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Moray Council has contacted the owners of vacant or derelict buildings with a view to issuing compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) to those which have an adverse impact on their surroundings. Members of the council’s planning and regulatory services committee were told yesterday that 18 properties an

New guidance outlining best practice for the installation of underfloor heating has been issued by the NHBC Foundation. The number of new homes with underfloor heating has increased in recent years because it helps free up wall space and can have energy efficiency advantages. Underfloor heating can

The number of complaints to the Financial Ombudsman about payday loans has tripled in the first half of the year, new data has revealed. The Ombudsman said it received 4,186 complaints about payday loans in the first half of the year, up from 1,213 in the previous six months.

Sean O’Callaghan, area operations director for Kier Construction Scotland, Lord Provost George Adam and Alumno Developments managing director David Campbell at Powis Place Students have begun moving in to Aberdeen’s first bespoke-built student accommodation premises, following the official openi

Lang Banks A commitment to ensure everyone in Scotland lives in a warm home and action to address fuel poverty should be priorities for the Scottish Government, campaigners said today.

Tammy Adams The long-awaited approval of Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan (LDP) will not deliver the number of homes that the city needs, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned.

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).

Sandy Adam Springfield Properties has opened consultation on plans to build a new village at Durieshill near Stirling after lodging a Pre-Application Notice with Stirling Council.

Peter Martin, Sanctuary Group’s director of development (left) with Kevin Stewart MSP The development of a former Aberdeen prison site into affordable homes for key workers is officially underway.

Russell Young HouseMark Scotland has used the latest Scottish Social Housing Charter data to produce a new version of its own comparison tool allowing landlords to flexibly benchmark their performance against an unlimited number of their peers.

Last year's winning entry - the S'up Spoon, which benefits people with cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s and other conditions which cause shaking Aspiring designers, engineers and inventors are set to battle it out in a ‘Dragons Den’ inspired event which has become a magnet for global talent.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for a new retirement housing development in Pollockshields. The Evening Times reports that the site at 69 Springkell Avenue will be redeveloped into 56 one and two bedroom apartments designed for people over 60.

The new garden at Burnside Court It was a day of celebrations for residents at a sheltered housing development in Moray earlier this month as they officially opened their recently renovated garden with a craft fayre and day of activities.

(from left) Maurice Corry – regional MSP West Scotland, Malcolm MacLeod – regional director NHBC Scotland, John McColgan – senior site manager (Keepmoat) Conservative MSP for West Scotland, Maurice Corry, visited a new build housing development in Greenock to assess the measures being taken by

(from left) Taylor Cook, Claire Ironside, Heather Kiteley, Gordon Cameron and Lawrence Mayers At first glance letting a cat and mouse loose in a sports hall might seem like a very bad idea.