News Archive
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
Business Insights And Impact On The Uk Economy: 14 July 2022
The impact of challenges facing the economy and other events on UK businesses. Based on responses from the voluntary fortnightly business survey (BICS) to deliver real-time information to help assess issues affecting UK businesses and economy, including financial performance, workforce, trade, and business resilience.16/7/2022
Construction Output In Great Britain: May 2022
Monthly construction output increased by 1.5% in volume terms in May 2022; this is the seventh consecutive monthly growth following the upwardly revised increase to 0.3% in April 2022; May 2022 is a record high in monthly-level terms (£15,053 million) since records began in January 2010. The increase in monthly construction output in May 2022 came solely from an increase in new work (2.8%) as repair and maintenance saw a slight decline, decreasing 0.4% on the month.[Glass]
15/7/2022SSE Renewables Backs Highland Projects With £1.5m In Response To Climate Emergency
SSE Renewables has awarded more than £1.5 million to 20 ‘transformational' projects across the Highlands. Three projects in Caithness.
15/7/2022
Funeral Plan Providers - How To Prepare For Regulation
Funeral plan providers, and firms selling pre-paid funeral plans, will shortly need to be authorised in order to continue operating. Nigel Morrison assesses the impact of the new rules and how to ensure a smooth transition.15/7/2022
Why UK debt is set to soar? And does it matter?
Why UK national debt could surge?. The OBR has recently made a prediction that UK national debt could soar from the current 100% of GDP to 320% within 50 years.
15/7/2022
UK-wide Review Of Pig Supply Chain Launched
The UK Government and the Devolved Administrations seek views on pig supply chain fairness and transparency. The Government has today (15 July 2022) launched a review of the pig sector to increase fairness and transparency in the industry.
15/7/2022
The Business Perspective On Levelling Up
Report from Grant Thornton. Through the current turbulence and uncertainty in Whitehall, whatever shape Government takes in the future, the social and economic drivers behind levelling up will continue to demand the attention of policymakers and businesses alike.15/7/2022
