Places For People

Places for People has been honoured with a series of awards for its Tornagrain Woodend house type and its 55 Degrees North development in Edinburgh. The company scooped the top national housebuilder award for best design at the Housebuilder Awards which celebrates the very best in UK housebuilding.

Places for People has unveiled its new four-bedroom detached show home at Tornagrain, the newest town in the Highlands and located only eight miles east of Inverness.

Places for People Group has announced that former HomeServe UK CEO Greg Reed will succeed group chief executive David Cowans from December 1. Following a 20-plus year international career in banking, Greg joined HomeServe and was UK CEO from 2017 to 2020. He was a key member of the new executiv

Two first-time buyers from Aberdeenshire have moved into their new home thanks to Places for People’s Shared Equity scheme, which has also released new properties in Stirling. The team at Chapelton welcomed the first-time buyers to its latest phase of homes, with teenager Cian Douglas (age 19)

Places for People Group has launched a new initiative that aims to help young women establish careers in the construction sector.

Places for People has been shortlisted for three very prestigious Scottish Home Awards 2021. The Scottish Home Awards announced their shortlist in the 14th annual competition and three of Places for People’s developments in Scotland made the shortlist in the following categories:

The next phase of regeneration of the emerging Dundashill neighbourhood in Glasgow has been unlocked thanks to a strategic land deal agreed between BIGG Regeneration and Scottish Canals.

Places for People has launched a new pilot scheme to help charities and social enterprises establish themselves in local communities in Edinburgh. The pilot #SocialSpace initiative will also run in Milton Keynes and Leicester, offering local causes a package to help their organisations grow.

Places for People has released aerial images to show the progress being made at its Chapelton development, located just eight miles outside of Aberdeen.

Places for People has hailed the success of its 55 Degrees North development in Edinburgh after all the homes were snapped up by homebuyers.

Places for People's Engine Yard development in Edinburgh has been shortlisted at this year’s Inside Housing Awards 2021.

Places for People group chief executive David Cowans is to retire next year after 24 years as CEO. Mr Cowans will continue to lead the group and support a planned transition process until his retirement on March 31, 2022.

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.

A Scottish housebuilder is transforming a former Edinburgh industrial site into 77 new homes, thanks to a £5.8 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Places for People has been honoured at the UK’s prestigious What House awards, known as the Oscars of the new homes industry. In a virtual ceremony hosted by Romesh Ranganathan, the developer lifted the silver award for Best Large House Builder of the Year in recognition of its focus on placem