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Wheatley Group is helping young people kick start their career by recruiting more apprentices in May. The group will be recruiting up to 15 school leavers to its award-winning Modern Apprenticeship programme – with more to follow later in the year.

The fund management business established by Places for People has completed the construction of the first two development sites in Scotland and acquired a further site in January.

An Isle of Bute native has played a major part in providing vital housing services to individuals in the community throughout the pandemic. Debbie Stewart spent 38 years at The Glenburn Hotel before switching career path to join Bield five-months-ago and is now responsible for running housing d

Plans have been drawn up for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.

Councillors have approved plans for 37 new homes to be built in the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum, with land to be set aside for 12 affordable homes as part of the application.

North Lanarkshire Council has approved its budget for 2021/22 with a focus on spending which helps residents and communities rebuild and recover from the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The council agreed to freeze council tax for residents in the next year, and reaffirmed its commitment

Perth & Kinross Council has announced that nearly £2 million will be spent upgrading smoke detectors in thousands of council homes across the area. The improvement scheme is to ensure safety devices meet with stricter Scottish Government legislation expected next year. The new standard wil

East Ayrshire Council has announced that it will be increasing rent prices by 1.15% meaning council tenants will pay £1.12 more per week.  Councillors voted for the rent increase at a full council meeting last Thursday. The council carried out a survey asking residents about the increase

East Lothian Council has announced that council tax will be frozen in the year ahead as it approved its budget for 2021/22. Further investment has been earmarked by the council for Education and Children’s Services – including additional support for learning – and Health and Social

Fife Council has launched a new survey to help with planning for new housing across Fife.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a mixed-use development that could deliver up to 450 homes next to Dunfermline’s new £180 million super campus.

Developer Modern Spec Ltd has been given the green light to build 138 new homes at the site of the former Carskeoch caravan park in Patna. Buyers will have the option to choose from bungalows and two storey homes at the new development.

Grandhome Trust has unveiled Malcolm Allan Housebuilders as a new homebuilding partner at its community in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don. The Aberdeenshire-based firm will build approximately 130 homes offering a variety of property types – from flats to detached homes – to first-time b

The team behind the 390-acre Blindwells development in East Lothian has unveiled its latest residential development opportunity.

Over 1,000 of the lowest-paid workers in Dundee City Council’s workforce could be in line for a boost as it is proposed to fully embed the Scottish Local Government Living Wage into its pay and grading structure. Councillors will hear that council officers and the trade unions have been workin