduate trainee programme with a virtual presentation to a select group of guests from across the country. Launched in 2019, the Graduate Trainee Programme is an evolution of a wider trainee scheme created in 2015 as

The increased focus on community ownership in Scotland has been revealed in new annual figures published by the Scottish Government. Among its main findings, Community Ownership in Scotland 2021 found there were 711 assets in community ownership as at December 2021. This is an increase of

Home-Start Edinburgh has announced the merger between Home-Start Leith and Home-Start Edinburgh West with a special launch party during Challenge Poverty Week (3-9th October). The newly formed Home-Start Edinburgh will host a launch event welcoming high profile politicians and speakers on child welf

North Lanarkshire Council's housing committee has approved additional sites to be added to its new house building programme that will deliver more homes for its residents, regenerate local communities and boost the area’s local economy. The council is continuing to roll out its new build progr

Members of the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed to continue the Winter Discretionary Payments Scheme for eligible people in the Inverness area for 2022/23. A one-off payment of £97 per household will be awarded to support those most in need of financial ass

The Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) has inspired a group of Australian housing providers to pioneer the country’s own equivalent framework. The SRS was launched in the UK in November 2020 by Sustainability for Housing (SfH) and The Good Economy and has provided a com

Twenty-two apprentices from across North Lanarkshire are learning a range of trade skills with the council’s strategic housing and repairs partner Mears Scotland. Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council welcomed the young people at a recent visit to the council’s civic centre wher

Three new board members have been appointed to support the work of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) in Scotland. Kerry Clayton, governance and compliance manager at Elderpark Housing, Helen Merriman, housing services manager at East Ayrshire Council, and Paul Scott, director of operations at

Housebuilder The Springfield Group is to gift its own National Insurance savings to its 898 employees, following confirmation that the UK Government will reverse the 1.25% increase, which came into effect in April this year. Last week, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed that the National Insurance

The Scottish Government's proposals for a National Care Service will mean diverting urgently needed funding for social care towards disruptive structural reform rather than improving services, COSLA said today. The draft legislation currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament would see the

Energy regulator Ofgem has today published its Market Compliance Review of how energy suppliers help customers in payment difficulties and has found issues ranging from minor through to severe weaknesses, or failings. The deep dive found that, although good practice exists across the industry, with

Kingdom Housing Association welcomed members, board members and staff to the organisation’s Annual General Meeting on Monday evening. Guests heard about another successful year in which Kingdom invested over £88 million in affordable housing, allowing it to complete 465 new homes and sta

North Ayrshire Council and the Energy Agency have teamed up to deliver advice and support to residents amid the cost-of-living crisis. The partnership is one of the measures the council is taking to assist people through the current challenges.

At its AGM, Muirhouse Housing Association promised to prioritise development of its role as a “community anchor” to focus on bring tenants, the community and wider stakeholders together. Susan Bell, appointed as chief executive in April, highlighted this as a key point at the AGM while r

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on a new devolved tax that it said will encourage greater use of recycled and other sustainable materials by the construction industry. A replacement for the UK Aggregates Levy, the Scottish Aggregates Levy would be payable when newly qua