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The UK Government has extended the maximum loan size available through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) from £50 million to £200m. The move aims to ensure those large firms which do not qualify for the Bank of England’s COVID Corporate Financing Faci

A new online service for small and medium sized employers to recover statutory sick pay (SSP) payments they have made to their employees will launch on May 26, the UK Government has announced today. Announced in the March 11 Budget as part of a package of support measures for businesses affected by

Scotland’s freedom of information legislation has improved the transparency and accountability of public bodies but needs to be updated to reflect the changing nature of public service delivery, according to Holyrood’s public audit committee.

Briar Homes marketing manager Ainslie McCrone on managing buyer interest as the housebuilding sector awaits the easing of lockdown restrictions. There are certain milestones in life that are set in, well, stone, and serve as evidence of our British-ness – or Scottish-ness for that matter.

A new housing development in the coastal village of Johnshaven has been given planning permission. Fotheringham Homes has created a stylish new housing development in Johnshaven to be known as The Beaches.

KR Developments Residential Ltd has submitted plans to build hundreds of new homes with roof gardens at the site of the old Partick Central Station in Glasgow's West End.

Craigdale Housing Association has chosen its current interim director David Mackenzie as its new chief executive officer. The announcement comes after a robust and competitive recruitment process, which attracted many strong candidates from within the social housing sector.

An extra 100 homes are to be provided by Wheatley Group to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Scotland. The housing, care and property management group has pledged the additional properties to Housing First as part of a package of measures to help vulnerable people during the coronavirus cris

Private landlords and other property owners left with empty homes in Edinburgh due to coronavirus are being encouraged to help local people and families in critical housing need through a new scheme which aims to provide a better alternative to other forms of temporary homeless accommodation.

CIH Scotland national director Callum Chomczuk and John Blackwood, chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL), argue that further support is required for private landlords, who have a significant role to play in the housing sector’s response to coronavirus. Last month the S

Trust Housing Association has partnered with the Scottish Government to provide a network of grassroots support for ethnic minority older people during the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Rohini Sharma Joshi, Trust’s equality, diversity and inclusion manager, has mobilised eight ex

Thenue Housing is continuing to support its communities during the coronavirus emergency thanks to funding from the National Lottery. Thenue staff at a Choices for Change awards ceremony held in Cranhill prior to the health emergency

The Scottish Government has been asked to review Perth & Kinross Council’s refusal of a housing application in Milnathort.

The Scottish Government is to introduce new measures to intervene in care homes if residents are being put at serious risk due to service failings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish Labour has written to the UK’s ‘Big Six’ energy companies asking them what they are doing to support customers during the COVID-19 pandemic amid increased bills for customers due to increased time spent at home. According to research by comparethemarket.com, the average en