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Brian Birt A volunteer with Shelter Scotland's Prestwick charity shop has helped to save £3,000 for the cause in just six months by passing an electrical safety course.

Grampian Housing Association’s 61 unit development at Riverside in Aberdeen is nearing completion. The Mugiemoss is being delivered by Barratt. Images courtesy of Craig Stirrat on LinkedIn.

Champions Graham Pest Control Business Fives winter season reached a thrilling climax as the Grand Final was held in Glasgow.

Crummock (Scotland) Limited is experiencing significant growth in 2017-2018. Turnover to March 2017 was near £24 million and the civil engineering company expects turnover to March 2018 to be around £34m. Managing director Derek Hogg, credits this growth in part to the company’s business strateg

A new housing development for Link Group Ltd and Paragon Housing Association at Queen Street, Alva has been opened officially opened by the minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart. The £5.3 million construction of 48 homes for social rent began in February 2016, and was supported b

Work has started this week on a new housing development at Rose Court in Langlee, Galashiels. The £1.8 million project by Scottish Borders Housing Association will see the creation of 10 brand-new three bed family homes.

The homes are planned for a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area Plans to build 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area are to be brought back before the local authority after it emerged councillors apparently voted t

The City of Edinburgh Council’s plans to accelerate the delivery of new homes for people on low and middle incomes have been boosted with the acquisition of the former National Grid site in Granton. The local authority, which reached an agreement for the Waterfront site with National Grid on Tuesd

Big civic projects such as building affordable homes at a scale similar to the construction projects seen post WW2 must be led by the public sector, according to a new discussion paper. Commissioned to open up discussion about making more of Scotland’s land, The Delivery of Public Interest Led Dev

Professor David Adams Scottish Land Commissioner Professor David Adams looks at public interest led development in Scotland.

EHRA committee members alongside SFHA and Scottish Regulator Board members and Councillor Kenny McLean The Easterhouse Housing and Regeneration Housing Alliance (EHRA) welcomed a delegation from the Scottish Housing Regulator and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) last week for a

By Shaheena Din, national project manager for the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership

Scotland’s charity regulator OSCR has announced the appointment of two new Board members. Stephanie Fraser, chief executive of Bobath Scotland Cerebral Palsy Centre, joins national director of the British Medical Association in Scotland, Jill Vickerman, on the Board replacing Kaliani Lyle and Prof

Private rented housing developer Moda has secured planning permission to transform the old Strathclyde Police headquarters in Glasgow into a ‘build-to-rent neighbourhood’. Under plans approved by Glasgow City Council, Holland Park – named after the grand hotel-style lobby that will sit on Holl

Callum Chomczuk As the new Lobbying Act comes into force, CIH Scotland's deputy director Callum Chomczuk explains what it all means and outlines some of the potential impacts on political engagement.