News Archive
3/2/2015
MÒD 2014 GENERATES MORE THAN £3.5 MILLION
A study has shown that the 2014 Royal National Mòd generated £3,547,661 to the business community in Inverness - over a £1million more than the event target. The report, delivered by ‘The Market Specialists' shows the nine day festival, which took place from 10-18 October 2014 in Inverness, entertained over 9000 unique visitors, 78% of which came from outside the host city.2/2/2015
Rhoda Grant MSP Urges Customers to Claim Power Cut Compensation
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Labour) MSP, Rhoda Grant is encouraging SSE customers across the Highlands and Islands who lost power for a consecutive 48 hour period or more, between the 9th and 12th January 2015, due to the exceptional weather conditions to make a claim for a compensation payment. Commenting Mrs.2/2/2015
Review of out-of-hours primary care
And new approach to unscheduled care. A review of out-of-hours primary care services and a new approach to unscheduled care have been launched by Health Secretary Shona Robison.2/2/2015
Poll tax debt to end
Local authorities to stop collecting the debt from February 1. From February 1, 2015 the liability to pay ‘Poll Tax' arrears in Scotland will end, subject to final approval of the Scottish Parliament.1/2/2015
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week Commencing 26 January 2015 Energy & Business services: The offshore renewables industry has been in Aberdeen this week for Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference/ Exhibition. The sector remains of real interest in the north due to the continuing developments with the two Moray Firth offshore windfarm consortiums - Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) and Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL).1/2/2015
Social Media Workshops for Local Food and Drink Businesses
Early in February the first two in a series of workshops specifically for anyone working in the local food and drink sector will take place to highlight how social media can be best used to increase profit, support other local businesses and promote the area. The workshops follow on from the project The Highland Council ran last year across the Highlands to investigate the potential and appetite for developing an industry-led local food and drink network that could co-ordinate and drive future activities to support the local food and drink sector in the region.1/2/2015
Dounreay Supply Chain Invitation To Annual Suppliers Day
Companies are being invited to attend Dounreay's annual Suppliers Day on February 26. The event will take place at The Weigh Inn in Thurso from 1.00pm.31/1/2015
Top 50 Signs Of A Mum
Buying gallons of milk, always having a packet of wet wipes to hand and knowing the words to ‘Let it Go' are just some of the signs of being a mum, it has been revealed. They'll also be yearning for a long lie in, have photos of their children as a screensaver and have learnt how to swear under their breath.
31/1/2015
Police Scotland issues warning and security advice following reported thefts of heating oil across the north 
Following a number of reported thefts of heating oil and kerosene from rural properties in the north Highlands, Police Scotland are advising local farmers, commercial premises owners and householders to take appropriate security measures to secure their fuel tanks and supplies. Operating in secluded areas where oil tanks can be easily approached in darkness or under the cover of trees can make the those within the rural communities especially susceptible to this type of theft.
31/1/2015
Creating a NEST employer account
Simple instructions to guide employers to set up the NESt pensions..
31/1/2015
NEST Pensions - Tell us what you'll pay (Employer accounts)
This is one of several information videos for employers about the new pension system..
31/1/2015
Loan Rates Reducing
Tesco Bank has reduced the interest rate on small loans between £1,000 and £2,999 to 14.9%APR representative (reduced from 18.4%), offering customers a market-leading rate for small loans. The new interest rate is effective immediately.
31/1/2015
Employers, are you ready for auto enrolment?
NEST is a simple, great value pension scheme any employer can use to meet their new automatic enrolment duties. The duties started to be introduced from October 2012 and will affect all UK employers over the next few years.
30/1/2015
A New Start for HomeAid Caithness & Sutherland as Jobs and Traineeships Secured
Social enterprise New Start Highland has safeguarded the future of HomeAid Caithness & Sutherland as it announces it is due to start running its daily operations at the end of this month. The move protects ten current jobs as well as existing and future traineeships and plans are in place to create more local jobs in the Caithness area.29/1/2015
Do We Still Need The Committee On Radio Active Waste Watchdog?
A review of the committee that provides independent advice to the UK Government on the long-term management of radioactive waste has been announced. It is the second Triennial Review of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM), part of the government's commitment to ensuring non-departmental public bodies "continue to have regular independent challenge".Thurso welcomes funding boost for The North
Local MP, John Thurso, today welcomed the announcement that communities in the North are set to benefit from the latest round of awards from the UK government's Coastal Communities Fund (CCF). The Coastal Communities Fund is financed by the government through the allocation of funding equivalent to 50% of the revenues from the Crown Estate's marine activities in that area.29/1/2015
INQUIRY REPORT INTO ARMED POLICE POLICY PUBLISHED
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) is today publishing the findings and recommendations of its scrutiny inquiry into the public impacts of Police Scotland's decision in 2013 to authorise its trained Armed Response Vehicle officers to operate under a Firearms Standing Authority. Among its key findings, the scrutiny inquiry found that.29/1/2015
LOCAL LABOUR CANDIDATE WILL FIGHT FOR HIGH WAGE JOBS IN CAITHNESS
The Scottish Labour candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, John Erskine has vowed to fight to attract high wage jobs to the constituency if elected in May. This vow comes after figures from the Trussell Trust revealed that for the month of December 2014, 48% of users of their food banks in Caithness had to do so because of low wages.29/1/2015
