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The Construction, Housing & Property sector has been well represented at Business Fives with over 70 companies from the sector involved in the corporate football events. The sector has also been the most generous when it comes to charitable efforts with £15,000 raised in just two years by the C

Increased awareness of equality law among lawyers and housing advisors will help tackle the discrimination faced by some groups of people at risk of eviction or homelessness, a conference in Glasgow will hear today. The Equality Act 2010 protects people such as those with disabilities from discrimin

Representatives from across Scotland’s housing sector will gather at the Wheatley Academy in Edinburgh today to attend a re-run of day two from CIH Scotland’s annual Housing Festival. The Housing Festival was cut short in February due to the snow.

Angus Housing Association chairman Elizabeth Whitson and Angus Council Provost Ronnie Proctor flanked by Mark and Robin Guild from developer Guild Homes Angus Council Provost, Ronnie Proctor, officially opened Angus Housing Association’s 20 house development at Restenneth Fields in Forfar last wee

Simon Community Scotland’s tenancy support team, Tracey Blair, Shona Redmond, Margaret Graham and Heather Montgomery Homeless charity Simon Community Scotland has been appointed to provide a tenancy support service on behalf of four housing associations.

Fanchea Kelly A recent report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland (EHRC) which calls on the Scottish Government to produce a strategy to ensure there’s an adequate supply of housing for people with disabilities is a positive call to action for accessible modern housing, with

Wellhouse Housing Association welcomed the National Housing Federations of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England last week to discuss tenant led boards and the possible impact of the full roll out of Universal Credit (UC) as part of a UK nations information sharing event. The Federations vis

Clackmannanshire Council is working with the Scottish Government and local partners to ensure that recent investment in delivering affordable housing for local people continues in the years ahead. In 2017-18, over £5 million was invested in Clackmannanshire which resulted in 76 new builds and 11 pr

Gowrie Care, part of the Hillcrest Group, was one of four charities recognised at the first Good Governance Awards ceremony during an event held in Dundee’s city chambers last week. Achieving the Good Governance accreditation highlights Gowrie’s commitment to continually reviewing policies and p

Stirling Tenants Assembly Stirling Council is working in partnership with tenants to develop its housing service into one of the best in the sector.

Briar Homes has been granted planning permission by North Lanarkshire Council for a new £5 million development of 17 private homes for sale at Station Road, Muirhead. Briar Homes is the new private homes arm of AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd - a family-run, Glasgow-based housebuilder with a successful 20-

A 75-year-old West Lothian pensioner has raised over £7,000 for local Alzheimer’s and dementia facilities by taking a dip in his local pool. An ex-military piper and formally of the 1st Royal Highland Fusiliers, John Thompson, who lives at Bield’s Craigengar Park in Livingston, successfully swa

Lintel Trust (part of the Link group of subsidiaries) is holding its 24th annual charity golf tournament at Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on Friday 15 June. The tournament, sponsored by Cruden Homes and Sidey Ltd, will see participants take to the club’s 18-hole West Course to enjoy a round of g

Druidibeg. Image credit: SNH/Lorne Gill A proposal from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) for a South Uist community group to establish a new Nature Reserve within an active crofting estate has been approved by the Scottish Government.

A new Edinburgh housing development is to provide much needed affordable and modern accommodation for more than 100 people. Fleming Place, the newest addition to Bield’s Scotland-wide portfolio of specialist housing, features 40 apartments for social rent that comprise a mixture of one and two-bed