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Port of Leith Housing Association has been awarded with a 4 star Recognised for Excellence award and a Good Practice award: Harnessing Creativity and Innovation by Quality Scotland at this year’s Scottish Awards for Business Excellence, which took place on Friday at the EICC. Now in its 25th year,

Hardies Property and Constructions Consultants, which has its head office in Edinburgh as well as thirteen other offices across Scotland, has achieved Investors in People Gold and Investors in Young People accreditations. Hardies is a multi-disciplined property consultancy, serving clients in both

EVH have been nominated 7 times this year for the Helen McGregor Award, which is sponsored for the second year running by the Cunninghame Housing Association.

Hundreds of buildings across Tayside will be heated by power generated from the River Tay.

Kevin Stewart The number of homelessness applications and the amount of people assessed as homeless in Scotland has reduced during 2015/16, according to a publication today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

Laurice Ponting Laurice Ponting has been appointed chief executive by HouseMark, taking up the post on 1 October.

Tenants of a new Dundee development will benefit from free WiFi in their new homes. More than 20 new flats have been constructed on the former Dens Metal site, in Dens Road, Dundee and will see new tenants receive free internet and a free tablet as part of an innovative pilot scheme.

Charles Milne, Kingdom Housing Association Chairperson with David Little, Kingdom Initiatives Limited Chairperson with Carolynn McQueen and Peter Gibson, both tenants at Guardbridge and members of the Scrutiny Panel. A new £8 million development of 66 homes in Guardbridge by Kingdom Housing was the

Cube Housing Association has unveiled its new Dumbarton office – giving local customers easier access to face-to-face advice and services. The social landlord, which is part of Wheatley Group, has opened on the High Street in response to feedback from tenants wishing more ways to access help, guid

Staff and tenants at Lady Flora’s sheltered housing with Action on Hearing loss charity and Provost Jim Todd The work of staff at Lady Flora’s sheltered housing in Newmilns who support tenants with hearing loss has been recognised by charity Action on Hearing Loss Scotland.

Olga Clayton, Wheatly Group Director of Housing A £100 million clean up is set to take place aimed at improving the environment of 200 thousand Scottish housing association tenants and creating over 200 new jobs.

Prospect Community Housing has received £149,541 from the Big Lottery Fund for Clovie Community Garden to build local community capacity. The support of the Big Lottery Fund through their Community Led Activity grants, will see local residents develop the community gardens for the next 3 years.

Dave Doogan Perth & Kinross Council’s Sheltered Housing Service has been given a resounding thumbs-up by the Care Inspectorate following an inspection earlier this year.

The Competition and Markets Authority last week published the final report of its two-year Investigation into fairness, transparency, and competitiveness in the energy market. The report proposes a range of remedies including greater protections for consumers on prepayment meters, improving competit

The Link tenant project at Glenpark Gardens, Cambuslang Link Housing Association (part of the Link group) has been awarded a £6,000 funding boost as part of the latest “Awards for All” funding package from the Big Lottery. The funding is for a tenant well-being project at Link’s sheltered hou