Bryan Leask News Today

AN EVENT is taking place this afternoon (Monday) in Lerwick designed to bring together Shetland Islands Council, Hjaltland Housing Association and the local...

Council chiefs are today (Monday) sharing their £180m housing vision with the construction industry – in the hope that collaborative working can deliver for the

Work on the largest housing development this decade has begun today (Monday) with help from a £19m government grant.

WORK on the infrastructure element of the Staneyhill housing development in Lerwick, which will eventually lead to the construction of 300 new homes over a ten-year period, is set to get under way tomorrow (Monday). Local civil engineering firm Garriock Bros Ltd won the tender...

HJALTLAND Housing Association has received a positive endorsement from the Care Inspectorate following an unannounced inspection in October. The visit related to the organisation’s housing support services. The association provides enabling support to tenants in sheltered...

Scottish Housing Regulator vice chair Andrew Watson summarises the August meeting of the Regulator's Rural and Islands Landlord group. Last month we met with the standing group which brings together senior leaders from Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) that operate primarily in rural areas and the

ONE OF the largest cruise ships ever to visit Shetland was domineering Lerwick’s skyline today. The 333 metre long MSC Fantasia dropped anchor in Bressay Sound on Tuesday morning, and sailed again for the Baltic port of Kiel at 5pm. With a capacity of almost 4,000 passengers,...

The affordable housing supply in Shetland is set to receive a significant boost as an islands housing association has secured funding from the Scottish Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. Hjaltland Housing Association will receive £20 million, which will enable the social landlord

The affordable housing supply in Shetland is set to receive a significant boost as an islands housing association has secured funding from the Scottish Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. Hjaltland Housing Association will receive £20 million, which will enable the social landlord

The biggest housing development of the decade is finally set to start following a £20 million funding announcement.