News

With the Community Right to Buy for Sustainable Development coming in to place last weekend, land commissioner Megan MacInnes looks at what it means for communities and for land reform. Last weekend marked the launch of the latest in the Scottish Government’s land reform toolkit – the Co

Tenants of Bellsmyre Housing Association have overwhelmingly voted in yes to a transfer of engagements to Caledonia Housing Association, unlocking £30 million of regeneration investment in the process. A total of 97.2% of tenants who voted in the recent ballot have voted in favour of the move.

The achievements of CMS Window Systems’ sustainability strategy over the past 14 years have been formally recognised by the Institute of Directors Scotland (IoD Scotland) with an award shortlisting for the man who has been behind the strategy since day one. CMS’s support services directo

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has appointed Mark Tennant as its new chairman. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise and former deputy chairman of the Scottish Government’s financial services advisory board.

The Forth Road Bridge will be closed to traffic from 08:00 until 16:00 on Wednesday 29 April and Wednesday 6 May to allow operating company Amey to carry out essential repairs to joints in the carriageways.

The death penalty can be handed down for the theft or destruction of manhole covers, Chinese judges have been told.

Springfield Properties has agreed an additional £18 million loan facility with Bank of Scotland as it prepares to navigate the uncertainty surrounding the current lockdown. The housebuilder said the additional support gives the group “sufficient headroom, should it be necessary, to withs

Energy company Vattenfall has reached a deal to build its largest UK onshore wind farm to date at South Kyle.

A high level feasibility study into the construction of a bridge or tunnel across the Corran Narrows in West Lochaber has concluded that a fixed link is a viable proposition from an engineering, planning and economic perspective that deserves more detailed examination and costing.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal on how affordable housing units subject to ‘golden share’ provisions ought to be valued for council tax purposes.

Ten council-owned sites across Glasgow are to be sold to housing associations to ensure the delivery of affordable homes continues post lockdown.

The City of Edinburgh Council has been establishing new ways of working and adapting its planning service to support communities and businesses throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 is presenting challenges for the construction sector in many areas, but the marked differences between the approach in Scotland and England is causing significant confusion amongst UK businesses, write Angela Grahame QC and Murdo MacLeod QC. Businesses are already struggling to comply

Local authorities and registered social landlords in Scotland are being urged to take advice now on how to tackle a backlog of building and maintenance works once the current ban on non-essential construction activity is eased. Public sector procurement specialist SPA is providing information to all

Some house buyers could miss out on being able to claim a refund for a property tax charge if they have been unable to sell their old home because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said. The second home charge, or Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS), is a 4