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Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has appointed Mark Tennant as its new chairman. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise and former deputy chairman of the Scottish Government’s financial services advisory board.

The Scottish Government is to fully fund a new infrastructure programme for pop-up walking and cycling routes or temporary improvements to existing routes to better enable physical distancing

Age Scotland is calling for more investment in social care staff and resources, as well as support for unpaid carers, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has today announced a new initiative aimed at supporting the future of Scotland beyond the coronavirus crisis, with the setting up of the Post-COVID-19 Futures Commission to support Scotland in emerging as positively as it can from the current pandemic. Bringing

Plans for what would be the largest community land buyout in the south of Scotland could be concluded by the end of this year, the charity behind the acquisition has said.

Tenants of Bellsmyre Housing Association have overwhelmingly voted in yes to a transfer of engagements to Caledonia Housing Association, unlocking £30 million of regeneration investment in the process. A total of 97.2% of tenants who voted in the recent ballot have voted in favour of the move.

The Scottish Government has published new guidance on Allocations, Advice and Information to help local authorities, social landlords and private rented sector landlords meet duties and legal requirements during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has published its tenth COVID-19 briefing note which focuses on housing association finance. The series of briefing notes have been produced to help housing associations and co-operatives through the current pandemic.

Plans for a 550-home development in Bridge of Don have won the support of Aberdeen planning officers.

The UK Government has announced that small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders. Under the new initiative, businesses will be able to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the cash within d

With the Community Right to Buy for Sustainable Development coming in to place last weekend, land commissioner Megan MacInnes looks at what it means for communities and for land reform. Last weekend marked the launch of the latest in the Scottish Government’s land reform toolkit – the Co

Aberdeen City Council has reduced the number of people waiting to be housed in the city by more than 1,000 over the last five years, new figures have shown. The local authority waiting list has fallen from more than 7,600 in 2015 to around 6,100.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness charity Cyrenians launched an emergency appeal to enable the charity to respond effectively to the crisis. Image credit: Cyrenians

New powers, which came into force this weekend, give communities the absolute right to buy land for sustainable development and allows them to nominate a third party, such as a housing association, to purchase the land on their behalf in order to develop it in line with community needs. This opens u

Applications for community benefit funds generated by wind farms in South Lanarkshire are to be fast-tracked to support local groups and organisations during the coronavirus pandemic.