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Every pupil at Beith Primary School will receive an Easter egg this year after Persimmon Homes West Scotland made a £1,000 donation to the school as part of its Community Champions scheme. The donation was made to the school’s Parent Council, with some of the funding put towards buying a

Fife Housing Group has been supporting young people across Fife to build the skills and confidence needed to manage their first home, through a series of interactive youth workshops. The workshops, designed for young people aged 16 to 24, focused on the key things they need to know when moving into

Kingdom Support and Care (KSC) has been approved as a visa sponsor for 10 international workers. After applying to the Home Office in December 2025, the application was approved in January of this year. It means that while following UK immigration rules, Kingdom can employ non-UK nationals to contin

Scotland's housing sector has reacted with alarm to the Scottish Government's latest quarterly statistics, which show a continued and significant decline in housebuilding across all tenures in the 12 months to December 2025. The figures reveal 17,336 homes were completed, a 13% annual fall, while ne

Scots can now apply for £300 of heating oil support under a new scheme run by Advice Direct Scotland. The Scottish Emergency Heating Oil Scheme is aimed at low-income and vulnerable households facing increased oil and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) heating costs.

Bellway Scotland’s West team has donated over 1,000 Easter eggs to three Glasgow charities. Staff and subcontractors gathered the eggs and 600 were donated to Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity; 450 went to Variety Scotland, the children’s charity; and 100 to Glasgow City Mis

Social housebuilding is on track to fall far below what is needed to tackle the housing emergency, new data has revealed. Figures from the Scottish Government show the number of affordable homes completed under the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) in 2025 dropped by 25% compared to 2024.

Scotia Homes reported a pre-tax loss of £7.9 million for the year to June 2025, more than triple the £2.6m recorded in the previous year, as the Ellon-based housebuilder was hit by a sharp downturn in the new-build market and the costs of a major restructuring programme. Revenue fell 23%

Scotland built 17,336 new homes in 2025, with 14,999 new builds started across the social and private sectors, according to the latest official statistics published by the Scottish Government. The figures reveal significant year-on-year falls, with all-sector completions down 13% and starts down 6%

Funding worth £150,000 has been unlocked to investigate the feasibility of the Fallin Thermal Minewater Energy Project.

Spain's plan to impose a tax of up to 100% on property purchases made by non-European Union buyers has stalled, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's minority government failed to secure sufficient parliamentary support for the measure. The proposal, unveiled in January 2025 to considerable in

Average rents in Scotland's private rented sector (PRS) have climbed by £21 to reach £1,022 per month, an annual of 2.4% increase between March 2025 and February 2026, at a time when the inflation rate was 3.11%, according to analysis by DJ Alexander Ltd. The lettings and estate agency s

Scottish charity and social enterprise Scarf marks 40 years of supporting households with a pair of eye-catching tartan-wrapped vehicles, now on the streets of Aberdeen and Dundee.

As the financial year end closes, Grampian Housing Association has demonstrated its commitment to community wealth building by ensuring the majority of its spending stays within the local economy. New figures show that over the last reporting period, 80% of Grampian’s procurement spend was ret

Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) has issued an urgent warning to households across the Western Isles before Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meters start to be switched off permanently next month. It is estimated that there are still approximately 700 households in the Western Isles using RTS meters, and TIG