Wick Street Design project is currently underway, and its total value is around £2.1 million. There are misgivings by local town centre businesses if traffic cannot move smoothly through the main streets.
As she carefully prepares the UK's reaction to her second budget the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has now hinted that she may be ready to scrap the two-child benefits cap. This controversial policy prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for more than two children (this is different to child benefit payments which are not limited by family size).
The UK government is considering changes to gambling taxes, including potentially higher taxes on "fruit machines" (machine gaming) and other online gambling. But nothing is fully settled yet.
Umbrella vs Limited Company — the choice UK contractors make without realising it can cost them up to £10,000 a year. In this video, we break down the 2025/26 numbers and show how tax, National Insurance, IR35, and even your payslip structure change your real take-home pay.
Financial support to help pensioners heat their homes this winter has started to roll out across the country. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment will provide support to at least 880,000 pensioners to help with heating bills.
You might not care very much about the prospect of the AI bubble bursting. Surely it's just something for the tech bros of Silicon Valley to worry about - or the wealthy investors who have spent billions of dollars funding development.
Scotland's three enterprise agencies have joined the UK's national innovation agency to agree a collaboration framework that aims to help Scotland become one of the most innovative small nations in the world. The Innovation Collaboration Framework for Scotland brings together Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise and Innovate UK with a commitment to support ambitious businesses to invest in research to drive economic growth, create good jobs and help tackle major societal and environmental challenges.
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven KC has been appointed to lead an independent review of laws on public order and hate crime. Following the terrorist attack in Manchester on 2 October, the Home Secretary announced an independent review of existing public order and hate crime legislation.
There is strong evidence that an increasing number of Americans are missing (or falling behind on) car payments, particularly in the subprime auto‐loan market. And this trend has broader implications for the U.S.
UN humanitarian fund receives Scottish Government funding in addition to UK Government contributions. Are Scottish Taxpayers paying twice? £600,000 humanitarian aid for the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
NDA announces £1 million investment to develop masterplan for clean energy development on land adjacent to Sellafield. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced today it's investing £1 million of funding to develop the masterplan for a clean energy development on land adjacent to Sellafield, known as Pioneer Park.
An independent report by an expert group set up to review the current law on abortion in Scotland has been published today. The Abortion Law Expert Group was commissioned following a Programme for Government commitment for 2023 -24 to independently review the existing law and ensure that abortion services are safe and treated first and foremost as a healthcare matter for women.
Most people in the UK still believe in the power of royalty — and the power of the honours system. We accept that a knighthood is created from nothing with a tap of the King's sword.
Thousands of Scottish workers will gain new skills and enhance their career prospects through a £2 million investment delivered by trade unions. The latest round of the Scottish Government's Union Learning Fund will support 23 programmes in sectors ranging from social care to the steel industry.
Vulnerable claimants moved to Universal Credit with specialist help, as Government puts those who need it most at heart of delivery. Over 9 in 10 Employment and Support Allowance [ESA] customers invited to move now on modern benefit system as historic transformation nears completion.
New survey data shows that British families eat a significantly larger variety of foods since 1940. New data shows how the British diet has changed over the last 85 years - as global tastes and demands for heathier food change what's on our plates.
Fraser of Allander Institute article yesterday in a budget preview set out the Implications for Scotland of abolishing the two-child limit". The institute estimates that if the two‑child limit on Universal Credit (UK policy) were abolished, the Scottish Government's cost saving via its mitigation payment (the Two‑Child Limit Payment or TCLP) would be around £155 million in 2026-27.
Council confirms letter of concern sent to Home Office regarding proposals to accommodate asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks. Council Leader Raymond Bremner, Convenor Bill Lobban and Leader of the Opposition Alasdair Christie have written to the Home Secretary outlining concerns at proposals to accommodate 300 adult male asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.
As AI is seemingly Seeping into every aspect of our lives the Time Educational supplement published an article with some very good suggestions. Although aimed at school leaders it is easy to see how the suggestions could assist anyone involved in meeting, minute taking and needing to save time Doing more in less time is a going to improve productivity and much more.
The UK economy showed more signs of slowing down with the slowest quarterly growth since the mini recession of 2023. Growth actually fell in September after a flat August.
