Press & News Area
| The Press Office at Margaret Blackwood Housing Association covers all issues and enquiries relating to our Housing, Support and other services. For any media queries please contact Paul Leighton, Publicity and Communications Officer. Telephone: 0131 317 0117 E-mail: paull@mbha.org.uk | 
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Current Press Releases
13.12.07
Margaret Blackwood restructures their repairs serviceMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has reacted to feedback from tenants by radically changing their reactive repairs service.
Read More 06.12.07
Maintenance Moves at Margaret Blackwood HABilly Black becomes Maintenance Manager and Sharon Brady-Wardrope becomes Planned Maintenance Manager.
Read More 04.12.07
New Training Opportunity with MBHA's SWOT TeamMargaret Blackwood Technical Consultants’ Small Works Team (SWOT) has been expanded to include two new trades with the recruitment of an electrician and a plumber. It now has a staff of nine. In addition to employing three apprentices last year, our subsidiary is delighted to participate in the Training Opportunities In Lothians (TOIL) initiative by placing a student directly into our team.
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19.11.07
MBHA raises pounds for PudseyIt wasn’t so much a dress-down Friday as a pyjama party at Margaret Blackwood Housing Association’s head office in Edinburgh last week as staff supported the Children in Need Appeal.
Read More 02.11.07
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association tackles fuel povertySustainability and reducing fuel poverty are priorities for Margaret Blackwood Housing Association. Recent research undertaken for the Association by Changeworks identified that their tenants, three quarters of whom are physically disabled, are significantly more likely to be in fuel poverty than the average Scot. Fuel poverty is defined as being when a person spends more than 10 per cent of their income on fuel. The average person spends around three per cent.
Read More 27.07.07
Alex Salmond opens new accessible Margaret Blackwood housing in EllonScotland’s First Minister, Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond MSP, today officially opened Park Court, in Ellon, a mixed community housing development by Margaret Blackwood Housing Association.
Read More 19.06.07
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association designs 21st Century housing for historic communityMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has released computer-generated pictures of its housing development at Cala Sona Court in Netherton, Wishaw, which show how it will look once the first phase of its redevelopment is completed in January 2008.
Read More 25.04.07
Tenants to benefit from new preferential Savings & Loans schemeMargaret Blackwood Housing Association and Dunfermline Building Society have announced a preferential Savings & Loans scheme for the Association's tenants.
Read More 20.03.07
Margaret Blackwood sees REDLast Friday was a pretty run-of-the-mill day for the staff of Margaret Blackwood Housing Association's Edinburgh head office. Business as usual you might say.
Read More 07.01.07
Jock Welsh heads Margaret Blackwood Housing Association’s support servicesMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has appointed Jock Welsh as Support Services Director. Jock will lead the Association’s extensive care and support activities at a particularly exciting time.
Read More 05.10.06
Beating hospital bed blocking – Aspire open adapted house in ClydebankThe national spinal cord injury charity ASPIRE, in association with Margaret Blackwood Housing Association, has opened its first fully adapted house in Scotland .... Read More 22.08.06
Margaret Blackwood's AGM looks at their Big ChallengeThe 33rd Annual General Meeting of Margaret Blackwood Housing Association was held on Monday 21st August at Edinburgh's Our Dynamic Earth.
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21.07.06
New Apprentice Scheme at Margaret Blackwood Housing AssociationMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has been overwhelmed with application requests for its new apprenticeship scheme launching ....
Read more 30.06.06
New Housing for Disabled People in EllonA new, 11-flat development being built at Park Road in Ellon, Aberdeenshire by Margaret Blackwood Housing Association will include two flats designed specifically around the needs of wheelchair users and one flat designed for older people who have restricted mobility.
Read more 28.06.06
Challenging new roles for MBHA managersMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has expanded the roles of two of its managers.
Read more 02.06.06
MBHA Appoint Chap ConstructionMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has appointed Westhill-based Chap Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd to build 11 flats at park Road, Ellon.
Read more 27.03.06
New directors at Margaret Blackwood Housing AssociationMargaret Blackwood Housing Association has appointed Chris Thomson and Danny Harvie as directors.
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22.03.06
Margaret Blackwood forges partnership with ASPIREThe heads of two charitable organisations met today (Wednesday, 22nd March 2006) to mark the start of a project to help people from across Scotland build new lives after spinal cord injury.
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