News Archive
13/11/2015
Public contribution to Localism debate welcomed by Highland Council Leader
Leader of The Highland Council, Councillor Margaret Davidson has welcomed the level of public engagement that is helping the local authority plan to deliver its services through more localised decision making. The Highland Council approved a localism action plan at its meeting of the full Council on 29 October 2015 that will start to map out how to deliver decentralised decision making powers to local communities.12/11/2015
Dingwall andHighland Marts Ltd - Sale 12th November 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 12th) sold 1,983 store sheep. Lambs (1,149) sold to £75 gross for Mule ewe lambs from Lower Gaich, Dulnain Bridge.12/11/2015
Garden waste kerbside collections stopping for winter
With the approach of winter householders are reminded that Garden Waste Collections will cease for a period of 3 months from the end of November. There will be no brown bin collections in December, January or February.12/11/2015
Council working with partners to maintain Highland roads
Highland Council has highlighted its successful joint working with BEAR Scotland and Transport Scotland. The Council's Head of Roads and Transport Richard Evans, BEAR Scotland's Operating Company Representative for the North West Eddie Ross and Transport Scotland’s Acting National Network Manager Jonny Moran delivered a joint presentation at last week’s Community Services Committee meeting.12/11/2015
Refurbishment of 1960s transmission line complete
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission) has completed its £94m project to refurbish the 275 kilovolt (kV) overhead line on the main west to east transmission route from Beauly via Blackhillock to Kintore. The 157km line was originally constructed in the early 1960s, spans the three local authority areas of Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire, and is supported on 476 towers.
12/11/2015
Scottish Budget date 16 December 2015
Deputy First Minister to set out spending priorities for Scotland. Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary John Swinney will publish financial plans for the Scottish Government on December 16, 2015.9/11/2015
Caithness General Hospital to connect to Wick District Heating Scheme
NHS Highland has agreed that the Caithness General Hospital will be heated by energy delivered by the wood fuelled district heating scheme in Wick. Supply of low cost renewable energy will begin immediately.8/11/2015
Community is key, say Caithness and Sutherland young people
A new survey into the attitudes and aspirations of young people indicates those taking part from Caithness and Sutherland are strongly connected and proud of their local community. The perceptions of 234 of the area's young people highlight a number of positive findings.
7/11/2015
New sustainable seaweed company looks to make waves in Caithness
A new food company aims to make good use of a resource that Caithness has in abundance - seaweed. New Wave Foods has ambitions to become Scotlands leading processor of edible seaweed.
7/11/2015
Dingwall and Highland Marts Rare Breeds Sale 7 November 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts (November, 7th) sold 2 cattle, 3 horses, 22 goats, 1007 sheep including 109 Zwartbles, and 508 lots of poultry, eggs and poultry equipment at their poultry, rare & traditional breeds of livestock sale. Cattle (2) sold to £480 gross for a Dexter cow with calf at foot from Achnahinich, Plockton.7/11/2015
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 2 November 2015 Energy Business Services: HIEs Michael Koetsier and June Love hosted a successful visit from a potential inward investor last week, as progress continues to be made on opportunities related to the energy sector in the north. Tourism, Food Drink Good to see coverage in todays press of the new business venture being established in Wick.6/11/2015
Over 1,200 people take part in a facebook chat on Community Services in Highland
Over 1,200 people took part in the second of a series of Highland Council Budget Facebook Chats on Tuesday 3rd November. Chair of the Councils Community Services Committee Councillor Allan Henderson and Director of Community Services William Gilfillan took part in the event which focused on Community Services and ways in which savings could be made.5/11/2015
Huge New Gas Transporter In Pentland Firth - JS INEOS Insight
A brand-new specialised ship named the JS INEOS Insight, (22,807 tonnes) which was launched China by Mr Jim Ratcliffe, the boss of the huge international Ineos chemicals firm only last July (2015), made an historic outward-bound maiden transit of the Pentland Firth on Wednesday, 4th November 2015. The 180 metre long vessel has been built, as the first of a modern fleet of specialised vessels, to bring huge quantities of liquefied gas, produced from Americas vast shale-gas fields, to Europe.4/11/2015
Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd Sale - 4 November 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 4th) sold 584 weaned calves and store cattle. Stot calves (193) averaged 228.5p and sold to 322.2p per kilo and £1,160 gross for 360kg Limousin cross from Lochdhu, Nairn.4/11/2015
£505,000 for Coghill Footbridge, Wick Among Council Approved Capital Projects
Approval for significant programme of capital investment. The Highland Councils Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee has today (Wed 4 Nov 2015 approved nearly £8 million of capital investment in Town and Countryside regeneration projects throughout Highland over the next nine years.4/11/2015
New Heathrow link receives warm welcome
The Highland Council has welcomed British Airways announcement this morning of a new Heathrow link with Inverness from May next year. Leader of the Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson welcomed the news saying This is excellent news for the economy of the Highlands.4/11/2015
Step closer for CaSPlan
The Highland Council today (Wednesday 4 November 2015) took a major step in agreeing a future vision and strategy for development of the Caithness and Sutherland area over the next 20 years with councillors approval of the Caithness and Sutherland Proposed Local Development Plan (CaSPlan). Once formally adopted it will replace the Caithness Local Plan and Sutherland Local Plan and will be used to guide decisions on planning applications in both Caithness and Sutherland.2/11/2015
HITRANS appoints officer to spearhead rural airports project
HITRANS, the regional transport partnership for the Highlands and Islands, has appointed a project officer to spearhead a significant European-funded project to assist and develop rural and remote airports with use of new technologies. Jayne Westbrook took over this week as Project Officer of SPARA 2020, which stands for Smart Peripheral and Remote Airports - a three-year £1.8 million Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme area project.2/11/2015
Living Wage Increases From Today
The UK's voluntary living wage, as promoted by the Living Wage Foundation campaign group, is to be increased by 40p an hour. The new rate will rise to £8.25 per hour from £7.85.1/11/2015
