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Housebuilder Barratt Homes has submitted a planning application to South Ayrshire Council for a proposed residential development of approximately 300 homes in Monkton.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has published the latest update on its ongoing Affordable Housing Programme with ten developments on-site and are due for completion during 2019/20 – 20/21. The Goathill care home, housing and housing with extra care project is now well under way with preliminary engi

Glasgow-based tech company iOpt has made two senior appointments to help facilitate its ambitious plans for growth. (from left) Dane Ralston, founder and managing director; data scientist Lewis Forster; operations director Stewart Curruth and head of technology Jack Slater

The community of West Dunbartonshire came together at a groundbreaking conference designed to raise awareness of and prevent domestic abuse.

A significant area of woodlands on one of Europe’s largest regeneration sites could be set for a new lease of life.

The Scottish Government has come under fire for its "toothless" National Islands Plan which was criticised for a lack of meaningful targets and objectives for improving lives on Scotland's islands.

Scotland’s highest civil court has found that lock-change evictions of asylum seekers without court orders are lawful in a judgment whose implications are "deeply concerning".

Aberdeenshire housebuilder Scotia Homes has confirmed that it is undertaking a review of its business, with the potential for job losses. The firm said “continuing challenges” affecting the property market since the oil industry downturn in 2014 and “heightening uncertainties relat

Barratt Developments Scotland has continued its drive to increase new home completion rates in line with demand with the acquisition of 16 new sites for development. During the first nine months of the year, the housebuilder, which includes both the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, acqui

Dunbritton Housing Association has won the Rural and Islands Housing Association Forum (RIHAF) Development of the Year Award for 2019. This award was made in recognition of Dunbritton’s most recent rural development of 26 social housing properties at Bruce Court, Succoth in the village of

Two high-rise tower blocks in the Gorbals have been upgraded with brand new door screens as part of a renewals programme undertaken by New Gorbals Housing Association.

Having started as a handyman’s assistant with Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) ten years ago, Jamie Aitchison is delighted to have now been appointed as a trainee technical officer. Mr Aitchison joined BHA from school almost 10 years ago as part of the Working Rite Programme which was fu

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its list of individuals it will select from when making statutory appointments to social landlords after an open selection process.

Rachel Bell, a solicitor from Harper Macleod, provides social landlords with tips on how to handle the rising threat of cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks are a persistent and very real threat to all business sectors across the UK. Social landlords are particularly at risk because of the large amount of p

Emtec Energy has been awarded a combined solar & storage framework by Aberdeenshire Council.