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Scottish homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is asking festive shoppers to help people without a home this winter by purchasing a Caring Christmas Tree. Adding festive warmth to their home with a Caring Christmas Tree helps to bring much needed care and support to some of Scotland’s m

Where do you start in writing An Appreciation of John Kernahan? The words many have used in contacts with me since his passing have included Legend, Character, Pioneer and of course "Big Man". In Scotland, it's only very special people who get the moniker of "Big Man." JRK definitely met this standa

Andrew Saunders, one of Almond Housing Association’s (AHA’s) founding board members, is stepping down after 27 years of service to the organisation. Andrew has been a tremendous resource for the Association over the years and has played an instrumental role in guiding AHA’s journey

Briar Homes is to become one of the first UK housebuilders to be supported by a Regional Growth Initiative (RGI) from Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) which forms part of the social impact investor's newly created £300 million property fund. The RGI is a four-year commitment that will see HGP

Scottish Housing Associations Resources for Education (SHARE) has revealed that its director Mary McLuskey has been headhunted and will depart the organisation. The executive committee had recruited Mary in May this year and have been delighted with the work Mary has done in the short time she has b

Almost 90% of small to medium-sized (SME) construction firms in the UK have reported having to delay jobs due to a lack of materials or skilled tradespeople, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

The local Ayrshire community has benefited from more than just new affordable homes, thanks to the ‘added value’ aspect of the current development programme being progressed by Ayrshire Housing in partnership with Cruden Building West. Four new jobs have been created, including a four-ye

A site where lock-up garages once stood now provides much-needed high-quality accommodation for affordable rent for Angus Council tenants. Tenants have moved into 13 new highly energy efficient homes in the Muirton area of Arbroath, which were delivered by the council's strategic construction p

A new affordable housing development in St Andrews has welcomed its first-footer into his dream retirement home. 79-year-old retiree Anthony Deale was one of the first to set foot inside Bield’s newest development, Malory House.

A group of architects are offering free running tours of Glasgow during COP26 to highlight where the city is transitioning towards net zero.

Contractor A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd, which focuses on delivering energy efficiency projects in partnership with local authorities and housing associations, invited cabinet secretary for finance and economy, Kate Forbes, to site last week to hear about its Energy Efficiency Skills Acad

The Scottish Government no longer supports unlimited recovery of hydrocarbons including oil and gas, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The co-operation agreement signed by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party earlier this ye

Miller Homes has announced the launch of its third development in West Dunbartonshire.

Orchard Brae Ltd has submitted revised plans for its EuroPark proposal in North Lanarkshire, reducing the scale of development and removing all planned development to the north of Calderbank with an attendant reduction in housing provision by 250 homes.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published an updated engagement plan for Charing Cross Housing Association following the landlord’s appointment of West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) as its preferred transfer partner. The Regulator is currently engaging with Charing Cross about its