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Barclay urges better planning

Call for housing action amid ‘worrying drop in activity’

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Nicola Barclay: ‘Latest figures show a worrying drop in private sector activity’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Housing industry leaders have told Communities and Local Government Secretary Aileen Campbell that theRead More

Industry demands change

Housebuilders ‘need more help’ to meet homes shortfall

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Nicola Barclay: ‘misconceptions’   More homes need to be built on small sites to help bridge an 80,000 shortfall across Scotland, according to the industry’s trade body. Homes for ScotlandRead More

Minister speaks of more help

Support for planning may feature in Mackay’s Budget

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Aileen Campbell: Budget coming up (pic: Terry Murden)   Further measures to support the planning system may be outlined in Derek Mackay’s Budget next month, according to Communities and LocalRead More

Barclay attacks regulatory hurdles

Homes tally welcome ‘but well short of meeting demand’

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Scotland’s home builders today said an increase in the number of dwellings built last year was welcome news, but fell well short of meeting demand.

New paper published

Homes group says debate ‘misunderstands’ housing needs

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House builders in Scotland say many reforms currently being proposed fail to recognise the challenges facing the industry.

Brexit 'making problem worse'

Skills crisis hits third of house builders

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Almost a third of housebuilders (31%) claim they are suffering a skills shortage

Building flattens across Scotland

‘More needed to meet demand’ says housing chief

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Homes industry leader Nicola Barclay today made a fresh appeal for a big push on..

Situation is 'bad news' for industry

House building slump is cause for ‘deep concern’

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A housing industry executive has expressed "deep concern" over a fall in the number of homes being built...

Warning from homes lobby

Housebuilders ‘face double levy’ for training young

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Scotland’s home builders are facing the prospect of paying a double levy to support apprenticeship training...

Scottish Budget forecasts

Mackay to resist calls to curb tax rises in Budget

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Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is under pressure to use his first Scottish Budget today to tackle a weakening economy...