News Archive
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 25th) sold 10 prime cattle. Prime Bullocks (5) averaged 207.2p (+4.1p) and sold to 214.0p per kg and £1,219.80 gross.
25/6/2019
As Monsoon seeks to join the ranks of stores slashing rents through a company voluntary agreement, ParcelHero says CVAs are simply speeding up the demise of High Street shopping and will impact on pension and investment schemes. The fashion chain Monsoon is the latest store to seek to weather the retail storm by convincing its creditor landlords to agree to a company voluntary agreement (CVA).
25/6/2019
An IT project that ran into difficulties has cost Scotland's public sector pension body millions and set its planning back significantly, says the spending watchdog. The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) runs retirement plans for over 500,000 people, including NHS employees, teachers, firefighters and the police.
25/6/2019
Regional Labour MSP Rhoda Grant is praising RBS for the steps they have taken to make their mobile banking fleet more suitable for those with disabilities. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission have released to Mrs Grant what adaptations RBS have made to their mobile banking fleet for those with disabilities.
24/6/2019
Green energy firms Infinergy and Boralex have welcomed the Scottish Government's decision to grant approval of their 21-turbine wind farm at Limekiln, south of Reay in Caithness. The wind farm has a grid connection contract in place for 90 MW.
The website www.deliverylaw.uk was one year old on Saturday (22nd June 2019) and Trading Standards officers at Highland Council are looking to highlight its importance in the battle for fair internet delivery charges. The site provides a one-stop-shop for consumers and businesses to receive all the information they need about internet delivery charges and to report bad practices that they might encounter.
24/6/2019
Crimestoppers charity launches campaign to highlight harm Drug Dealers inflict on vulnerable people. The charity Crimestoppers is today launching a campaign to highlight the harm drug dealers can inflict on vulnerable people in Scotland's communities.
24/6/2019
An excerpt on taxation in Scotland from the Institute for Public Policy Research the report out today 25 June 2019 - How productivity could deliver inclusive growth in Scotland. Since the devolution of further tax powers to the Scottish Parliament since 2015, more of Scotland's budget is now directly affected by tax revenue performance in Scotland.
24/6/2019
A report out today by the Institute For Public Policy Research. The UK economy has struggled to maintain productivity growth since the financial crash in 2008.
24/6/2019
What if everyone owned some of our country's wealth? Find out more here: bit.ly/2RswV0y A declining labour share of national income, together with unequal capital ownership, mean wealth inequality in the UK has risen and is set to rise further. This policy paper sets out why a Citizens' Wealth Fund, a sovereign wealth fund owned by and run in the interests of citizens, would help address this problem by transforming a part of national private and corporate wealth into shared net public wealth..
24/6/2019
A new report out today 24 June 2019 from the Institute for Public Policy Research. As part of IPPR Scotland's work in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on poverty in Scotland, we have been travelling across the country to hear from people living at the sharp end of poverty.
24/6/2019
How does the success of our financial sector make it harder to achieve the prosperity and justice we wish to see? And what can be done to address this? Grace Blakeley explains. For the full CEJ report go to https://www.ippr.org/cej.
The introduction of a service to support the mental health and wellbeing of Highland Council staff and councillors is to be considered by the Council next week. A report to Councillors will seek Members' approval for the procurement of an Employee Assistance Programme for staff and Members which could offer telephone and internet-based counselling 24 hours a day.
21/6/2019
Stagecoach North Scotland are reviewing timetables across their network and would like to invite you to comment on the proposals by 28 June 2019. Full details of the proposed changes can be found by clicking HERE , and a copy of the proposed new timetable for Caithness can be downloaded HERE.
20/6/2019
Main points for February to April 2019. The UK employment rate was estimated at 76.1%, higher than a year earlier (75.6%) and the joint-highest on record.
20/6/2019
The Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee is focusing its pre-budget 2020-21 scrutiny on Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) and other financial support for businesses provided by Scotland's enterprise agencies. It is our expectation that this will feed into Scottish Government budget plans and policy development.
20/6/2019
In 2020 the Scottish Government plans to introduce the new role of the Independent National Whistleblowing Officer (INWO). The role and functions of the INWO will be undertaken by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
20/6/2019
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 19 June 2019, the MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.75%.
19/6/2019
Report by Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Pascale Bourquin, Jonathan Cribb, Tom Waters and Xiaowei Xu Report.
Savers with Virgin Money, Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank face changes to their compensation limits later this year. Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group (CYBG) bought Virgin Money last year to create the UK's sixth largest bank.