From Monday 29 June, non-emergency repairs and improvement work will begin again, with a range of safety measures put in place.
Partial Resumption of OIC Housing Services
Stromness Former Care Home To Be Sold
The Stromness Place Plan – What’s Next for Stromness, wished to see the St Peter’s House building repurposed as student accommodation and/or low cost housing.
Housing Development Gets Go Ahead in Greenfield, St Andrews
A development of 16 houses is to go ahead in Toab, twice the recommended density for the area.
Every Action Counts: World Refugee Day
“Nearly 80 million women, children and men around the world have been forced from their homes as refugees or internally displaced people.”
Letters: “Serco were responsible for the hundreds of callous evictions of asylum seekers in Glasgow.”
“Why give business to a company which shows such blatant disregard for …..people? “
When Is A Home, Not A Home?
“We were talking with someone we know who lives in Stromness, who told us that lock-down has shown him just how many empty houses there are, around him.”
Good News for Construction and Tourism
This week there has been some good news for the construction and tourism sectors in Scotland.
David Stewart MSP Welcomes Proposed New Regulations on Fire Sprinklers
“Fire sprinklers have been proven time and time again to be effective in the fight against fire and I know that this move will save lives.”
Rise in Housebuilding Sees 66 New Affordable Homes in Orkney in 2019
Over the last ten years, on a per person basis, Scotland has delivered more affordable homes than other UK countries
Hamnavoe House Care Home Opens Its Doors To The Public
The new care home to replace St Peter’s is called Hamnavoe House and it will be open between 10am and 2pm and again between 6pm and 8pm.
