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Building services and construction contractor McGill has acquired specialist asset and facilities management business The McDougall Group as it also celebrates the awarding of two new contracts. (from left) Errol Lawrie, managing director, McGill; Graeme Carling, CEO, United Capital; David

Glasgow City Council has given the green light for listed former mill buildings in the Gorbals to be converted into homes.

Douglas House in Glasgow is set to be demolished after plans to build 35 new homes at the former Jordanhill teacher training campus were approved. Glasgow City Council's planning committee has approved a proposal by CALA Homes (West), which had originally planned to convert the building but tol

Plans have been submitted to convert The Ivory on Camphill Avenue at Langside Avenue into flats with a small coffee shop/cafe below. The application seeks consent to the principle of residential use; if approved by Glasgow City Council, detailed plans would need to be drawn up for submission.

A new art installation inspired by the historic streetscape of the market town with influence from local children has been installed in Haddington.

The Partick and Thornwood Ideas Fund is back for Autumn 2021. The Ideas Fund is a participatory budgeting (PB) project funded by the Scottish Government’s Investing in Communities Fund.

Housing secretary Shona Robison has welcomed the start of work on the Scottish Government’s Single Building Assessment programme. A total of 25 buildings deemed most at risk have been identified for the assessment scheme, delivered free to homeowners as part of a £97.1 million Scottish G

Hillcrest’s return to normality took another step forward as the 2021 AGM took place in person for the first time since 2019, with a number of new board members appointed. At the event, which took place last week at Hillcrest’s Dundee HQ, a number of key topics were discussed such as rec

The importance of digital inclusion has been highlighted by Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) as it allocates the final £500 from its Digital Support Fund. The Association has been able to help almost 50 tenants to stay connected during the pandemic through the support fund and creation

Elderpark Housing is in the running to become Scotland’s Housing Association of the Year. The Govan-based Association has successfully made the shortlist in the keenly-contested category in the Scottish Home Awards.

Homeowners are being urged to install interlinked heat and smoke alarms in a nationwide media campaign launched before new fire safety laws come into effect next year.

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed more people to the health pitfalls and stigmas associated with poverty and homelessness, University of Dundee experts have told the United Nations. Academics from the University’s School of Dentistry and School of Education and Social Work have responded to a

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has acquired land to allow the delivery of the next phase of 74 private new homes at its Calderwood development on land off West Bonnington Road in East Calder.

Barratt & David Wilson Homes has lodged a Proposal of Application Notice with Angus Council outlining its plans for a new housing development to the north of Monifieth.

House prices in Scotland increased by 12% in the last year to take the average house price in Scotland up to £173,961, the House Price Index for June 2021 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. The annual increase is the sharpest rise since November 2007, in the midst of the