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News Archive
8/11/2017
Online register introduced for animal establishment licensing
The Highland Council have reviewed and updated the administrative procedures around miscellaneous and animal establishment licensing making it easier for people to access information and provide feedback. An online register of all applications is now published on the Council's website and the procedures are clear on how individuals or groups can raise concerns or object to applications for these types of licence.8/11/2017
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 8 November 2017
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 8th) sold 337 weaned calves, store & breeding cattle including 98 Highland and Highland crosses. Bullocks (112) averaged 191.9p and sold to 247.2p per kilo and £1,115 gross for a pen of 451kg Limousin crosses from Towerhill, Thurso.8/11/2017
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 7 November 2017
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 7th) sold 20 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 211.7 (-4.9p) and sold to 214.0p per kg and £1,112.80 gross.8/11/2017
Highland Parent Council Partnership conference
Parent representatives from 206 Parent Councils across the Highland region have been invited to attend the Highland Parent Council Partnership conference which will be held on Saturday 18 Nov 2017 from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Guest speaker at the conference - to be held at Highland Council, Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness - will be John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.8/11/2017
Five Year Strategic Housing Investment Plan approved
The Highland Council remains on track to provide much-needed affordable homes for a growing population with a pledge in its Strategic Housing Plan 2018-2023 to approve 500 units each year of which 70% will be for affordable rent and 30% for low cost home ownership. Members of the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee today (Wednesday 8 November) had the opportunity to discuss the Housing Investment Plan for 2018-2023 and to reaffirm the council's commitment to deliver new homes in the Highlands.7/11/2017
Two Highland health rallies show extent of unrest about rural health
Labour's Rhoda Grant says the Scottish Government needs to sit up and take notice as public unrest about the rural health service sweeps across the Highlands and Islands. Two public health protests are being held at the weekend, one organised by CHAT in Caithness supporting Thurso's Dunbar Hospital and Wick Town and County Hospital and the other by SOSNHS Skye.7/11/2017
Inverie landslide update
Following the collapse of a 15 metre section of road at Soldiers Rock on the Knoydart peninsula late on Tuesday 24 October, work is progressing on repairing the landslip on the single track road. A full inspection of the affected road has been carried out and a Highland Council engineer will be on site on Wednesday this week to carry out preliminary work before detailed survey work is carried out on Friday.7/11/2017
Major Step Towards Three-hour Journeys Between Scotland And London
The next stage in plans for reducing train journey times between Scotland and England have been announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Addressing an audience of business leaders in Newcastle, the First Minister confirmed that feasibility studies were being commissioned to identify options to help improve train journey times, capacity, resilience and reliability on services between Scotland and England.7/11/2017
Tis the season to be light-fingered: Workplace thefts set rise in December
Pressure on pay packets leaves workers open to Yuletide crime. Theft and fraud in the workplace rises in December as workers turn to crime to help fund their seasonal celebrations.7/11/2017
Crown Estate Scotland Commits To Pilot Local Management
Crown Estate Scotland has committed to launch a new scheme that will enable local authorities, development trusts and other bodies to apply to manage assets in their local area. The business, which manages land and property including seabed, foreshore, rural estates and more, has appointed Argyll-based Sarah Brown to develop new ways of giving local communities more control over decisions regarding Crown Estate Scotland assets.7/11/2017
The Highlands And Islands Tourism Awards 2017 Winners
The Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2017 Winners were announced at the Drumossie Hotel on Friday 3rd November. 55 finalists were vying for the awards, which celebrate and recognise the best places to eat, drink and enjoy the area's scenery, hospitality, wildlife, history and culture.7/11/2017
Education Maintenance Allowances 2015-16
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published statistics on school pupils and college students supported under the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) programme in the academic year 2015-16. EMA provides financial support for young people from low-income households to overcome financial barriers to participate in appropriate school or college courses or an Activity Agreement.7/11/2017
Preparation Starts For New Offshore Wind Leasing In Scotland
Crown Estate Scotland - the body that manages leasing of the seabed - is to start discussions with industry, government and interested organisations to prepare for potential new offshore wind leasing. A range of agencies, NGOs and marine sectors will be involved in informing the approach to leasing, with a view to ensuring new projects can start to operate from the late 2020s and beyond.4/11/2017
Caithness And North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 30th October 2017 Energy & business services: The operators of the Moray (East) Offshore Windfarm development (also known as "Moray 1") have announced this week that MHI Vestas has been awarded the contract to supply and install up to one hundred 9.5MW turbines for the development. The Vestas brand will be familiar to many through its use in onshore wind turbines: as previously highlighted here, the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm consortium will be using Siemens turbines.4/11/2017
Seahorse Carries Crushed Stone From Norway For Moray Firth Cables
A massive, 20,000 tonne vessel, the Seahorse is carrying thousands of tonnes of crushed stone from Norway for covering newly-laid cables off Caithness's Coast. The 163 metre long vessel's destination is given as Smith's Bank, the name of a once-prolific fishing ground in the Inner Moray Firth,, SE off Wick, where the Beatrice offshore oil-farm is now under construction.
2/11/2017
Increasing number of nurses and midwives leaving profession
Increasing number of nurses and midwives leaving profession ‘highlights major challenges faced by health and care sectors' New figures published today by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show that there continues to be an increase in the number of nurses and midwives leaving its register over the last 12 months. In July, the NMC released figures which showed that for the first time there were more nurses and midwives leaving the register than joining it.2/11/2017
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd Sale 2 November 2017
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 2nd) sold 3,224 store sheep. Lambs (2239) averaged £41.26 and sold to £88 gross for a Texel cross from Wester Raddery, Fortrose.2/11/2017
Your Chance To Say No To Bus Pass Cuts
Rhoda Grant MSP is encouraging the people of the Highlands & Islands to make sure they have their say on the future of the bus pass in Scotland. Despite promising to protect the pass in their 2016 manifesto, the SNP Government has cut £9.5 million from the bus pass budget and are consulting on the future of the scheme.2/11/2017
Leader thanks Citizens' Panel for their views
Resident's from across the Highlands have provided positive feedback to the council's latest Citizen's Panel survey. Each year the panel of just over 2300 adults are asked for their views on the performance of the council and to provide information on their attitudes to a range of issues affecting them, their families and their neighbourhoods.2/11/2017
Bank Rate Increased To 0.50%
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 1 November 2017, the MPC voted by a majority of 7-2 to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.5%.
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