News Archive
31/10/2014
More LED Street Lighting For Highland
Highland Council has agreed further investment in LED street lighting programme to cut carbon emissions and generate £35k per year. The Highland Council has agreed further investment in LED street lighting programme to cut carbon emissions, reduce energy consumption and generate savings of £35k per year.31/10/2014
Help prepare new development plan for Caithness and Sutherland's future
A major public consultation has now started to help prepare a new 20 year Local Development Plan for the Caithness and Sutherland area, to be known as CaSPlan. The Main Issues Report which has now been published is the first formal stage of preparing the new CaSPlan.31/10/2014
Wick driving test centre to move
Next year, Wick driving test centre will be moving to the former VOSA test station on Airport Industrial Estate in Wick. This includes all car tests and Mod 2 bike tests.31/10/2014
Highland Council calls on UK Government to reinstate adequate coastal protection
THE Highland Council is renewing its call upon the UK Government to reinstate adequate coastal protection measures for the Highlands and Islands. Leader of the Council, Drew Hendry raised the matter at the Convention of the Highlands and Islands earlier this week, and asked for the support of the full council, strategic partners and the Island Councils, in asking the UK Government to reinstate an Emergency Towing Vessel in the Minches without further delay and to commit to extending the lease for the Emergency Towing Vessel based in Kirkwall.31/10/2014
Industry dialogue on Scotland's Marine Tourism Strategy
Scotland's marine tourism is a significant contributor to the Scottish Economy but with little previous strategic input it is still one of Scotland's sleeping giants, producing £101m from sailing tourism alone. Therefore BMF Scotland, a group association of the British Marine Federation, has come together with the other industry experts, user groups, public agencies and enterprise bodies to develop the Marine Tourism Strategy.29/10/2014
David Stewart MSP backs the Money for Life Challenge and calls on local organisations to get involved
David Stewart, Regional (Scottish Labour) MSP for the Highlands and Islands is encouraging education and training organisations to back Lloyds Banking Group's Money for Life Challenge, a national competition for 16-24 year olds. As financial education has recently become part of the national curriculum, the Challenge is a complementary way for young people to learn vital money management skills, whilst helping to promote financial education in their community.28/10/2014
Thurso chef crowned Young Highland Chef of the Year
A chef from Thurso has been named as the Young Highland Chef of 2014. 23 year old Robert Smith beat off competition from six other finalists to win the title at last night's cook-off, held at the Burghfield House Hotel in Dornoch.
28/10/2014
Highland Council launches phase two of Budget Consultation
The Highland Council has launched a consultation paper with detailed proposals for saving over £15 million towards a total budget cut of £64 million over the next five years. The Council has already achieved over £77.7m of cuts, including some through efficiency savings over the past 5 years.[Training]
28/10/2014Keeping employee training at the forefront ensures things DON'T go with a BANG!!!
November, a month where it's commonplace to hear the cracks, whistles and bangs of fireworks. Great fun at the time, but a Health & Safety nightmare! For businesses such noises, at any time of year, can herald major problems, so it is vital to ensure your employees are fully up-to-date with their training.28/10/2014
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 28 October 2014
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 28th) sold 60 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (25) averaged 217.1p (+2.8p) and sold to 230p per kg and £1,571.95 gross.27/10/2014
Caithness People Urged To Give Views on New Faster Ferry Services Gills/Burwick
Independent questionnaire conducted for Pentland Ferries Ltd by 'Survey Monkey' about the desirability of a 'real' short-sea-crossing of Pentland Firth Gills Harbour, Caithness to a 'new' RO:RO terminal at Burwick, just eight miles across the water. Give Your Views In the survey HERE Folk in Caithness who travel by ferry to Orkney have only a few more days to vote if they would like to see a new route developed from Gills Harbour that would cut the Pentland Firth sea-crossing time to just half-an-hour.
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27/10/2014Annie's Bakery In Caithness Pick Up 2014 Award
The food and drink industry in the Highlands and Islands and within the Cairngorms National Park area has honoured this year's outstanding crop of businesses at its 10th annual awards dinner in Inverness on Friday (24th October 2014). Over 300 industry representatives were in attendance to see which of the 41 businesses would scoop the 14 awards up for grabs on the evening.27/10/2014
Trading Standards and Citizens Advice tackle private car parking problems
The Highland Council's Trading Standards Officers are backing local Citizens Advice Bureaux in their campaign to ensure that Highland consumers get a fair deal over private car parking. Both agencies have seen an increase in consumer complaints about private parking in recent times, with a range of problems being encountered by motorists, as David MacKenzie, Team Leader at Highland Council Trading Standards explained: "Sometimes the problem is poor signage resulting in drivers being unaware of large penalty charges and the scale of such charges can also be controversial.27/10/2014
Councils join together to benefit from new network contract
Highland and Islands Councils have signed a multi-million pound contract on behalf of the Pathfinder North Partnership, led by The Highland Council, for the provision of Network Services starting in March 2016. The deal is part of the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) Framework agreement awarded to CAPITA in February 2014 and has a potential value of around £33m (over 7 years) across the five Partners for whom it is expected to generate significant cost savings.
27/10/2014
New homes for the Highlands
Housing projects helping to support local construction sector and wider economy. Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a deal to deliver new affordable homes for rent in Inverness, providing a boost to the local construction sector and wider economy.27/10/2014
Working together to benefit the Highlands and Islands
The Highlands and Islands Convention was welcomed to the Merkinch Community Centre in Inverness today (Monday) by Councillor Drew Hendry, Leader of the Highland Council, who stressed the importance of ensuring a highly skilled workforce that would contribute to the continuing economic growth of the Highlands and Islands. He also highlighted the need for partners to be working together to deliver good quality services to local communities and to sustain and enable those communities in the Highlands and Islands to flourish.27/10/2014
HiTech Farming May Reduce Costs
NEC and Dacom Collaborate on Precision Farming Solution to Maximize Yields and Reduce Costs. NECCorporation (TSE: NEC 6701) and Dacom, the agri-IT company (Holland-based industry-leading company), are today announcing the results of a "precision farming solution" trial in Romania that uses environmental sensors and big data analytics software to maximize yields at a reduced cost.27/10/2014
500 More Engineering Jobs as BT Expands Recruitment Programme
Takes total number of Openreach engineering roles announced since April to 2,400. Continued focus on customer service delivery, fibre broadband and high speed links for businesses.27/10/2014
An Inbox That Works for You
Today, Google is introducing something new. It's called Inbox.27/10/2014
