News Archive
18/3/2017
The UK Space Agency Has Awarded Just Under £150,000 To Three Business Incubation Centres Across The UK
These awards will support entrepreneurs and small companies in the space industry. The Agency is working with UK industry to deliver world-class science innovation support, in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy, which emphasises the importance of science, innovation and skills.
18/3/2017
Wave Energy Scotland Awards £7.5m For Power Take Off Projects
Wave Energy Scotland has selected 3 technologies to go forward to stage 3 of its Power Take Off (PTO) development programme. The projects will involve demonstration and testing of scale prototypes in a representative environment and cover a range of technology options: digital hydraulics, electrical linear generation and a ball-screw generation.
18/3/2017
Floating Wind Farms To The Fore
Pioneering technology to power almost 60,000 homes. A floating demonstration wind farm has today been granted planning consent by Scottish Government Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Paul Wheelhouse.
18/3/2017
Expansion Of Foundation Apprenticeships
Up to 5,000 will start work-based training programme by 2019. Thousands of young people will gain industry recognised qualifications, real-world work experience and access to work-based learning while still at school thanks to a massive expansion of the Foundation Apprenticeship programme.18/3/2017
Crofting Election Results
Six new commissioners elected. Crofters have elected six new Commissioners to serve on the Crofting Commission Board where they will support the crofting system for current and future generations.18/3/2017
Experience Panels Invitations
18,000 people to be invited to give views on social security system. From today, people across Scotland will begin to receive letters inviting them to join the Experience Panels which will shape the country's new social security system.[Builders]
17/3/2017GMR Henderson To Join Thomas Telford Renovation
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has begun renovating its new home in Wick with the help of a neighbour. Two buildings in Lower Pulteneytown are being redeveloped into the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the £2.6bn Beatrice offshore wind farm project.
17/3/2017
Gills Harbour AGM - Tuesday 21st March 2017
Notice of Annual General Meeting: On Tuesday 21.03.2017 @ 19.30. Gills Harbour Ltd: A Community- owned trading Company limited by guarantee.
17/3/2017
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership Update
Week Commencing 13th March 2017 Energy & business services: Delighted to see this week's news that Caithness firm GMR Henderson has been awarded work on the construction programme for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project's Operations & Maintenance base in Wick. The company, whose base is only about 100 metres away from the O&M site on the Wick harbourfront, will support the initial demolition and preparatory works.17/3/2017
Persistent Poverty In Scotland 2010-2015
New experimental statistics have been published today showing the proportion of people living in persistent poverty in Scotland between 2010 and 2015. We know that spending brief periods with a low income can be less damaging than living in poverty over a number of years.17/3/2017
Action On Climate Change - Peatlands
Protecting peatlands. An £8 million investment will restore peatlands and help reduce carbon emissions, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has revealed as she opened the funding for applications today.
17/3/2017
Public Sector Employment In Scotland - Statistics For 4th Quarter 2016
The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at December 2016.
17/3/2017
Mixed Results In Latest Farm Census
The results of the December Agricultural Survey show that while winter cereal plantings saw an increase, silage production last year was down. In the livestock sector, there were rises in sheep, pigs and poultry, but cattle numbers fell to their lowest since the 1950s.17/3/2017
Food & Drink( & Nature)
A short film showing how food and drink producers in Scotland value our environment..
17/3/2017
Tourism And Nature
A short video highlighting the importance of the natural environment for Scotland's tourism sector..
17/3/2017
Scotland's Special Themed Years Unveiled
Tourism programme extended until 2022. The Themed Years' tourism programme will continue beyond 2018, it was confirmed today.
17/3/2017
Snh Sheep Worrying Alister Orr
Alister Orr a farmer from Ayrshire giving his personal experience of sheep worrying on his farm..
15/3/2017
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale14 March 2017
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March, 14th) sold 9 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 210.0p and sold to 212.0p per kg and £1,274.90 gross.15/3/2017
John O'Groats - Shape The Future - You Can Help
A drop in event. Seaview Hotel, John O'Groats.
14/3/2017
