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Mary Taylor After six years at the head of the organisation, Mary Taylor has announced that she will retire next year from her role asChief Executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

The Glenlivet Distillery road-bridge is ready for crossing

Almost nine out of 10 UK homeowners get cold feet when it comes to hiring tradesmen to carry out home improvement work, according to new research.

Developers behind plans for a £20 million city square and creative hub to form part of Dundee’s £1 billion Waterfront development have submitted their application with the local authority. Inspired by the arrival of the V&A design museum, the £20m Design and Innovation Qu

A new application for the multi-million pound transformation of the Eastgate mall and Falcon Square in the centre Inverness has been submitted.

More people will be able to make their homes warm and water-tight through a new £10 million fund. The pilot scheme in Glasgow, Argyll and Bute and Perthshire will provide equity loans of up to £40,000 to home owners on low incomes to help them make essential repairs to leaking roofs and building s

An Aberdeen museum is to be given a major refurbishment ahead of taking on an enhanced role as a city centre attraction.

Dr Miles Mack Patients could be at risk of “unsafe care” if plans to build new housing do not consider the impact on GP services, a group of medics have warned.

A major new free website designed to help private flat owners carry out repairs to their shared properties has been launched by housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP at an event in Glasgow today. Written by Annie Flint and John Gilbert, the authors of the acclaimed Tenement Handbook originally publishe

Stuart Rennie Award winning global golf course architect, Stuart Rennie, has been chosen to design the new Torvean Golf Course, in Inverness.

Lesley Laird Fife Council’s depute leader, Councillor Lesley Laird, has raised concerns about the latest delay to FIFEplan – the Fife Local Development Plan – and the impact of this on communities and developers.

Alan Forsythe, training & development manager at SHARE, receiving C&G accreditation from Linda Orr, City & Guilds assessor The recent launch of SHARE’s new City & Guilds-accredited training programme strengthens the portfolio of courses designed to support staff in housing associat

Gaiety Theatre, Ayr Gaiety Theatre re-opens after £2.4m restoration

https://youtu.be/zBWddXUCBsY The superstructure of what will be the world’s highest bridge has been completed this week in China and a new timelapse video of work on the project to date has been released.

A primary school in East Ayrshire was forced to close after part of a classroom collapsed into a classroom last week. The rubble was discovered at Hurlford Primary School on Friday morning, with the head teacher believing the damage to have been sustained overnight.