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(from left) Paul Hillard, managing director at Irvine Housing Association; Joan McTurk, community involvement officer at Irvine Housing Association; Nicola Thom, executive director (operations) at Irvine Housing Association; Paul McGregor, chair of scrutiny at Irvine Housing Association; Ilene Campb

Frank Sweeney, chief executive, and Allison McColl, director of corporate services at Cunninghame Housing Association receiving the award from Alison Somerville, managing director of Dustacco Engineering Ltd Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) has won the Health At Work Award at the Ayrshire Busin

Weslo Housing Management has become the newest member of Scotland’s Housing Network, joining the 120 registered social landlords who already benefit from the Network’s services. Mike Bruce, chief executive of Weslo Housing Management, said the Network’s “impressive range of services” will

Atrium Homes is another social landlord to have received additional funding from the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) which will enable it to extend its Money Advice Project until March 2017. The Kilmarnock landlord’s Money Advice Project started in the late autumn of 2013 and was an instant succes

Kingdom Housing Association energy advisor Michael Hui during the event Kingdom Housing Association shared its energy efficiency knowledge at the Fife Environmental Partnership Conference and Fair held in Dunfermline last month.

(from left) Mrs Jean Willets, new tenant at Taylor Court in Keith learning about fire safety in her home from SFRS community safety advocates Andrew Nicol and Russel Farquhar An innovative partnership between the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association is t

Glenn Allison Stewart Milne Group has secured a £185 million banking facility to pursue its long-term strategy of focussed growth and geographical expansion.

Cruden's King's View development in North Toryglen, Glasgow Construction and residential development business Cruden Group has recorded its seventeenth consecutive year of profitable trading after announcing an increase in turnover, profit and home sales.

Richard Blanco More than a third of landlords in Scotland’s private rented sector think that leaving the EU will have a negative impact on their ability to attract tenants in the future, according to a new survey.

Glasgow-based social enterprise and letting agency Homes for Good has been shortlisted for five annual business and professional awards this year in recognition of its ongoing commitment to ethics, social change and tenants’ wellbeing. Homes for Good has been trading since March 2013 and currently

Virgin Media has announced plans to connect an additional 360,000 homes and businesses in Scotland to its fibre optic network by the end of 2019, as part of its £3 billion Project Lightning network expansion across the UK. The firm’s network currently reaches one million premises in Scotland and

Council leader Frank McAveety detailed the report's six recommendations Glasgow City Council has called on the Scottish and UK governments to transfer surplus land to the council for major housing building programmes as part of a range of measures to help the city overcome the issues created by Brit

The GMB has called for a “massive” housebuilding programme to get underway “without delay” after a report by the union found that workers on average earnings in Scotland are priced out of the housing market in 21 out of 32 local authority areas. Published yesterday, the report shows current

Link Group has been awarded an additional £40,715 to extend its Welfare Reform project until March 2017. The initiative is one of over 100 projects funded as part of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s (SLAB) Making Advice Work (MAW) programme, which has gained an extra £6 million from the Scottish G

A modernised website has been launched by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Forum chair Peter Howden said the new site gives GWSF the ability to make further adaptations in the future if required.