Easton Housing has expanded its portfolio with the completion of two new residential purchases in Ayrshire. Located in Dreghorn and Irvine, both properties will be redeveloped and brought up to a modern building standard and then offered to local families for long-term lets at affordable rates.

Easton Housing is a private housing provider with secure and affordable family homes for let throughout Ayrshire. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in our communities.

“The solution to the housing crisis across the country is to encourage bringing empty homes back into use, and private housing providers play an important role in unlocking investment opportunities.

We are glad to be able to bring these formerly-unloved properties back to life with a complete refurbishment, that will allow them to become decent and affordable long-term homes for families.”

Listed Estate Agents has chosen Easton Property for the launch of its new branch opening in Troon. A new six year letting has been agreed for the prominent retail space on Ayr Street in Troon town centre.

Listed Estate Agents are property specialists with an in-depth knowledge of the local housing market. Their mission is to make buying and selling property a seamless, stress-free experience, and offer a full range of services tailored to their clients needs.

Easton Property has over 100 commercial properties throughout Scotland. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in communities.

Co-op Funeralcare has extended its partnership with Easton Property by renewing the lease of its local branch in Port Glasgow. The deal will extend the funeral provider’s tenancy for a further 10 years until at least 2035, by extending the term of their existing lease to beyond 30 years. Co-op Funeralcare has leased and operated at these premises since 2004. The 2,000 square foot property is well located on Princes Street in Port Glasgow town centre.

Easton Property has over 100 commercial properties throughout Scotland. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in communities.

Easton Property has signed a new lease with leading national retailer, DEBRA. The ten year lease will provide DEBRA with over 6,000 square feet of town centre retail space in Kirkintilloch.

DEBRA is a national charity and patient support organisation for people living with a rare skin condition also known as “Butterfly Skin”. The new Kirkintilloch shop will assist with fundraising capabilities, and add to their 100+ store portfolio which generates over £16M annually.

Easton Property has over 100 commercial properties throughout Scotland. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in communities.

A quiz featuring some of the biggest names in Scottish football has helped the Ayrshire Hospice raise an incredible £100,000. The event was well attended by residents and businesses from across Ayrshire, including Easton Group who sponsored the event.

A Night at the Euros Final at Ayr Racecourse brought together some of the top stars of the beautiful game. The football legends battled it out as Scotland v The Rest of the World, with some thrilling quiz rounds.

Playing for Scotland were former stars James McFadden and Robert Snodgrass, and completing the line-up was none other than former Scotland manager Gordon Strachan.

Representing The Rest of the World were former England captain Terry Butcher, former Dutch international Arthur Numan and former Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill.

A charity spokesperson said: “Thank you so much to everyone who attended and we hope you had a fantastic evening.

“We are delighted to announce the evening raised an incredible £100,000! Wow!”

Dignitaries from across Ayrshire recently attended a homecoming celebration at Green Home Systems’ Irvine base to celebrate its ‘Planet Saver – Green Business of the Year’ award.

The Easton Capital backed energy efficiency specialist scooped the prestigious British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Award – presented at the London Stock Exchange – at the end of last year and continued the celebrations with a special event at its headquarters.

A large delegation of VIPs and officials from North Ayrshire Council and Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce had the opportunity to learn more about the work being undertaken by GHS to drive forward the net-zero agenda.

Alastair Macphie, Managing Director of Green Home Systems, said: “These awards celebrate the cream of the crop of businesses delivering growth and prosperity for the UK and local communities, so we were immensely proud to win the regional heat and go on to take the UK title.

“The Planet Saver Award recognises commitment to sustainable best practice and making the world a better and safer place. BCC not only recognised the impact our achievements to-date, but also looked at our future vision and the impact we will continue to make.

“We wanted to reflect and build on this success by inviting dignitaries from across the region to learn more about our key aims – reducing householders’ energy use, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and lifting people out of fuel poverty – and show them the ways in which GHS can make a real difference in communities across Scotland.”

Esteemed guests included Provost Anthea Dickson; Councillor Marie Burns, Leader of North Ayrshire Council; Councillor Anthony Gurney, Cabinet Member for Economy, Climate Change & Place; Wendy McFarland, member of the Council’s Business Development Team; and Claire Baird, CEO of Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce.

They enjoyed a tour of the site and met with GHS co-founders Peter Easton and Steven Easton, MD Alastair Macphie and Commercial Director Graeme Carruthers.

Founded in 2017 by CEO Dr Clare Wareing, Cumulus Oncology is a cancer therapeutics development company. Based in Edinburgh, it is Europe’s first biotech creation studio and drug discovery accelerator specialising in oncology. Cumulus takes a fresh approach to drug development as both the parent and creator of multiple spin-out companies.

Easton Capital provides long term capital investment to support high growth businesses. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in our communities.

“We are very pleased to announce our investment in Cumulus Oncology, and proud to support its development of pioneering cancer treatments.

Cumulus has a unique business model that allows for the scientific validation of oncology therapies to be fast-tracked while de-risking the investment across a portfolio of assets.”

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, dressings and gifts, with an estate of over 1,000 stores across UK and Ireland, and annual revenues in excess of £365M.

Easton Property has over 100 commercial properties throughout Scotland. It is a division of the Easton Group – a family-owned property and investment business with 50 years’ experience of investing in communities.

“We are pleased to complete a double lease extension with Card Factory who have been a long-standing tenant in both Montrose and Saltcoats.

This deal demonstrates their commitment to creating outstanding retail destinations locally within our town centres, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them for many years to come.”

“We would like to thank all our customers and partners for helping us grow and develop a business of scale and value. We are delighted at the nomination, and the great recognition this brings to our dedicated staff who allow us to make such a significant impact on fuel poverty and climate change.”

“We are very humbled to be shortlisted as finalists. There are many outstanding business operating in Scotland and we’re delighted to be recognised alongside them in this prestigious event. We wish the other finalists the best of luck, and thank EY for the opportunity to showcase what we do.”