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A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2021/22 has been announced by Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee.

Tristia Harrison, chief executive of TalkTalk, has been announced as the new chair of trustees for national homelessness charity Crisis. Tristia brings years of PLC leadership, marketing and digital experience, as well as a passion for tackling inequality, having spent almost a decade as a trustee a

Small businesses which share properties but do not pay business rates are now eligible to apply for grants to help with the impact of COVID-19, the Scottish Government has announced.  The extension to the Small Business Grant Fund will apply to firms occupying shared office spaces, business inc

The COVID-19 pandemic is storing up a £6 billion debt crisis for millions of households across the UK which if left unchecked is set to worsen, according to debt charity StepChange.

Primary 5 and 6 pupils from St Fergus School in Aberdeenshire have brought cheer to residents of a sheltered housing scheme during the coronavirus lockdown.

Food charity FareShare Tayside and Fife has praised the “extraordinary” efforts of its supporters and volunteers during the coronavirus crisis having delivered 350% more food to frontline charities supporting vulnerable people in the region since lockdown measures began.

The tenant chair of Glasgow Housing Association has renewed calls for “urgent and radical” change to Universal Credit as the coronavirus crisis continues. Bernadette Hewitt today called on the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to take immediate action on five fronts, including ending

AS Homes (Scotland) has returned with revised plans for a residential transformation of a former bus depot in Glasgow’s East End.

As the Scottish Government reconvenes its Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG), its chair Jon Sparkes provides a summary of the first meeting. Just under two years ago a small group of people finished their work as the Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Action Group, known as HARSA

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has put energy efficient housing investment and the Warm Home Discount at the heart of its proposals for Scotland’s post-COVID economic recovery. In its submission to the Scottish Government’s Advisory Group for Economic Recovery, the charity outlines a ser

Glasgow-based housebuilder AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has made four new appointments to support its plans for growth, which remain on course, despite the current economic uncertainties. The company has announced the promotion of finance manager Gillian Quigley to company director plus the recruitment o

A new housing development has been proposed for Glasgow’s historic Acre House.

A developer’s plans to deliver 200 homes on the old golf course in the village of Gretna will be subject to an online consultation event this week.

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project has welcomed Simon Dudley, interim chair of Homes England, as chair of the AIMCH stakeholder group. The £6.5 million AIMCH project is a collaboration between Stewart Milne Group, Barratt Developments, London &

Six highly-respected dispute resolution specialists have teamed up to offer a first of its kind fully online service for the mediation and arbitration of civil and commercial disputes, aimed at providing a quicker, efficient and more cost-effective alternative to court. It can be used by housing ass