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A multi-million pound investment is being made in one of Scotland's most strategically important ports. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will invest up to £24 million at Kishorn Port in the west Highlands to enhance its capacity and capabilities, with an expanded dry dock and land reclamation enabling the manufacture of floating offshore wind foundations.
4/6/2025
The obsession with Russia in the defence review is wrong. The real risk is from fascists wherever they come from, and Russia is a long way from being the only threat in that case.
4/6/2025
Th Dollar is under threat in many ways now since Donald Trump started his tariff war.
4/6/2025
The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has warned the Government that unless it drastically steps up the scale and pace of building more energy generation and network infrastructure. It is in danger of missing its clean power target of decarbonising the electricity system by at least 95% by 2030.
4/6/2025
Americans voted for this but probably were completely unaware of consequences..
4/6/2025
A look at potential problems in the financial system. Leveraged buying, rising bond yields, higher debt.
4/6/2025
Richard D. Wolff is an American economist and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
4/6/2025
4 Companies Just Told Trump They're Done — And 90,000 Americans Lost Their Jobs - Trump's trade war crisis just triggered mass layoffs and a $90 billion corporate loss—and American workers are paying the price. In this video, we break down how GM layoffs, Stellantis job cuts, UPS slashing 20,000 jobs, and Volvo exiting the U.S.
4/6/2025
HMRC actually receives sales data directly from PayPal, Etsy, eBay, etc., meaning that even casual sellers are being flagged by their AI-powered system. So, in this video, I reveal how one client of mine - an online seller - was nearly fined £3,000 by HMRC for simply clearing out a few unwanted bits and bobs.
4/6/2025
Trump's aggressive plan to "slim down" the federal government is leaving Americans jobless and furious. From education to healthcare, entire departments are being gutted.
4/6/2025
A new Gaelic primary school is set to open in Glasgow next year after a £2 million investment from the Scottish Government. The funding will complete the refurbishment and extension of the former St James' Primary School building to establish Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig a' Challtainn (Calton Gaelic Primary School) which will become the city’s fourth Gaelic language primary.
Last weekend saw the first patrols of The Highland Council's, new Seasonal Access Ranger team. The new rangers will seek to promote and advise on responsible access to the countryside through the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
4/6/2025
abour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have been affected by increased volatility resulting from smaller achieved sample sizes, meaning that estimates of change should be treated with additional caution. The LFS continues to be the sole source of data for unemployment, economic inactivity, self-employment and sickness absence in the UK labour market, and provides a range of breakdowns that are only possible from LFS data.
4/6/2025
The UK has been temporarily spared from US President Donald Trump's executive order doubling steel and aluminium tariffs from 25% to 50%. The order raises import taxes for US-based firms buying the metals from other countries from Wednesday - but the levy remains at 25% for the UK.
Applications Now Open for Highland Council's Strategic Events Grant. The Highland Council is pleased to announce the official launch of its new Strategic Events Grant Fund, a £75,000 initiative designed to support the region's dynamic events sector and strengthen the local economy during the quieter shoulder and off-season months.
3/6/2025
Trump wants to use tax as a weapon in international trade wars. That could backfire horribly for him..
3/6/2025
First 11 schools across England have installed solar panels backed by Great British Energy, saving a total of £175,000 per year. Schools across the country to install new Great British Energy solar panels thanks to government's £180 million funding to cut bills for schools and hospitals.
The Highland Council's ‘Food in Schools' project is a key component of the Council’s Delivery Plan and the Redesign Board Chaired by the Convener of the Council - Councillor Bill Lobban has launched a range of surveys to better understand the various components of food provision in school settings. The surveys will be issued by Head Teachers, on behalf of the Food in Schools project team, to current pupils (P1-S6), parents and carers, teachers and non-teaching staff (e.g.
3/6/2025
Trade Tariffs Tax. Now dumping the dollar.
3/6/2025
So many things have change since Donald Tump became president and borrowing is at record levels. Are US policies now on self destruct mode.