Registers of Scotland is responsible for compiling maintaining public registers of land and property transactions, and other legal records. Our work is dominated by two main registers recording ownership of and rights over, land and property - the General Register of Sasines (dating back to 1617) and the Land Register of Scotland. The Land Register is a state guaranteed; plans-based register established by the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 Act to eventually supersede the Sasine Register.

Apart from the two main land registers we also hold 14 registers grouped under the collective name of the Chancery and Judicial Registers. We currently employ over 1,400 people, in offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

We have always been self-financing, funded by the fees charged for registration and providing information from the registers. In 1996 we were awarded Trading Fund status.

We have a clear goal to further reduce reliance on paper-based systems, drive down fees and provide a first class service to the people of Scotland. Our work protects peoples’ legal rights and we play a vital role in maintaining economic confidence by guaranteeing land and property ownership.

For more information on our services and to use our free property price search go to: www.ros.gov.uk

Gillespie Macandrew LLP is a leading provider of legal, property and financial services delivering quality advice and added value to their clients. The firm has dedicated Housebuilder, Strategic Land and Construction law Teams who have a wealth of experience in all aspects of site assembly, strategic deals and property development and investment. The firm has specialist teams in Property Litigation, Agriculture, Environment, Renewable Energy and Residential Estate Agency and is well equipped to handle mixed and major settlement projects.

Gillespie Macandrew is delighted to be supporting this year’s prestigious awards with sponsorship of the main category – Housebuilder of the Year.

www.gillespiemacandrew.co.uk

The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and Scotsman.com are delighted to be media partners again in 2010.

We are committed to providing the very best of coverage in property across Scotland. The Scotsman’s Thursday Mature and New Homes supplement and Scotland on Sunday’s At Home magazine are premier titles in our portfolio reaching a combined 536,000 readers each month (source; NRS Oct '08- Sep '09).

Together with our online property platform and New Home Locations magazine, we are committed to the very best of coverage of this programme. Our 12 week editorial and advertising schedule will ensure that the entrants receive the best of publicity and profile that they deserve.

Kirsty McLuckie, our highly respected property editor, joins the judging panel again this year and together with her colleagues will ensure that every entry is critiqued fairly and independently.

We look forward to celebrating with all the winners in the 2009 programme.

www.scotsman.com

Family is one of Scotland's most innovative marketing and communication groups. In a changing media world we embrace traditional advertising, digital marketing, design and internal communications.

Over the last 6 years family has won many industry awards, both here in the UK and internationally. Our work has been recognised for both creativity and effectiveness.

Today we work with many household names - BBC Scotland, Sterling Furniture Group, Dunfermline Building Society, Cancer Research UK, Ocean Terminal shopping Centre and Edinburgh Festivals to name just a few. family is part of an international network of independently owned agencies and we work in many markets across the world.

If you'd like to find out more please contact Ian Wright on 0131 553 8666.

www.familynoise.com

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and yet millions of people wake up every day in housing that is run-down, overcrowded or dangerous. Many others have lost their home all together. Bad housing robs us of security, health and a fair chance in life.

Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help more than 170,000 people a year fight for their rights, get back on their feet, and find and keep a home. We provide services to directly help the thousands of people who have housing problems or are homeless, and our campaign work calls for more affordable housing provision and decent homes for all.

www.shelter.org.uk

Whathouse.co.uk are delighted to sponsor the Scottish Home Awards, with the What House brand's heritage of supporting and promoting the benefits of buying a new home the synergies are enormous.

As a search and information source whathouse.co.uk informs consumers on what new and affordable homes are currently and soon to become available.

We look forward to extending our existing and forging new relationships with Scotland's premier housebuilders. Our editorial approach engages visitors with daily news and information and we welcome feedback and updates to reflect Scotland's vibrant housebuilding community.

Whathouse.co.uk offers a variety of marketing solutions for housebuilders comprising of banners, listings, editorial development and developer profiles.

Please contact Andy Grimley on 0207 324 2800 or email ag@globespanmedia.com

www.whathouse.co.uk

MCL Edinburgh - Media Control (Europe) Ltd – has been delivering creative technical solutions for all live event applications since we started our business in August 2001.

