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Cladding Remediation Programme: Progress Bulletins January 2025

Key Updates for our Members The Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan MSP, gave an update to the Scottish Parliament on Monday 6th January to set out the government’s priorities for cladding remediation work in 2025. It was established that these are: Continuing to take forward the current programme of action Taking action to increase both […]
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Driving and Celebrating Excellence in Property Factoring

With around 30% of Scotland’s housing stock consisting of traditional tenements, modern apartment blocks and other flatted buildings, along with modern housing developments which typically include shared common areas, our industry impacts how the many residents of these properties enjoy their homes and communities. At PMAS, our mission is to drive improvements in the standard […]
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Housebuilders Face Deadline to Fix Dangerous Cladding

The Financial Times Date: 11th October:  ‘The Government has proposed giving housebuilders 18 months to start fixing unsafe cladding on flats following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. A new five-point plan requires developers to assess buildings within six months and begin remediation within the following year. The plan aims to address slow progress on fire safety, […]
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Collaborative Approach to Factoring

I joined Redpath Bruce Property Management Ltd in 2014 and in January 2018 became a Director of PMAS. Six years have now passed in the blink of an eye, and I can honestly say I have never stopped learning. Every meeting I attend, either as part of the wider Directors’ meetings or at a subgroup […]
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The Importance of Common Buildings Insurance

We were dismayed, but sadly not surprised, to read the recent news update on the plight of homeowners in East Kilbride, news which highlight how important it is to have a common insurance policy in place. In October 2023, a fire tore through six terraced houses in East Kilbride and, nearly 10 months on, the […]
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Turning The Tables Around

My first involvement with the PMAS was in 2018 when I was contacted by the organisation to discuss my experience with the cladding of tall buildings and my success in surveying and identifying cladding types. Happy to help, I must admit that I had often viewed the association suspiciously as, at that time, membership was […]
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Let’s Be Heard: Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry

Let’s Be Heard is an organisation giving everyone affected by the COVID-19 pandemic response the chance to share their experiences with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. It is the main way in which people can contribute to the Inquiry and aims to give a voice to individuals and firms across Scotland who were affected by the […]
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Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility Finalised

As of 1st April 2024, reinsurance support has been in place to launch the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility in an industry intervention aiming to improve the availability of insurance for certain buildings with combustible cladding and other fire safety concerns. Established by McGill and Partners with support from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and […]
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Scottish Law Commission: Tenement Law Changes Discussion Paper

The Scottish Law Commission discussion paper on compulsory owners’ associations was released last week and as our members will know, compulsory owners’ associations was one of the three recommendations of the cross parliamentary Tenement Maintenance Working Group on which PMAS sits. The other two are mandatory five yearly inspections and mandatory reserve funds. The recommendations […]
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