Homes For Scotland

Tammy Adams Home building industry body Homes for Scotland has opposed proposals by the Scottish Government to increase the maximum fee level for planning applications.

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed two new members of staff for 2017, as industry figures David Ogilvie and Dan Cookson join the team to provide maternity cover for director of policy Karen Campbell. David Ogilvie has been appointed interim director of policy, responsible for developin

Nicola Barclay Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned that the country’s home builders face the prospect of paying a double levy to support apprenticeship training unless funds are ring-fenced to support the sector.

Gill Henry (left) and Nicola Barclay will be utilising their skills to support vulnerable communities during a week-long ‘Women’s Build’ in Mumbai this month Two of the best known female faces in Scotland’s home building industry are in the midst of final arrangements as they prepare to fly

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has welcomed the latest planning report as a major turning point for local authority planning services around the country.

Derek Mackay The Scottish Government delivered a budget yesterday which it said will add significant further investment into the core drivers of economic growth such as transport, energy, housing and digital infrastructure.

Tammy Adams Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has said that the latest statistics on Scotland’s planning decision times further substantiates its claims that builders are finding it harder than ever to make a start on new sites and get much needed homes out of the ground.

Almost 16,000 new homes were built in the 12 months leading up to June 2016, an increase of four per cent on the same period the previous year, according to new figures. Quarterly housing statistics released yesterday by the Scottish Government found that there were 15,991 new build homes completed

Cruden Homes was named Home Builder of the Year in 2016 Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) is inviting entries from across a variety of categories for its 2017 awards scheme.

Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland (HFS) has promoted Tammy Adams to the position of director of planning, responsible for developing and promoting the organisation’s position on local, strategic and national planning policy and practice, and on the infrastructure and utilities needed to support devel

CITB strategic partnerships manager Michael Lennox and Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Homes for Scotland (HFS) have launched a new £250,000 scheme to train non-trade employees.

Ewan MacLeod The real estate and infrastructure practice of Shepherd and Wedderburn has agreed with Homes for Scotland to sponsor its annual conference.

Tammy Adams New quarterly statistics into housing development decision times show Scotland’s planning system is failing to deliver the homes Scots desperately need, according to Homes for Scotland.

Karen Campbell Industry body Homes for Scotland said the supply of housing in Scotland continues to lag behind increasing demand after new figures revealed a fall in housing completions.

After First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government to MSPs at Holyrood yesterday, Scottish Construction Now highlights the details and responses of interest to construction and the wider sector. Infrastructure investment