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A new community of 199 people and families has been set up in Leith thanks to affordable housing developed by Link Group.

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report into the UK construction sector has revealed that output has fallen at its steepest rate since April 2020.

Steven Simpson, managing director at Cruden Homes East, highlights new developments that he believes put the focus on communities and thriving neighbourhoods. After the shut-downs, materials shortages and lack of skilled workers that have challenged the housebuilding industry over the last 18 months

Cruden Building has been appointed by Beech Grove Homes to carry out the second phase of the transformation of the former Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow into contemporary homes.

Nearly 100 much-needed new homes have been built in Inverclyde by Sanctuary Group. The social housing provider has delivered 96 homes for social rent across four sites in Port Glasgow and Greenock.

Cruden Building (West) has breathed new life into an important community building as it has successfully carried out refurbishment work at St. Ninian’s Church in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire. Together with hub South West Scotland, the firm is currently building a £3.48 million new housi

An official sod-cutting ceremony has been carried out in Drymen, Stirlingshire to mark the start of one of Scotland’s first social housing developments to be built to Passivhaus standards as Cruden Building (West) builds 15 affordable and innovative new homes on behalf of Hanover (Scotland). T

Rounding up the Scottish Construction Now COP26SCN feature showcasing the social housing sector’s efforts to combat climate change is Hanover Scotland’s development being built to Passivhaus standards in Drymen. With a portfolio including more than 5,000 properties, located in more than

A riverfront project to build 49 new flats in Edinburgh on the banks of the Water of Leith has been completed as a result of full civil and structural services from the engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson.

Detailed plans, comprising 94 flats and 48 colony style homes, have been prepared to bring a derelict brownfield site and home of a former care home back to life as part of the £1.3 billion Granton Waterfront regeneration project.

Cruden Homes has submitted plans to build 52 new affordable flats in Livingston on the site of the former St Columba’s Church in Craigshill. If permission is granted, once completed, the one and two-bedroom homes will be given to a housing association.

Work will shortly begin on two multi-million-pound affordable housing developments in Glasgow. Housing provider Home Group Scotland appointed Cruden Building West to deliver two key housing developments at Kennyhill Square in Dennistoun and in East Balornock (Phase 6). The contracts have a comb

Residents from the local community in Castlemilk have benefited from the ‘added value’ aspect of the current development programme being progressed by Cassiltoun Housing Association in partnership with Cruden Homes West. Cassiltoun’s CEO Clair Malpas said: “Our development pr

Work has started on a new complex care housing development facility in West Lothian. West Lothian Council's project at Cawburn Road, Pumpherston is expected to open in November 2022. Construction work is being undertaken by Cruden Building East, part of the Cruden Group, on behalf of the council.

Kevin Reid, chief executive of the Cruden Group, gives a commentary on the Housing and Climate Emergency theme of Scottish Housing Day. In the 2018-2019 financial year more new homes were built in Scotland than at any time since the crash of 2008. Covid put the brakes on activity levels and alt