Caroline Gumble: Reflecting on 2024 - CIOB’s progress on quality, sustainability, and skills in Scotland
17 December 2024
Insight
Zander Muego: Five themes that could shape construction in 2025
16 December 2024
David Ross: Investing in communities and supporting social enterprises for lasting change
16 December 2024
Hamish Paterson: Retrofitting listed buildings doesn’t mean compromising on history, but it does require modern thinking
12 December 2024
Andrew Morrison: Business sale trends to watch in 2025
11 December 2024
Professor Kim McKee: PRS precarity - towards a more intersectional understanding?
11 December 2024
Dr Gareth James: Using Appreciative Inquiry in housing research
10 December 2024
Tom Stocker: Firms should brace for new fraud offence
6 December 2024
Jennifer Young: Scottish budget 2025-26 – business impact and legal considerations
6 December 2024
Kirsty Morrison: Why more housing can unlock the potential of the Highlands
4 December 2024
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28 November 2024
Ross Stupart: Can the Scottish Budget ease tax burden on businesses?
As Scotland anticipates the Budget announcement and a new government tax strategy on 4 December, Ross Stupart outlines what could help businesses to thrive north of the border.
28 November 2024
David Alexander: Empathy is key to debt recovery in difficult times
David Alexander looks at the challenges Scottish businesses face in the current economic climate, discussing the rising corporate insolvencies and the need for empathetic and nuanced communication in resolving financial disputes.
26 November 2024
Mel Esquerre: A personal account of Edinburgh’s ‘dystopian’ retrofit scheme
Opinion: Mel Esquerre, an Edinburgh resident and retrofit campaigner, shares her experience of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Mixed Tenure Improvement Service (MTIS) scheme and her concerns that people are being harmed as a result.
26 November 2024
Jocelyne Fleming: Lack of government action leaves social housing sector facing greater challenges than before
Insight: Jocelyne Fleming, policy & public affairs lead for Scotland at the CIOB shares refreshed insights from the social housing sector one year on from an original research report.
25 November 2024
Professor Douglas Robertson: Affordability and rent regulation remain highly contested
Insight: As the Housing (Scotland) Bill continues its passage through the Scottish Parliament, Professor Douglas Robertson’s overview of the main findings of the RentBetter research project led by Indigo House and funded by the Nationwide Foundation considers affordability and rent controls.
