News Archive
14/3/2015
Online planning applications set to save £71 million
Red tape slashed for tens of thousands. Over 100,000 people and businesses have saved an average of £241 by submitting online planning applications to the ePlanning Scotland website, since its launch in 2009.13/3/2015
How Highland Council performs
The Highland Council members will consider ed a report on Thursday 12th March 2105 which sets out how Highland Council performs compared to other Local Authorities in Scotland. The benchmarking framework reports on how much councils spend on particular services, service performance and how satisfied people are with the major services provided by councils.13/3/2015
Far North Line On Track for Improvement Progress
Highland (Scottish Labour) MSP, Rhoda Grant met earlier this week with Mike Kean, who led the successful Abellio bid for the ScotRail franchise, ahead of the formal handover from First at the beginning of April. Mrs Grant who had sought the meeting, which took place in Parliament, focused discussion on what improvements far north rail line users could expect from Abellio, when they become the new ScotRail train operating company.13/3/2015
NHS Highland recalled to the Parliament's Public Audit Committee
NHS Highland is to be recalled to give evidence to the Public Audit Committee in order for MSPs to question them again on their management of NHS Highland's finances in 2013/14. At its meeting today the Public Audit Committee agreed to recall three witnesses from NHS Highland to give further evidence on the AGS report: 2013/14 audit of NHS Highland: Financial management.12/3/2015
Council seeks views on new sites and issues suggested for CaSPlan
The Caithness and Sutherland Local Development Plan Main Issues Report (CaSPlan MIR) was published in October 2014 as a discussion document that set out initial ideas for what the plan needs to achieve for people and places in the area and the Council's initial preferences for where new development might be located. The consultation for the CaSPlan MIR finished on 6 February 2015.11/3/2015
Pentland Firth Works Operations - Details For Mariners
James Fisher Marine Services Booths Park House Chelford Road Knutsford Cheshire Main Contact Stan Groundwater s.groundwater[AT]james-fisher.co.uk tel 01856831380 mob 07747843712 All positions to be quoted in World Geodetic System 1984 [WGS84], lat. / long., in deg./ minutes.
11/3/2015
Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sale 11th March 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (March, 11th) sold 2,194 sheep of all classes. Lambs (903) averaged £55.31 and sold to £94 gross for Swaledale crosses from Leys Castle, Inverness.11/3/2015
Scotland's fiscal position improves in 2013-14 but this is set to stall as oil price falls bite
David Phillips, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies writes for the Institute of Fiscal Studies. Today, the Scottish Government published the latest version of its annual Government Expenditure and Revenues Scotland (GERS) publication covering 2013-14.10/3/2015
Dingwall & Highland Marts - Rare Breeds Sale
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts (March, 7th) sold 20 cattle, 1 donkey, 3 goats, 76 sheep, 527 lots of poultry, eggs and poultry equipment at their poultry, rare & traditional breeds of livestock sale. Cattle (20) sold to £770 gross for a Highland cow with heifer calf at foot from Mains of Inkhorn, Auchnagatt.
10/3/2015
Opportunity for taxi and private hire car operators to have their say
Taxi and private hire car operators (PHC) and drivers in Highland are being invited to meet with The Highland Council's Taxi/PHC Sub Group to provide Members with their views on a number of issues relating to the trade. There will also be an opportunity for the trade to raise any issue which they wish with the sub group.10/3/2015
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 10th March 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March, 10th) sold 53 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (34) averaged 205.3p (-6.7p) and sold to 212p per kg and £1,452.55 gross.10/3/2015
MSP WRITES RETURNING OFFICER OVER REGISTRATION FEARS
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Labour) MSP, Rhoda Grant has written to the Highland Council Chief Returning Office over concerns about the new system of voter registration ahead of the General Election due to take place on 7th May. Last year saw the UK Government make the biggest changes to voter registration in a generation with the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration which was aimed at giving people more control over the process and increase the accuracy of the register.10/3/2015
Offshore wind costs falling faster than expected
The news that two offshore wind projects have been successful in the first auction for renewable power held under the Department for Energy and Climate Change's ‘Contract for Difference' (CfD) regime, coupled with the findings of a new industry report, show that costs in offshore wind are coming down faster than originally expected. The CfD regime, established by the 2013 Energy Act, gives renewable power developers Government contracts that provide certainty on funding levels to enable a project to be developed; this is known as a "strike price", which is paid based on the total number of megawatt hours (MWh) of power produced for fifteen years of operation.
9/3/2015
Ward At Caithness General Closed Due To Diarrhoea and Vomiting
A ward at Caithness General Hospital has been closed to new admissions and visitors are being asked to stay away while staff deal with several cases of diarrhoea and vomiting. Bignold Wing currently has seven patients affected and samples have shown that norovirus is present in the ward.
9/3/2015
Funding boost for Inverness Castle visitor attraction
A significant new city centre visitor attraction proposed for Inverness has received a major funding boost when Members of The Highland Council City of Inverness Area Committee approved £100k Inverness Common Good Funding. The project which will see two public viewing platforms providing a 360 degree vista from the North Tower of Inverness Castle; and development of shop and interpretation area is anticipated to attract over 25,000 visitors within its first year.
9/3/2015
Gaelic promotion role for Community Planning Board
During a meeting of the Partnership Board held in Inverness last week, the Highland Community Planning Partnership agreed to promote Gaelic in relevant areas of their work. Organisations including The Highland Council, NHS Highland, HIE, SNH, Police Scotland, Fire and Rescue Scotland, UHI, Highlife Highland and the Highland Third Sector Interface agreed to adopt a joined-up approach to Gaelic Strategic Planning and Development through the sharing of experience, skills and resources.9/3/2015
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 2nd March 2015. Energy & Business Services Good to see this week that a contract to deliver the subsea cabling for the Caithness-Moray Grid link continues to move forward with the news that SSE's Tier 1 contractor ABB has signalled its intent to contract Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) to deliver seabed clearance and trenching work.9/3/2015
Funding Opportunity - Carbon CLEVER Community Grant Fund Now Open For Applications
Closing dates Deadlines for applications in the following areas are as follows: Skye, Ross & Cromarty - 24 June, 2015 Lochaber - 14 July, 2015 City of Inverness - 30 July, 2015 Caithness & Sutherland - 5 August, 2015 Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey - 12 August 2015 Purpose The Carbon CLEVER Community Grant Fund has been established to help Highland communities reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions, take leadership on carbon reduction, engage with others, raise awareness of climate change issues and promote low carbon behaviour. Local projects will help achieve our Carbon CLEVER target of a carbon neutral Inverness in a low carbon Highlands by 2025.8/3/2015
Invite to Tender: Wick Squash Club, cladding replacement
If your company is interested in tendering for the contract to replace cladding at wick Squash Club check out the long for more details and specs etc.. http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?238408-Invite-to-Tender-Wick-Squash-Club-cladding-replacement.8/3/2015
