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Peter and Fran's Eco House The owners of one of Scotland’s most inspirational green homes will open their doors to neighbours this weekend as part of a series of ‘Green Designs’ events.

Jedburgh has become the latest Borders town to receive Digital Scotland superfast broadband. Scottish Borders Council is to invest £8.4 million to ensures its communities gain access to the high-speed internet technology.

Designer Corien Staels with Blackwood's Belses Gardens tenant Peter McWilliams Residents at a Glasgow care home have been among some of the first to try out and provide invaluable feedback on a unique and innovative invention for wheelchair users.

Household essentials that help make a house a home are being provided to young homeless people in Scotland who are overcoming significant challenges and taking up their first tenancies. Starter packs containing the basics like curtains, bedding, pots and pans, towels and cleaning items are being pro

The Scottish Government has identified more than £30 million to deliver affordable housing throughout Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over the next year. The £250m Aberdeen City Region Deal, which was announced in January, was accompanied by an additional £254m funding commitment from the Scottish Gov

More than £25 million has been spent on energy efficiency measures in Dundee homes in the past three years with another £3m in the pipeline. The figures are revealed in reports set to go before councillors next week which detail progress towards the city’s drive to provide warm, high quality, af

Kingdom Housing Association has completed its latest project in Kirkcaldy which will see 15 new energy-efficient flats available for Mid Market Rent (MMR) with power costs as low as £310 - £350 a year. The £1.52 million project has created the 15 new homes at Ferrard Road as part of a Design &

The Anderston Regeneration project Construction and manufacturing specialist CCG (Scotland) Ltd has reported a busy first half to the year after commencing more than £92 million in building projects.

Housebuilder and regeneration group Keepmoat has reported a 3.5 per cent increase in group revenue despite a “year of consolidation” in its Regeneration division. Releasing its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2016, Keepmoat said it performed in line with expectations in the face o

North Ayrshire Council is inviting landowners, developers and the public to suggest sites suitable for development within the upcoming Local Development Plan (LDP). As part of its early engagement on its second LDP, the local authority has issued a ‘Call for Sites’ consultation by Friday 9 Septe

Helen Forsyth, chief executive of BHA and Nicholas Gubbins, chief executive of Community Energy Scotland see the first foundations of Hoprigshiels community windfarm taking shape Scotland’s first windfarm to be developed through a partnership between two charities has taken a big leap forward with

Govan Housing Association has become the first housing association to have had triple triumph in receiving all three awards from Investors in People Scotland. The Association achieved IIP Platinum Accreditation, the IIP Health and Wellbeing Award and Investors in Young People Gold Accreditation in r

ng homes residents are getting their hands dirty at their local allotment this season and members of the North Glasgow community are invited to join growing sessions to learn about sowing, cultivating, and most importantly harvesting food in a natural, organic way. The allotment workshops are part o

Bield is looking for a volunteer to help older people enjoy happy and fulfilled lives at a retirement housing development in West Lothian. A Lunch Club Assistant is being sought to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community at Stewart Court in W

(left to right) Bill Banks chief executive, Kingdom Housing Association, Charles Milne, chairperson, Kingdom Housing Association, Tom Brown, chairperson, Ochil View Housing Association and George Tainsh, director, Ochil View Housing Association A new partnership between Ochil View Housing Associatio