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Partnership homes developer Lovell has appointed David Ward as its managing director for the North. David takes up the newly-created director position with Lovell, part of Morgan Sindall Group, after a nearly 31-year career with Keepmoat Group where he held a series of senior roles and was most rece

Aberdeen City Council has approved plans for the second phase of CALA Homes’ Grandhome development in Bridge of Don. The approval ushers in the creation of an additional 116 three-, four- and five-bedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached homes which will complement the first 71-home phase.

Groups of young trainees from across Glasgow and Lanarkshire have been given the opportunity to get hands-on experience during visits to a Bathgate housing site. Lovell welcomed the groups to its Wester Inch development where it is currently building 86 new homes on behalf of West Lothian Council. T

Measures to help police and prosecutors to tackle all forms of domestic abuse will come into force on April 1, ministers have announced. The Domestic Abuse Act, passed by the Scottish Parliament earlier this year, creates a new offence which explicitly covers psychological harm as well as physical h

Shoppers in-the-know are set to descend on Shelter Scotland’s Stockbridge shop today in what has become an annual ‘must-attend’ event for bargain-hunters. Customers will get the chance to pick up designer bargains and collectibles including famous brands such as Vivi

Midlothian Council has approved its Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan to help end rough sleeping in the region. The Rapid Rehousing approach for homeless households was among the recommendations made by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) for ending ro

More than £500,000 worth of work to improve council houses in Dundee is set to be considered by councillors. Contracts to replace boilers and roofs in 157 homes from Broughty Ferry to Maryfield will be discussed by Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee on Monday January

Midlothian Council is launching a review of its Housing Allocation Policy in early 2019. The current policy was revised in 2013 to create three lettings groups:

Scottish ministers are on course to invest over £125 million in 2018-19 to mitigate the worst impact of UK Government welfare reforms and to protect those on low incomes, social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has revealed. The announcement follows new figures which found that, as a

The number of people still privately renting their home after they have retired has doubled in the last decade, according to new figures. Statistics compiled by Scottish Labour revealed the number of permanently retired adults living in the private rented sector has gone from 20,000 to 40,000 in the

Plans to transform a former Dundee jute mill into flats and offices have gained planning permission. A revised scheme to turn the old Pentlands Works on Brown Street into a mixed-use commercial and residential development has been approved by Dundee City Council, subject to conditions.

Jacqueline Robertson McKelvie, who is the voluntary vice-chair of Oak Tree Housing Association, has been bestowed an MBE in the Queen’s 2019 honours list.

Aberdeenshire Council has approved planning permission in principle for more than 700 homes and community facilities on the outskirts of Inverurie. Crichie Developments, led by Dandara, is looking to build 737 homes, a primary school and retail development at Crichie, which is just outside the Aberd

An MSP has called on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to do more to house former veterans after new figures revealed a rise in the number of army homes left empty. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show the number of vacant MoD properties in Scotland increased from 690 in 2013 t

Thenue Housing has embarked on a year of celebration to mark its 40th anniversary. Its first act for 2019 is to unveil its anniversary logo which will become a feature of the celebrations throughout the year.