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Local Authority News
19/11/2013
Funding available to create and promote employment opportunities in the North Highlands
The Highland Council has re-launched its Deprived Area Fund to help create employment opportunities and tackle poverty, with �100,000 of funding is available for parts of Caithness over the next three years. The Deprived Area Fund has disbursed a total of �1.248m to deprived areas across the Highlands over the last 3 years.14/11/2013
New head teacher for Thurso High School 
The Highland Council has appointed Mr Ken Murphy, to the post of Head Teacher of the 804-pupil Thurso High School. Mr Murphy, who has been the Acting Head Teacher since August of this year, succeeds Dr Fiona Grant, who has reverted to a teaching post at the school.
14/11/2013
Feedback sought on updated planning framework for Dounreay
Tomorrow (15 November 2013) The Highland Council launches a public consultation on the Dounreay Planning Framework 2: Draft Supplementary Guidance. The Highland Council approved the existing Dounreay Planning Framework in January 2006, as a land use development brief against which to regulate and control future decommissioning and restoration works proposed at the former nuclear power research site at Dounreay, near Thurso in Caithness.
14/11/2013
Landward Caithness Properties In Line For Energy Saving Grants
Highland Council and E.ON write to home owners about energy savings. The Highland Council and partners E.ON are writing to people to offer energy saving improvements that will help save energy and money in their homes.14/11/2013
Education capital projects progress in Highland schools
Progress was welcomed today by members of The Highland Council's Adult and Children's Service's Committee on a number of several major education capital projects. Approval to bring forward the fourth and final phase of the redevelopment of Lochaber High School was given by members.12/11/2013
Work gets underway on West Ross road upgrade
Work gets under way on Monday (18 November) on a � 1.75 million project to upgrade the A890 Strathcarron-Balnacra Road. The Highland Council has attracted funding of �250,000 from the European Regional Development Fund to assist with funding of the widening of the road to two-lane carriageway for some 2 km immediately to the east of the Strathcarron Junction where the road is narrow, with an undulating profile due to underlying peat and is of a very poor standard.9/11/2013
Launchpad for Carbon Clever Highlands
More than 100 delegates attended a conference at Inverness on Friday 8th November 2013 organised by The Highland Council to launch Carbon CLEVER Highlands � an ambitious project that has a target of a carbon neutral Inverness in a low carbon Highlands by 2025. In urging delegates to play their part in committing time and funding towards the campaign, Council Leader Drew Hendry revealed Council plans to make Inverness a cycle city by creating a network of high quality cycle lanes across Inverness.7/11/2013
Top uptake in Highland of Small Business Bonus Scheme
For the sixth year running, The Highland Council has the highest up take of Small Business Bonus Relief in Scotland, with 8,715 local businesses benefitting from a reduction of between 25% and 100% in their rates during 2013/14. The Scottish Government introduced the Small Business Bonus Scheme in April 2008 to replace the existing Small Business Rates Relief Scheme.7/11/2013
Tribute paid to senior council official on retiral
A long serving council official was thanked for his services today (Thursday) at The Highland Council�s Transport, Environmental and Community Services Committee. Richard Guest, Head of Roads and Community Works, retires from the Council on Friday 15 November after 22 years of service.6/11/2013
School Rolls In Caithness Show 5 Year Decline
For the school rolls for all of Highland for the past five years see - Five Year School Rolls In Highland Primary School Capacity and Occupancy rates are published at Primary School Capacity and Occupancy.
5/11/2013
New online passport system means faster and cheaper service
Customers in North East Scotland applying for their first passport no longer face a journey of around 200 miles to Inverness to be interviewed, thanks to a new service which has opened in Wick. The new service , located at the Council's Service Point in Girnigoe Street, Wick, offers first-time passport customers a video-link interview with the main passport office in Glasgow.
5/11/2013
Highland Council and partners to develop Highland Science Academy for future jobs
The Highland Council and partners from both public bodies and leading companies in the Highlands are working to deliver a science academy for the Highlands aimed at children of all ages from pre-school to further education. The aim is to open up opportunities for Highland young people to benefit from thousands of future skilled job opportunities in the decades to come.1/11/2013
�300 million affordable housing boost
Fund to help deliver 6000 affordable homes. Hundreds of millions of pounds are to be spent across Scotland on increasing the supply of affordable housing, creating jobs and boosting the economy, it was confirmed today.31/10/2013
Council pushes for creation of co-located multi-agency control room at Inverness
The Leader of The Highland Council Councillor Drew Hendry has revealed an exciting new proposal which could see The Highland Council co-locating with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, NHS Highland, Police Scotland, and possibly other partners such as the Scottish Ambulance Service and Scottish Water in a new control centre hub in Inverness. The suggestion is that the agencies share new premises in the city, each having their own control centre within the hub.31/10/2013
Defective and Dangerous Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill was lodged today.
Highlands and Islands (Labour) MSP David Stewart lodged his Defective and Dangerous Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill today. This is the first opposition Member Bill this session to reach this stage and aims to encourage Local Authorities to deal with the increasingly large amount of defective buildings before they become dangerous and unsightly.29/10/2013
Carbon Clever Highlands initiative building momentum
The Highland Council is to host a major conference early next month to launch its Carbon Clever Highlands initiative which aims to achieve a carbon neutral Inverness in a low carbon Highlands by 2025. Keynote speakers at the event on Friday 8 November at Council HQ, Inverness, are Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Scottish Government Minister, Fergus Ewing MSP, and Willie Printie, of LifeScan Scotland.28/10/2013
Five candidates to contest Landward Caithness By-Election
Five candidates will contest the forthcoming by-election to elect one councillor to serve The Highland Council�s Ward 4 � Landward Caithness. The candidates are: � Ed Boyter, Scottish National Party (SNP) � Kerensa Carr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist � Tina Irving, Independent � Matthew Reiss, Independent � Winifred Sutherland, Independent The by-election will be held on Thursday 28 November and voting will take place at 14 polling stations between 7.00 am � 10.00 pm.23/10/2013
Highland Council Leader's bedroom tax plea
The Leader of The Highland Council, Councillor Drew Hendry, has written yet again to the UK Government urging a re-think over its under-occupancy policy, which he says is impacting heavily on the Highlands and in particular remote and rural communities. In a letter to Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform, the Leader urges the Government to back a recommendation from one of its own committees � the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee � to exempt settlements of fewer than 3,000 people.23/10/2013
Council agrees new Council Service structure
Highland Councillors have unanimously accepted changes to the Council�s Service structure to align teams into five Services rather than the current seven, delivering year-on-year savings of �350,000 from 2014/15. The current seven Services are: Education, Culture and Sport Health and Social Care Finance Chief Executives Service Housing and Property Planning and Development TECS The proposed new Services are:- Children, Education and Adult Services Finance Corporate Development Capital and Development Community Services The changes will be implemented in two phases.20/10/2013
Launch of Ready for Winter Campaign
The Highland Council is fully supporting the Scottish Government�s Ready for Winter Campaign which was launched today (Monday 21st October 2013). The national campaign focuses on being prepared in the community; at home; on the move and in the workplace and encourages people to use the �extra hour�, when the clocks go back at the weekend to �Take an Hour� to make themselves better prepared.Our Social Media
