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Ofgem, the energy regulator, has decided to accept commitments from PayPoint and a donation of £12.5 million to Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme, following an investigation into whether PayPoint has infringed Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998. PayPoint provides servi

A group of squatters who occupied a disused Glasgow homeless shelter during COP26 are facing eviction after they decided to remain in the building after the conference had ended. The Baile Hoose group took over the former Hamish Allan homeless centre in the South Side of Glasgow during the two-week

Stirling Council remains on track and committed to delivering its successful programme of affordable housing for the benefit of all its communities. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) 2022/23 to 2026/27 sets out the council’s approach to invest in affordable housing throughout Stirli

Two applications by former tenants of Glasgow properties made after their landlords failed to place their tenancy deposits into an approved tenancy deposit scheme have resulted in awards of £500 and £6,000 from The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Housing and Property Chamber.

As social landlords gear up to calculate rent proposals for the year ahead, Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations director David Bookbinder outlines why the post-lockdown landscape could be the most difficult yet. Grappling with the next rent increase is never easy, but thi

Councillors in Dundee have approved more than £4 million of work to bring over 400 roofs up to recommended British Standards after it was found that they did not meet best practice.

Places for People Group has announced that former HomeServe UK CEO Greg Reed will succeed group chief executive David Cowans from December 1. Following a 20-plus year international career in banking, Greg joined HomeServe and was UK CEO from 2017 to 2020. He was a key member of the new executiv

Wheatley Group is celebrating after scooping a hat-trick of top honours at the prestigious Homes for Scotland Awards. The housing, care and property-management organisation picked up the coveted Registered Social Landlord (RSL) of the Year award at the online ceremony on Sunday night.

A home building industry-led mortgage scheme that allows new build buyers to purchase with a 5% deposit has been launched nationally with 17 major builders after a successful regional pilot.

A sod-cutting ceremony has taken place to mark the start of a new North Lanarkshire Council housing development in Bellshill, which will see 29 new affordable homes for rent built in the heart of the local community.

Stirling Council’s in-house build team has completed the construction of 11 new affordable houses at Catherine Street in Bannockburn. The new energy efficient properties were constructed with the support of Scottish Government grant funding and will be fitted with solar panels as well as batte

A ground-breaking project to install one of the country’s most innovative and sustainable heating systems at the Clyde Gateway regeneration programme has been completed in partnership with Scottish Water Horizons. The state-of-the-art district heating network at the Clyde Gateway site in Glasg

Bulb, the UK’s seventh largest energy provider, has announced that it will be entering special administration.

The Scottish Government’s housebuilding strategy is at risk of being derailed by chronic shortages of skills and labour, a senior construction industry expert has warned. Ryan Gilluley, managing director of cost and claim consultants GCM Ltd, said several projects have already been hampered by

Older people in Scotland deserve more choice over specialist housing and care options, according to a new group established by ARCO and Sovereign Property Partnership. Currently, older people in Scotland have less than a tenth of the provision available to them compared to New Zealand, the USA, Cana