Jane Wood discusses the critical decline of SME homebuilders in Scotland and calls for urgent reforms to support the sector. In June 2024, Homes for Scotland (HFS) took a bold step to fill a glaring gap in our national housing data. Our landmark report, Scotland’s SME Home Builders 2024: Data
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Scotland's latest housebuilding figures, which revealed that both starts and completions fell across all sectors over the past year, should be “yet another wake-up call” for the Scottish Government, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA). Chief executive Sall
The number of small and medium-sized (SME) home builders in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years, a new report published today has shown, at a time when the country is tackling a housing emergency.
Glasgow construction company CCG is celebrating a landmark achievement after securing two major accolades at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2025: Homebuilder of the Year (Affordable Housing Provider) and Affordable Housing Development of the Year (Medium) for Water Row, a development delivered in par
A new report by the Scottish Government’s Housing Investment Taskforce has laid out an ambitious roadmap to boost confidence and unlock greater investment across Scotland’s housing sector.
With an estimated need for around 700 new planners over the next 10-15 years, sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) secured five new 'Future Planners' bursaries totalling £25,000 to help attract talent from a variety of disciplines into this vital profession by assisting with course fees and li
For the second year running, and the third time in four years, Whiteburn has been named Home Builder of the Year (SME) at the prestigious Homes for Scotland Awards 2025. The award recognises Whiteburn’s ongoing dedication to delivering high-quality homes, thoughtfully designed communities, and
Link Group is celebrating a prestigious award win after its Dunbeg Phase 3 development in Oban was named Affordable Development of the Year – Large at this year’s Homes for Scotland Awards. The award was announced at a ceremony last Friday, recognising the scale, quality and ambiti
Taylor Wimpey has been awarded the prestigious Home Builder of the Year in the Large Builder category at the annual Homes for Scotland Awards Ceremony.
The winners of this year’s Homes for Scotland (HFS) awards have been announced at a special, upscaled event marking the organisation’s 25th anniversary. Showcasing the best in class from across the HFS membership, this year’s programme focused on customers, communities and the comm
Scottish homebuilder Cruden has collected two prestigious accolades at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2025, held on 30 May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The event marked the 25th anniversary of the awards, which champion excellence within Scotland’s homebuilding industry.
Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) celebrates its 25th anniversary today with its largest ever Annual Lunch & Awards set to attract nearly 1,000 senior leaders and industry professionals in Edinburgh. The event comes at a pivotal time, just a year after the Scottish Parliament declared a nation
With today marking a year since the national housing emergency was declared, Homes for Scotland (HFS) is to undertake a consumer campaign to challenge public thinking and help to inform civic society on the need for new homes and the wide-ranging benefits they offer. Creative agency Muckle Media has
A national action plan must be developed to tackle the housing emergency to avoid the risk that the crisis “drifts on indefinitely”, according to a new report published today by a Scottish Parliament committee. A year on from the official declaration of the national housing emergency by
Scotland’s economic growth is being held back by a chronic shortage of housing, and urgent action is required to remove this barrier to investment and jobs, a new report from Prosper (Scottish Council for Development and Industry) has warned today. Drawing on insights from over 100 stakeholder