The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and Scotsman.com are delighted to be media partners again in 2011.

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 2011 programme.

www.scotsman.com

Gillespie Macandrew LLP is a leading provider of legal and property 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 also has specialist teams in Renewable Energy, Rural Business, Property Litigation, Corporate and Residential Estate Agency and is well equipped to handle urban, rural, low carbon or environmental issues.

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

Derek McCulloch, Head of Commercial Law at Gillespie Macandrew LLP, believes that the Scottish Home Awards represent tangible recognition of the high professional standards, focus on quality and prioritisation on customer-oriented products within Scotland’s house building sector. He would like to congratulate all the nominees and wish them success at the awards and in their projects going forward.
 
www.gillespiemacandrew.co.uk

Property specialist Ross and Liddell is one Scotland's most established property management companies.

As well as property management and maintenance, the business provides a comprehensive range of residential and commercial services, including sales, lettings, surveying and insurance.

Employing 82 staff, Ross and Liddell now has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow city centre, Glasgow west end, Paisley and Dundee. Ross and Liddell is delighted to be supporting this year's awards with sponsorship of the Apartment of the Year category.

Managing director Irene Devenny will also join the judging panel to offer her industry expertise.

For more information on Ross and Liddell services and property advice, please go to www.ross-liddell.com or call 0131 346 8989.

Established for over 10 years, EKCO is a successful and growing company specializing in the design & installation of high quality branded Kitchen & Bathroom products such as Pronorm, Siemens and Laufen at competitive cost levels.

Addressing changing regulatory and client demands, we also offer a complete design & installation service on the latest heating technology including ground & air source pumps and solar panels to provide heat and generate electricity.

The consistent growth of our company has been based on providing innovative designs and fully project managed installation while investing in additional products & services to satisfy the evolving requirements of our clients.

Our product portfolio has been carefully researched and selected to provide a range of premium European suppliers who can demonstrate design excellence, superior quality and energy efficiency within their individual market sector.

Our dedicated service for architects, developers and builders is designed to deliver outstanding levels of service in terms of consultation, design and installation for projects from one off to larger developments. For more information visit: www.ekco.co.uk

Ros.gov.uk is responsible for compiling and maintaining public registers of land and property transactions, and other legal records.

Our work is dominated by the two main registers recording ownership of and rights over, land and property - the General Register of Sasines and the Land Register of Scotland.

Apart from the two main registers, we also hold 14 registers grouped under the collective name of the Chancery and Judicial Registers. Operating as a Trading Fund, we are self-financing, funded by the fees charged for registration and providing information from our registers.

We have a clear goal to further reduce reliance on paper-based systems by developing innovative products such as Automated Registration of Title to Land (artl) and Registers Direct.

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 our website ros.gov.uk

The William Tracey Group is one of the UK’s leading recycling and resource management companies with a full range of environmental services.

Established in 1948, the company fuses unparalleled industry experience with the latest technologies to deliver bespoke recycling and resource management services for each of its customers. Delivering the highest level of customer service is as important today as ever and the company focuses on this throughout all levels of the organisation, priding itself on long term partnerships which add value to their customers business.

For over 60 years the group has developed a reputation for providing bespoke, personalised solutions for customers recycling, waste and industrial service needs through innovation and creativity.

The range of services offered by the group is comprehensive and allows customers to have one service provider for all their recycling, waste and industrial services. This integrated approach benefits customers in terms of both time and money and is proven to be the most effective, efficient and sustainable approach to recycling and resource management.

www.williamtraceygroup.com

Klaklak Communications are an Edinburgh based Graphics agency with a focus on adding value to company’s communications through cross-media creativity and design.

We’ve carefully built a team of designers that allows us to carry out all services in house, ensuring our clients message doesn’t get diluted or misinterpreted. We strongly believe that by keeping things personal, we can achieve the best result for the client and ensure that the first design we show you is the right design.

www.klaklak.com

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

CHILDREN 1ST's vision is a happy, healthy, safe and secure childhood for every child and young person in Scotland.

For over 125 years CHILDREN 1ST has been working to build a brighter future for Scotland's vulnerable children and families.

At CHILDREN 1ST we listen, we support and we take action by delivering services in homes and communities across Scotland. We work to safeguard children and young people, to support them within their families and to help them to recover from abuse, neglect and violence. We speak out for children's rights and we campaign to change attitudes.

For most of us, our home is our haven. It's where we feel safe and secure. However, there are hundreds of children across Scotland who are scared to go home because they are experiencing abuse or neglect. Through abuse and trauma recovery services, CHILDREN 1ST staff help these children to express their feelings and rebuild their confidence through play and art therapy. Therapeutic support such as this is vital in helping the child overcome the trauma they have experienced.

CHILDREN 1ST is the working name of the Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (RSSPCC), which was founded in 1884. Registered Scottish Charity Number SC016092

www.children1st.org.uk

Space and Time Media Ltd is a dynamic media planning and buying agency specialising in integrated media solutions both on and offline. Arguably the UKs leading property media specialists, our digital services include PPC search, social, viral, mobile, video and online display advertising, and we also have a dedicated in-house Direct Marketing team. With in depth knowledge of national and local press, radio, TV, outdoor and ambient media we know what really works for our clients, and our strategic planning expertise enables us to make the most of any budget.

NHBC is the leading warranty and insurance provider for new homes in the UK. NHBC's ten-year Buildmark warranty covers over 80 percent of new homes built in the UK, having covered nearly eight million homes since it began and currently protecting around 1.6 million homes. Buildmark has evolved over the years, expanding to cover more areas, offering a greater scope of protection for homeowners.

NHBC, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2011, is an independent non-profit distributing company, reinvesting all resources in further research and work to consistently raise the construction standards of new homes and provide protection for new homeowners.

Offering further protection for homeowners, NHBC were involved in establishing the Consumer Code for Homebuilders with other home warranty bodies, setting good practice requirements that registered homebuilders must adopt and comply with as a condition of registration. For further information, visit www.consumercodeforhomebuilders.com.

Looking to the future, the NHBC Foundation in partnership with the BRE Trust, provides the necessary data and intelligence to develop long-term solutions to industry challenges which lie ahead and lead debate and thinking among industry experts. Visit www.nhbcfoundation.org for more information.

MCL Edinburgh – An Avesco Group plc company

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

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

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

In building on our success we are delighted to announce the launch of our new property communications business HOME PASSPORT LTD.

Home Passport gives an enhanced marketing brochure and interactive e- book for sellers that provide buyers with a more complete picture on the property and surrounding area. Home Passport creates a USP in estate agents marketing strategy, which in turn will win them more instructions, a currency every agent understands.

With this product the agent will, standout out for the crowd, win more instructions and create upfront cash flow, as well as giving the seller a marketing tool never before available.

Aareon UK Ltd provides software to Social Housing Providers. Aareon are the leading European Housing IT Provider, with over 8 million units of stock managed on our software throughout Europe. Our position as a profitable, growing and innovative organisation enables us to set the standard for business processes in the housing sector both today and in the future.

QL Housing is a truly integrated and highly functional software solution designed specifically to meet the needs of social housing providers.

QL is a flexible solution designed to give your organisation a clear picture of all of its assets, its customers and its finances. QL is used by a diverse array of organisations throughout the Scotland for property management in social rented, private residential, private commercial and students lettings market sectors. To find out more please visit www.aareon.co.uk or email emma.woodward@aareon.com