News Archive
15/10/2020
Gad Assists Development Of Uk Spaceflight Industry
Government Actuary's Deprtment (GAD) takes part in a cross-government project to set insurance requirements and provide risk analysis for the new UK spaceflight launch industry. The Government Actuary's Department (GAD) has been at the centre of helping set up the new spaceflight launch industry in the UK.
15/10/2020
Fluorinated Gases And Ozone-depleting Substances: How To Do Business From 1 January 2021
How to comply with fluorinated gas (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS) regulations from 1 January 2021. The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year.15/10/2020
Nice To Know The UK Government Taking Out Insurance In Case A UK Satellite Crashes On To Us
Consultation on draft insurance and liabilities requirements to implement the Space Industry Act 2018. Release of the draft insurance and liabilities requirements to implement the Space Industry Act 2018 consultation.15/10/2020
Polling Indicates Growing Public Understanding About Importance Of Using Health And Care Data
The National Data Guardian has conducted polling to gauge public opinion on the use of data during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care (NDG) (1) has conducted polling (2) which indicates that the public understands that data is vital for tackling the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but also wants to know more about what is happening and still expects people's confidentiality to be protected.15/10/2020
Covid-19 Restrictions To Remain
Further face covering rules announced and business support scheme to open. The wearing of face coverings is to become mandatory in communal workplace areas, such as corridors, canteens and social spaces, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today (Thursday 15 October).15/10/2020
Quarantine Measures Reinstated For Further Destinations
Travellers arriving from Italy, San Marino and Vatican City State must self-isolate from Sunday. Travellers arriving in Scotland from Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City State will be required to quarantine at home, or another specified address, for 14 days from 4am Sunday (18 October).14/10/2020
Tourism Committee Tackles Motorhomes And Wild Camping
In advance of the 2021 tourism season, Members of The Highland Council's Tourism Committee have agreed that the local authority will continue to work and engage with partners, national agencies and local communities to meet the challenges and opportunities that exist in the region for motorhomes and wild camping tourism. Councillor Maxine Smith, Tourism Committee Chair said: "While coronavirus and the increased demand for staycations in the UK have played a large part in the massive increase in demands placed on the Highlands of Scotland from across the UK, the evidence does show that motorhome ownership and hire has been increasing over recent years.14/10/2020
Lessons learnt from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an analysis of countries and regions in Asia Pacific and Europe
Article published in The Lancet. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis.14/10/2020
The Scottish Government Cannot Hide Behind Boris Johnson's Strategy
Craig Dalzell at Source News has written a pretty damning piece on how Scotland is now hiding behind the UK governments Covid planning and actions. Why is Scotland following the country with amongst the worst results on Covid in Europe.14/10/2020
Can We Actually Learn To Live With Coronavirus? Not Until We Have A Vaccine
As we move into the last quarter of 2020, the virus that has defined this troubled year is showing no signs of going away. In the absence of a vaccine or a broadly effective treatment, some are now saying that we must learn to live with COVID-19.
14/10/2020
Northern Ireland Breaks Ranks From UK With Much Tighter Restrictions
Northern Ireland Executive tightens restrictions to curb Covid-19. The Executive has agreed a range of significant time-bound interventions to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.14/10/2020
Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2018
The Chief Statistician released experimental statistics today (14 October 2020) showing that in 2018, the Scottish marine economy generated £4.3 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA), a decrease of 17% from 2017 (adjusted to 2018 prices). In 2018, the Scottish marine economy provided employment for 74,200 people, a decrease of less than 1% from 2017.
14/10/2020
What Does The Latest Labour Market Data Tell Us?
From Fraser of Allender Institute. New labour market data were released by ONS on 13 October 2020.
13/10/2020
COVID-19 will probably become endemic - here's what that means
We can't say with any certainty what the future of COVID-19 is. But based on our experience with other infections, there is little reason to believe that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 will go away any time soon, even when vaccines become available.13/10/2020
An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19
This article was first published on The Conversation web site on 4 October 2020 - Author, Matthew Woodruff, Instructor, Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University. In the earliest days of the pandemic, many immunologists, including me, assumed that patients who produced high quantities of antibodies early in infection would be free from disease.
13/10/2020
Physical Punishment And Discipline Of Children: How The Law Is Changing
Highly controversial the law is changing on smacking children in Scotland. The majority of the public were against the change but a majority of MSP's voted to change the law.13/10/2020
Coronavirus has exposed UK government's failure to implement a long-term food plan
This article was first published on The Conversation web site - Author, Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London. Planning failures and financial cuts are being exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
13/10/2020
Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 12 October 2020
STORNOWAY, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 12th) sold 1,941 sheep of all classes. Lambs (858) sold to £90 gross for a Cheviot from 6 Glen Kyles, Leverburgh, Isle of Harris.13/10/2020
Coronavirus: R number does not measure risk - financial disaster modelling offers a better alternative
This article s first published on The Conversation web site on 12 October 2020 - Author Stefano Soccorsi, Lecturer in Financial Economics, Lancaster University. The most important measure on the state of the pandemic is the R number.
13/10/2020