MCL are one of the largest audio visual and event staging companies in the UK. We are part of the Avesco Group plc, a leading supplier of equipment and presentation services to the international events market.

MCL currently has six offices in the UK covering London, Birmingham, Birmingham NEC, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow along with 125 full time staff. In addition Avesco Group plc also has businesses in France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Dubai, China, and the USA all of which interact closely, providing customers with an integrated national or international service as required.

Year on year MCL Edinburgh have developed the creative platform for audio visual services within the Scottish AV rental sector. The development of our LED creative solutions inventory within MCL gives our clients access to products such as Element Labs VersaTile, VesraTube and Stealth along with Barco MiTRIX, which means that we are the only AV services business in the UK that has multiple options available in-house.

For more information please go to our respective websites at: www.mcl-av.com and www.avesco.com

ESPC –No.1 for Property in East Central Scotland

Since its launch in 1971, Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) has grown to become the leading force in residential property marketing throughout east central Scotland. ESPC lists properties from a network of around 200 Solicitor Estate Agents and markets them through:

• espc.com, attracting 175,000 unique visitors each month;

• The ESPC Paper, a free weekly property newspaper available to the public through over 800 outlets;
• showrooms in Edinburgh and Dunfermline which are visited by over 2,500 house-buyers and sellers each month.

If you are thinking of selling or renting a property, speak to your Solicitor Estate Agent to hear how ESPC can help or call 0131 624 8000.
ESPC is the home for property buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants in East Central Scotland.
www.espc.com

Designer Contracts are the UK’s leading specialists in the supply and installation of flooring, soft furnishing and showhomes to the New Housing industry. With 10 regions across the UK, a bespoke Design Department and a Central Distribution Hub with dedicated transport, they are structured to provide focused local service with the value that can only be offered by a national contractor.

Supplying customers all over Scotland from centrally located premises in Falkirk, Designer Contracts supply some of the industry’s leading developers with carpets, flooring, curtains, furniture packages and showhomes. They offer a massive range of products and price points, and can tailor specific packages from high value bespoke customer options to value for money incentive packages.

They are delighted to be sponsoring the 2010 Scottish Home Awards for House of the Year and Luxury House of the Year, and are proud to have supplied flooring and design for a number of this years nominated finalists - a testimony to the quality of their service and close partnership with their customers.

If you would like to know more about the products and services that Designer Contracts can offer please contact Kenny Collins, General Manager, on 01324 676100, kenny.collins@designercontracts.com or visit www.designercontracts.com

Elevate provides effective marketing solutions to clients within the property sector. Our seamless services, including creative design, digital print, personalised items and document finishing, ensure that we produce high quality sales and marketing literature for property professionals.

From branding, schedule printing to bespoke brochure design, we help our clients sell their properties through effective communications and to stand out in a competitive marketplace.

We are passionate about what we do and we work closely with our clients to meet their daily requirements. With years of experience of working with estate agents, property developers and letting agents, we truly understand the importance of speedy turnaround times and quality. Our web to print software is both a time saving and cost effective solution, which links our client’s offices with our production facility.

Elevate has the expertise, experience and software solutions to fully meet the needs of our clients in the property sector.

www.elevateyou.co.uk

Your kitchen is an essential part of everyday life for cooking, eating and relaxing. That is why functional design is so important, but what matters more is that you feel good there.

Ekco is a family run business specialising in high quality fitted kitchens and bathrooms. For the past eight years Ekco has built up a portfolio of unique designs, individual to each client’s needs.

At Ekco, the design team plan and co-ordinate your fitted kitchen from initial survey to completion. This ensures that every aspect of your dream project can be completed to the highest standard. Your choice of work surface says everything about your kitchen. Glass, granite and wood set a discerning tone while laminate work surfaces edged in aluminum, wood or an acrylic multiplex indicates a design consciousness right to the smallest detail. Flush mounted sinks and hobs give you a beautiful streamlined look and make cleaning so much easier.

For more information visit: www.ekco.co.uk