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Equiniti welcomed to Thurso Business ParkThumbnail for article : Equiniti welcomed to Thurso Business Park
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has welcomed an international technology-led services and payments specialist as the newest tenant to Thurso Business Park.   The agency has developed the park to enable local firms to expand and to attract new companies into the area.  
8/7/2019
Royal Bank Of Scotland Helps Drive Entrepreneurship In Scottish Rural Communities
Royal Bank of Scotland has partnered up with key farming and rural youth bodies to offer an extension of its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme to rural communities.   To foster greater entrepreneurship within Scottish agriculture and rural communities, Royal Bank of Scotland is working with the Scottish Association for Young Farmers (SAYFC), the Rural Youth Project (RYP) and the NFU Scotland Next Generation to offer an extension of its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme.  
8/7/2019
Royal Bank Of Scotland Report On Jobs
According to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs, labour market trends in Scotland continued to improve in June, but there were signs that hiring conditions were cooling as permanent placements growth eased and temp billings declined for the first time in 18 months.   Meanwhile, job vacancies in Scotland rose at weaker rates.  
8/7/2019
Q4 2018 RBS Postcode Lending
Lending data published today shows that RBS is a major supporter of the UK economy, lending a total of over £169bn in mortgages, personal loans and business loans to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).   The detailed local lending data, which forms part of a joint data reporting exercise with UK Finance and other major UK banks, gives a snapshot of lending balances in 120 postcode areas across Great Britain and around 10,000 postcode sectors at the end of December 2018.  
8/7/2019
Independent Retailers Helping To Change The Way We Shop
Climate emergency headlines and programmes such as the BBC's War on Plastic are driving consumers to take action against single-use plastic.   In Scotland alone, around 224,000 tonnes of plastic waste is collected from Scottish households each year - and if not recycled correctly, can end up in landfill.  
8/7/2019
Rise In Medical Trainee Recruitment
Latest recruitment figures show that 89% of all medical training posts in Scotland are currently filled - the highest level for five years at this stage in recruitment.   Foundation training places – for the two years post-medical school – are currently 99% full.  
5/7/2019
Wester Bridge Opening/road Closure
From Subsea7 - Please be advised that we are about to commence the launch of a pipeline bundle into Sinclair's Bay.   This operation will take between 24 - 36 hours and will require Subsea 7 to open the Wester Bridge to allow towheads to pass under and out to sea.  
4/7/2019
Public advised to avoid eating Shellfish from Loch Eishort and Loch Slappin, Isle of Skye
Highland Council's Environmental Health team has identified raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins following routine monitoring in coastal waters at Loch Eishort.   Eating shellfish such as mussels, cockles, oysters or razor fish from these areas may pose a health risk arising from the consumption of these algal toxins.  
External Force Asked To Review Death Of Kevin Mcleod
Police Scotland has asked for an independent review into the death of a man whose body was recovered from Wick Harbour more than 20 years ago.   Senior representatives of Police Scotland and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service met with the family of Kevin Mcleod earlier today to inform them that, following consultation with the Lord Advocate, Chief Constable Iain Livingstone has requested Merseyside Police carry out a detailed review of the case under the direction of the Crown.  
Update To Cairngorm Strategic Plan Is PublishedThumbnail for article : Update To Cairngorm Strategic Plan Is Published
The authors of far-reaching 2018 report on potential investment priorities at Cairngorm Mountain have reviewed and updated their findings.   US-based consultants SE Group were commissioned last year by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), owner of Cairngorm estate.  
Foula Signs Up To Clean Islands Energy Transition PledgeThumbnail for article : Foula Signs Up To Clean Islands Energy Transition Pledge
Residents of Britain's most remote inhabited island have stepped up efforts to move towards a cleaner energy system.   The people of Foula off Shetland have signed up to the Clean Energy Transition Pledge, which commits them to producing a decarbonisation plan over the next 12 months.  
3/7/2019
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd -Sale 2 July 2019
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 2nd) sold 13 prime cattle.   Prime Bullocks (4) averaged 206.4p (-0.8p) and sold to 210.0p per kg and £1,194.80 gross.  
3/7/2019
This year's Amazon Prime Days will be a $6.7bn bonanza to lure in new members
Prime stakes: This year's Amazon Prime Day(s) will be a $6.7bn bonanza to lure in new members, forecasts e-commerce expert Amazon's business model relies on attracting new members, and it will offer over 1 million deals on Prime Day this year to reel them in, says e-commerce delivery specialist ParcelHero.  But can its marketplace traders afford to join in? Amazon’s Prime Day will set new records this year, says the e-commerce delivery specialist ParcelHero.  
3/7/2019
Creating A Fairer Social Security System
People with lived experience to have their say.   Volunteers are being asked to shape Scotland's new, fairer social security system.  
3/7/2019
Promoting Scotland-China RelationsThumbnail for article : Promoting Scotland-China Relations
Trade and Investment Minister to visit China.   Trade and Investment Minister Ivan McKee will visit China this week to promote the growing economic, cultural and educational links between Scotland and the world's second largest economy.  
3/7/2019
Support For Emergency Responders
Wellbeing and resilience programme extended to emergency services.   Front line emergency workers will get access to tailored mental health resources, following the extension of a wellbeing programme.  
3/7/2019
Labour Tried and Failed To Give New Planning Rights To Communities
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, David Stewart, has slammed the ‘SNP-Tory' stitch up of the Planning Bill, warning that it has become a missed opportunity to deliver transformative change.   The SNP and Scottish Conservatives joined forces to block Labour's plans to secure the power for a community right of appeal as well as remove key changes made by MSPs at an earlier stage.  
2/7/2019
New Face At D M HallThumbnail for article : New Face At D M Hall
DM Hall boosts its focus on the North with appointment of Caithness-based residential surveyor Lesley Coghill.   DM Hall, one of Scotland's leading independent firms of chartered surveyors, has boosted its expertise in the country's most northerly mainland region with the appointment of a highly experienced Thurso-based professional who will share her residential property expertise with clients in Caithness, north Sutherland and the island of Orkney.  
Warm ‘Welcome' on NorthLink Ferries with accessibility appThumbnail for article : Warm ‘Welcome' on NorthLink Ferries with accessibility app
Company is first Scottish transport operator to introduce pioneering support service.   Serco NorthLink Ferries has partnered with one of Scotland's digital start-ups to improve journeys for customers who require additional support.  
2/7/2019
The UK's fraud hotspots revealed: what’s the biggest threat in your area?
A Which Report.   You're more likely to fall victim to fraud than to any other crime in the UK.