News Archive
12/1/2021
UK launches Global Health Insurance Card
New agreement ensures the rights of UK residents to access emergency and medically necessary care when travelling in the EU will continue. UK's new Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) launched as part of UK / EU deal Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) will gradually replace existing European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) UK residents will now be able to apply for a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), the government announced on 11th January 2021.
12/1/2021
Coronavirus Covid-19 Daily Data For Scotland - 12th January 2021
1,875 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 17,517 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 12.0% of these were positive.12/1/2021
A Vaccine Delivery Plan For Everyone
Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment Nadhim Zahawi spoke to the House of Commons about the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan - 11 January 2021. Madam Deputy Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a statement on the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan.
12/1/2021
United Arab Emirates Designated For Public Health Quarantine
Travellers returning to self-isolate on arrival in Scotland. Following the move to require travellers Dubai from to quarantine on arrival, Ministers have agreed on the basis of advice today from the Joint Biosecurity Centre to remove the United Arab Emirates in its entirety from the international travel exemptions list.12/1/2021
Economic Update By The Chancellor Of The Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer provided an update (11January 2021) on the economy and comprehensive economic plan. Mr Speaker, Before I begin, I'm sure the whole House will join me in wanting to send our very best wishes to my Right Honourable Friend the member for Old Bexley and Sidcup.
12/1/2021
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 12 January 2021
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (January, 12th) sold 12 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 212.4p (+1.4p) and sold to 215.0p per kg and £1,420.40 gross.12/1/2021
Business Secretary calls with business leaders
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng hosted a series of calls with business leaders on his first day in office yesterday 11h January 2021. Following his appointment as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 8 January, Kwasi Kwarteng this afternoon hosted a virtual meeting with some of the UK's leading business representative organisations: the British Chambers of Commerce, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses, The Institute of Directors and Make UK.
12/1/2021
Business Debt: Hidden Advantage For Giant Firms Means Economy Has Been K-shaped For Decades
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, it seemed like the day of reckoning for over-stretched corporate borrowers was finally at hand. For years, pundits and policymakers had been warning about a dangerous build-up of the debt of "non-financial firms", meaning all those that aren't in finance, insurance or property.
12/1/2021
Coronavirus Covid-19 Update: First Minister's Statement - 12 January 2021
Statement given by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing in St Andrew's House, Edinburgh on Tuesday 12 January 2021. Good afternoon.
11/1/2021
Changes to criminal court business
Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has responded to the Lord President's decision to reduce the number of criminal trials as part of efforts to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Justice Secretary said:"I welcome the Lord President's decisive action, which balances the interests of justice with the very serious public health challenges presented by the new variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
11/1/2021
Delaying The Second Covid Vaccine Dose - A Medical Expert Answers Key Questions
Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia reviews current thinking about delaying the second dose of vaccine for Covid-19. The UK is facing an alarming escalation of the pandemic.
11/1/2021
Update From Skills Development Scotland For School Students
Wick High have posted this update from Skills Development Scotland. It may apply to other school students in other areas.11/1/2021
At Least 250,000 UK Small Businesses Set To Fold Without Further Help, New Study Warns
FSB publishes the findings from its latest Small Business Index study. Quarterly Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Small Business Index (SBI) shows confidence at second lowest ebb in report's ten-year history.11/1/2021
Takeovers: A Tidal Wave Of Buyouts Is Coming In 2021 - Here's What It Means
Karl Schmedders, Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Patrick Reinmoeller Professor of Strategy and Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) look at the buy out situation for 2021. Luxury goods giant LVMH has completed its US$15.8 billion (£11.6 billion) mega-deal to buy famous American jeweller Tiffany & Co.
11/1/2021
Scottish Business Optimism Plunged Pre-lockdown
Scottish business confidence crashed in the final days of 2020, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The small business campaign group says that their findings underline the need for governments in Edinburgh and London to provide sufficient second-wave coronavirus support to independent and local firms, as well as people who work for themselves.11/1/2021
How Will Vaccines Affect The Length Of Lockdown?
England has gone into a tough lockdown to halt spiralling COVID-19 hospitalisations and relieve pressure on its health system. The prime minister, Boris Johnson, has said the new lockdown will last at least seven weeks, but it's safe to assume that, with many hospitals near capacity, it will stay in place as long as is needed to suppress the threat of the NHS being overwhelmed.
11/1/2021
Dubai Designated For Public Health Quarantine
Travellers returning from Dubai must quarantine on arrival in Scotland for 10 days from 4am on Monday (11 January). In addition, passengers who have travelled to Scotland from Dubai since 3 January are also being asked to isolate for 10 days, from the date they arrived back in the country.11/1/2021
Help For Scottish Business Can No Longer Be A Dollar Short And A Day Late
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a strict new lockdown for the Scottish mainland. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) urged Ministers to provide more help, more quickly to Scotland's smaller firms to see them through this stage of the crisis.11/1/2021
Prince Of Wales Launches Terra Carta Initiative To Put Nature At The Heart Of Big Business
The Prince of Wales has today launched a 10-point pandemic recovery charter that challenges businesses to "put nature, people and the planet at the heart of global value creation" over the next decade, in a move backed by scores of major corporates high profile names such as including Unilever, BP, and BlackRock. Dubbed the 'Terra Carta' in homage to the historic Magna Carta - the charter of basic rights agreed over 800 years ago - the 17-page framework sets out 100 broad actions for businesses to harness their resources and innovation to combat escalating global climate and biodiversity crises.
11/1/2021
