News & Resources

Aberdeenshire Council are looking for a Regeneration Executive to provide professional advice on property and construction to the Regeneration Team who are working in the towns of Banff, Macduff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead. To lead on the development of regeneration projects with partners and colleagues focusing on the Peterhead area.

Registration is now open for the Beautiful Scotland competition, organised by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. This year a new category for Business Improvement Districts, Town Centres and City Centres has been created.

BT has appointed a Chief Information Officer for Scotland to work with its major corporate and public sector customers. Simon Haston joins BT from Aberdeen City Council, where he was head of IT and transformation.

Greenspace Scotland - Scotland’s parks and greenspace charity, greenspace scotland has received £90,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop the Young Placechangers programme over the next two years in partnership with Youth Scotland.

Walking and cycling charity Sustrans Scotland has highlighted the need for more equal representation of women in transport planning and delivery in Scotland following the release of a new report on gender and active travel by the charity.

Welcome to Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s roundup bulletin for February 2018. Please see below for: (i) town photo of the month; (ii) STP events and key notices; (iii) latest news; (iv) more events supporting towns and communities.

STP is pleased to announce the agreement of a partnership with BIDs Belgium. 

CityFibre - CityFibre to invest at least £40 million in full fibre infrastructure for the Granite City in partnership with Vodafone.

Chair of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places and Former First Minister Henry McLeish says longer term plans are key for engaging communities in decisions about their local areas.

Sustrans Scotland - Sustrans Scotland is delighted to launch the Community Links programme for 2018 -19, run in partnership with the Scottish Government.

On Wednesday 7 February Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Visit Scotland held a workshop examining how local and regional groups could maximise the tourism opportunities in Scotland’s towns, such as via marketing, events and inclusive tourism. Expert speakers also provided an overview of the funding and support available from Scotland’s national tourism agency.

14/02/218 - Town and city managers from across Scotland will converge on Perth next week for ‘A Smarter Scotland’ to hear the findings on Scotland’s Digital Towns Pilot Programme.

Do you belong to a group or organisation that connects heritage with people? A large part of Scotland’s heritage is managed by volunteers and community organisations, but we have no clear picture of this rapidly growing sector. A new project called Community Heritage Scotland has been launched which aims to map it and bring about positive change.

Zero Waste Scotland - Small businesses in Scotland could save up to £8,000 on average each year simply by making energy efficiency improvements – and cut their annual energy consumption by a quarter.

Welcome to Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s roundup bulletin for January 2018.

Please see below for notices of: upcoming events and workshops; the opportunity to reserve your place for the next Cross Party Group on Towns & Town Centres meeting; and a call for expressions of interest to host our summer 2018 Big Tea Party and our new 2018 conference, The Scottish Place Leadership Summit.