News Archive
19/7/2022
Exploration Of The Pay And Career Progression Experiences Of Women Aged Over 50 In Scotland
Executive summary This report examines experiences of pay and progression among women over 50 years old working in Scotland in two specific sectors: the Finance and Insurance sector, and the Information and Communication sector. The research was conducted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) on behalf of the Fair Work Convention.
19/7/2022
UK employment is strong but real wages are falling fast
Check out Notayesmanseconomics's Blog Tells us what is really happening in parts of the economy and not what the spin doctors send out daily. .19/7/2022
Overview of the July 2022 Fiscal risks and sustainability
From The Office for budget responsibility. In little more than two years, the UK economy and public finances have felt the consequences of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19, a global security crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
18/7/2022
Amber Warning For Extreme Heat Extended In Scotland
Scottish Government's resilience operation activated. The Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) remains in operation as the Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat extends to more parts of Scotland next week.18/7/2022
New Aerospace Innovation To Propel Uk To Growth And Greener Skies Backed By £273 Million
Solar powered aircraft, ultra-efficient wings and medical treatment carrying drones are just some of the technologies the government will back. Solar-powered aircraft and NHS treatment carrying drones are among latest innovations backed by £273 million of government and industry funding.
18/7/2022
UK Sets Out Proposals For New AI Rulebook To Unleash Innovation And Boost Public Trust In The Technology
Comes as Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced to Parliament, including measures to use AI responsibly while reducing compliance burdens on businesses to boost the economy Regulators like Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will apply six principles to oversee AI in a range of contexts. New plans for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will be published today to help develop consistent rules to promote innovation in this groundbreaking technology and protect the public.
17/7/2022
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Annual Report And Accounts 2021 To 2022
The Nuclear Decommissioning authority Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites. The Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the significant progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites, despite another challenging year responding to changing COVID-19 restrictions.
17/7/2022
Dounreay 2022 - Brochure about Dounreay including the history
Dounreay 2022 A Colour Brochure about Dounreay including the history has been published. It has lots of pictures and is an easy read.
17/7/2022
HIE Recruiting Fresh Talent To Shape Region's Prosperity
Search for for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region. The agency is looking for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region.17/7/2022
Bidding Opens Again For £4.8 Billion Levelling Up Fund
Applications for the second round of the government's Levelling Up Fund now open until 2 August. Councils all over the country can today bid for a share of £4.8 billion of flagship levelling up funding for projects that improve everyday life for people across the UK.
17/7/2022
Companies Must Do More To Ensure Safe And Responsible Gaming And Take Action On ‘Loot Boxes' To Protect Young People
Children and young people should not be able to buy in-game purchases known as ‘loot boxes' in video games without parental consent. Government's call for evidence has unveiled a link between loot boxes and gambling harms, as well as wider mental health, financial and problem-gaming harms.
17/7/2022
Scottish Government Funding To Tackle Hunger Crisis In Africa
£250,000 for charities helping deal with food insecurity in Horn of Africa. Grants totalling £250,000 are being given to two charities to assist people affected by the hunger crisis in Ethiopia and Somalia.17/7/2022
Pandemic record numbers of new infections
UK latest, another week another record number of new covid infections. New symptomatic cases, 345,856 per day.
17/7/2022
UK Vaccine Donation Will Expand Bangladesh's Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign 
The UK bilaterally donated 1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh. The vaccine consignment arrived in Bangladesh on 23 February 2022.
17/7/2022
Heat Stroke By Dr John Campbell
Cool ASAP using water and fans. Splash all over with water or immerse in water.
16/7/2022
Amber Warning For Extreme Heat - Scottish Government's Resilience Operation Activated
A Scottish Government Resilience (SGoRR) meeting has been held to prepare for the potential impacts of a Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat in Scotland next week. The warning covers southern parts of Scotland from 00.00 on Monday 18 July to 23.59 on Tue 19 July.16/7/2022
Autumn - Winter Covid-19 Booster Programme Rolling Out
Additional doses will be given in Scotland from September. A further booster vaccination will be offered to those at highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease from September, in line with other nations in the UK.16/7/2022
Coronavirus (covid-19) Infection Survey, Uk: 15 July 2022
From the Office for National Statistics. The following points are for the week ending 6 July 2022 for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and 7 July 2022 for Scotland.16/7/2022
Visa Holders Entering The Uk Under The Ukraine Humanitarian Schemes: 16 To 24 June 2022
Data collected from 16 to 24 June 2022 show that 59% of respondents aged 18 years and over arrived in the UK from Ukraine more than four weeks before completing the survey; most adult respondents are female (81%) and 55% are aged 30 to 49 years. Of respondents arriving from Ukraine, the majority (83%) live in England and 20% currently live in London.16/7/2022
