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Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 5 October 2021

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 5th) sold 19 prime cattle.   Prime bullocks (4) averaged 235.0p (-5.0p) and sold to 249.0p per kg and £1,510.40 gross.  

Two Ranger Events In October

A Drop in event for the sand whale sculpture day at Dunnet Beach near the Seadrift Centre on Wednesday 20th October.   Borgie Forest Bushcraft Age 7 to 12 on Friday 22nd October This even required to be booked Use Booking code https://booking.highlifehighland.com/ email paul.castle@highlifehighland.com Tel 01847821531 See poster for details..  

Coronavirus (covid-19): Daily Data For Scotland- 5 October 2021

2,056 new cases of COVID-19 reported.   21,358 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 10.3% of these were positive.  

Time Is Running Out For Tax Credits And Child Benefit Customers With Post Office Card Accounts

HMRC urges tax credits and Child Benefits customers with a Post Office card account to update HMRC with their new bank account details by 30 November 2021.   From 1 December 2021, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will stop making payments of Child Benefit, Guardian's Allowance and tax credits into Post Office card accounts.  

Affordable Housing Is A Myth That Worsens The Housing Crisis - But There Is A Fix

The UK's housing crisis hardly requires an introduction.  It affects people across the housing spectrum — from leaseholders stuck with flammable cladding to tenants in overcrowded housing.  

£500 Million Plan For Jobs Expansion

Over £500 million to support hundreds of thousands of people into jobs announced today (Monday 4 October 2021).   Workers leaving the furlough scheme and unemployed people over the age of 50 will be helped back into work Those on the lowest wages will also be helped to progress in their careers and existing schemes targeting young people will be extended into next year Workers leaving the furlough scheme and unemployed people over the age of 50 will be helped back into work as part of more than £500m expansion of the government's Plan for Jobs.  

Scottish Monthly Economic Brief - September 2021 - Published 4 October

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Gary Gillespie, Chief Economist - 4 October 2021.   Overview This month's economic brief provides an update on data that begins to show how the economy has been performing during the third quarter of the year.  

Reconviction Statistics 2018-19 Scotland

The latest reconviction statistics for the 2018-19 offender cohort have been published today by Scotland's Chief Statistician.  The figures show that reconvictions have increased in the past year, going against the general downwards trend over the past decade.  

Raising The Roof At Dounreay's Newest Radioactive Waste Store

The first roof beams have been lifted into place at Dounreay's newest shielded radioactive waste store.   Seventy six beams, weighing a total of 1,400 tonnes, the equivalent of 116 double decker buses, are needed to complete the mammoth roof structure which will have a total weight of 3,300 tonnes.  

HMRC Set To Crackdown On Furlough Fraudsters

Businesses emerging from the Covid-induced cocoon of furlough payments used to retain their workforce since the pandemic struck are now facing the cold wind of scrutiny as HMRC gears up to claw back any cash that may have been handed over in error, writes Christine Rolland, forensic accounting director at Henderson Loggie.   As the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant payments come to an end this month, the message from the tax man is clear: volunteer information about any furlough claims that may have been wrongly submitted and repay the amount owed to the taxpayer, or face higher penalties, and possibly prison, if it's found out later that claims have been overstated or made fraudulently.