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Shire Housing Association has launched a new and ambitious business strategy for the next five years. The plan builds on the previous period of consolidation and focuses on empowering communities, enhancing social, economic and health wellbeing and addressing climate change.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to all social landlords to inform them it will revert to original timescales for submitting annual regulatory returns after timescales were extended in March last year in response to the pandemic. The Regulator said it consulted with key stakeholders on the

Link Housing is to help 496 low income and digitally excluded households across central Scotland get online. The rollout has been made possible by Connecting Scotland, a Scottish Government initiative managed by SCVO, set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trust Housing Association, Scottish Borders Council and Hart Builders have now completed their new amenity and extra care housing development at Todlaw in Duns, offering two different types of service designed for later years living.

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has struck a deal with the Scottish Green Party which guarantees the Scottish Government's Budget Bill can clear its final stages. The deal will see the phased introduction of free school meals for all primary pupils, an enhanced public sector pay deal, new Pandemic Sup

North Ayrshire Council has approved a £365.3 million Revenue Budget for 2021/22 which will include a Council Tax freeze at current levels and no increase in fees and charges for council services. The newly agreed budget will also see the introduction of an annual £500,000

Council tax in Dundee has been frozen for the 2021/22 financial year, fixing the band D rate for the second year at £1,379. Dundee City Council announced that savings of £1.3 million were made in order to set a revenue budget of £372.9m, the largest proportion of which (45%) is spe

At the meeting of the Highland Council on 4 March 2021, it was agreed by elected members that there will be no increase applied to Council Tax rates for the financial year 2021/22, which begins on 1 April 2021. Rates will therefore remain at the current 2020/21 levels.

Perth and Kinross councillors will be asked to approve an updated Net Revenue Budget for 2021/22 of £387 million when they meet this week.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is encouraging people to check to save on their council tax this month, as new figures reveal the Citizens Advice network delivered £2.3 million in savings in the past year, with an average saving of £393. Analysis released by CAS earlier this year revealed

Community access to 4G and 5G mobile connectivity is to be accelerated with a new “game-changing” initiative to identify public buildings where masts can be installed, the Scottish Government has said. A new toolkit by the Infralink programme will help identify sites on public

ScotRail, ScottishPower, Scottish Water, Morgan Stanley, BAE Systems and Social Security Scotland are among the latest employers to sign up to the Young Person’s Guarantee – increasing opportunities for every 16-24 year old in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Caledonia Housing Association’s People team has scooped Terrific Team of the Year at the 2020 CHeRries awards. The team of eight individuals has worked tirelessly to support colleagues, delivering a range of initiatives to help people adapt to new working practices, required to protect staff a

Williamsburgh Housing Association has appointed Lynne Ramsay as its new finance & information technology manager. Ms Ramsay joins the Paisley-based association following the appointment last year, of Joe McBride as chief executive officer.

The Scottish Government’s ban on evictions should not end with the coronavirus lockdown, MSPs have heard. Throughout the winter lockdown, landlords in Scotland were not allowed to evict tenants from properties in most circumstances, extending the policy already in place through emergency coron