Remote managers killing culture - 60% of professionals report feeling ‘disengaged' due to lack of face time with leaders. 2 in 3 professionals will leave their job this year if they don't get more face time with their manager.
8,262 new cases of COVID-19 reported. Please note that this figure now includes cases identified using either a first LFD (Lateral Flow Device) or PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) positive test.
New figures today (January 20, 2022) show Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure with industry and commerce in Scotland in 2020/21 was £1.989 billion. This is the equivalent of £360 per person in Scotland.
Isolation periods reduced and removed. Most people admitted to adult care homes will no longer have to self-isolate for two weeks under new guidance issued to care home operators.
Legislation to end the harmful practice of setting ‘glue traps' is to be brought forward by the Scottish Government in order to protect animal welfare. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) undertook a review of the use of glue traps and concluded that there are significant animal welfare issues related to their use, not only for rodents but also for non-target species such as wild birds.
A cross-industry competition to find cutting-edge Telexistence technology has moved to the next phase with up to £1.3million funding available. The Telexistence programme is a joint initiative between the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
Help to Grow: Digital scheme launches today to support small businesses with discounted software and free advice. Help to Grow: Digital scheme launches today - part of the government's flagship support programme for small businesses scheme provides businesses with discounts of up to £5,000 on approved Digital Accounting and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software dedicated website providing free, impartial support now open to boost businesses' digital skills The government's Help to Grow: Digital scheme - designed to support smaller businesses in adopting digital technologies so they can grow - has opened for applications today (20 January).
More firms providing essential digital services should follow strict cyber security duties with large fines for non-compliance Other legislative proposals include improved incident reporting and driving up standards in the cyber security profession New laws are needed to drive up security standards in outsourced IT services used by almost all UK businesses, the government says. Other proposals being published today include making improvements in the way organisations report cyber security incidents and reforming legislation so that it is more flexible and can react to the speed of technological change.
New research has been carried out which will shed some light on how street lighting could be used to pave the way for autonomous vehicles in the future. Closed circuit television and wireless technology that enables vehicles to communicate is among the kit that could be neatly stored inside the lanterns of street lights alongside the National Highways network.
The Draft Business Plan sets out what the main activities will be to advance our important clean-up and decommissioning work over the next 3 years, and what funding will be available for them. It also highlights some of the other essential work to enable us to carry out our mission-critical activities.
Finance specialists Carvine have recently revealed the safest cars to drive in 2022, as rated by the Euro NCAP. Throughout their rigorous testing, NCAP put the latest models through their paces through a series of crash tests and safety tech processes.
Public asked to be cautious while case numbers are still high. Additional measures aimed at stemming the spread of the Omicron variant whilst the vaccination booster programme took effect are to be lifted.
UK average house prices increased by 10.0% over the year to November 2021, up from 9.8% in October 2021. The average UK house price was £271,000 in November 2021, which is £25,000 higher than this time last year.
The number of households suffering from ‘fuel stress' - spending at least 10 per cent of their family budgets on energy bills - is set to treble overnight to 6.3 million households when [b]the new energy price cap comes into effect on 1st April 2022. That is according to new research published on Monday18th January 2022 by the Resolution Foundation.
Real wages officially began to fall in November, and the current period of shrinking pay packets is likely to get worse before it starts to ease in the second half of 2022, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the latest ONS labour market statistics. Real regular average weekly earnings wages fell by 1 per cent in November off the back of rising inflation (CPI rose to 4.6 per cent) and falling nominal wage growth (down to 3.5 per cent).
Invitations being sent from this week. Children aged five to 11 years old who have specific medical conditions which place them at greater risk from COVID-19 will be invited for their first vaccination from this week onwards.
The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) rose by 4.8% in the 12 months to December 2021, up from 4.6% in the 12 months to November. The largest upward contributions to the December 2021 CPIH 12-month inflation rate came from housing and household services (1.31 percentage points) and transport (1.29 percentage points, principally from motor fuels and second-hand cars).
Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.8% in the 12 months to December 2021, up from 1.7% in the 12 months to November 2021. Private rental prices grew by 1.8% in England, 1.5% in Wales and 2.3% in Scotland in the 12 months to December 2021.
Developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Pathfinder is a free six-month development programme for small to medium sized businesses. Delivered mostly online, Pathfinder provides fast-track training and mentoring for entrepreneurs looking to build a company or launch a new product.
After long period when not much was happening the Whatson section of Caithness.org had some techy issues - now resolved. Now that it looks like Covid restrictions are being reduced more event may be happening this years.
