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11/12/2017
Building Scotland's Future - Scottish Budget Day Thursday 14th December
Budget will prioritise growth and innovation. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said his priority is to build Scotland's future as he prepares to present his second Draft Budget to Parliament.11/12/2017
Community ownership is increasing in Scotland
Scotland's Chief Statistician has published the Estimate of Community Owned Land in Scotland 2017 publication. The publication presents the area of land in community ownership, the number of land parcels/assets in community ownership and the number of community groups that own land parcels/assets.10/12/2017
Spittal Substation Progress
Spittal is a new electricity convertor station and is part of the £1.1bn Caithness-Moray project which represents the largest investment in the north of Scotland's electricity network since the hydro development era of the 1950s and is the largest capital investment project undertaken by the SSE Group to date. It is also the largest Living Wage contract ever awarded in the UK, demonstrating SSEN's strong commitment to ensure all employees working on its sites get a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.
10/12/2017
Piles All In Place In Moray Firth
The Beatrice project reached a significant milestone yesterday as the final cluster of foundation piles was safely installed marking the end of the piling phase of offshore construction. A total of 86 clusters of four piles (344 individual piles) are now in place in the Moray Firth.
10/12/2017
Caithness And North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 4 December 2017. Energy & business services: The installation of all 86 sets of foundation piles for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm was completed this week - a major project milestone for the company.8/12/2017
Council's Winter services in action
With Storm Caroline hitting the Highlands yesterday, today's heavy snowfall and the forecast for a drop in temperatures over the next 48 hours, the Highland Council's crews and winter vehicles have been busy in action. The fleet includes 105 gritters, 42 footpath tractors and over the coming months 200 plus staff will be providing winter maintenance services.8/12/2017
Brexit: European Commission Recommends Sufficient Progress To The European Council (article 50)
The European Commission has today recommended to the European Council (Article 50) to conclude that sufficient progress has been made in the first phase of the Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom. It is now for the European Council (Article 50) on 15 December 2017 to decide if sufficient progress has been made, allowing the negotiations to proceed to their second phase.7/12/2017
Highland Council winter road condition and school closure report for Thursday 7 December 2017
Road condition reports by The Highland Council's Community Services for the morning of Thursday 7 December 2017 are as follows: Caithness and Sutherland: Most roads are affected by snow and ice. Treatment in progress.7/12/2017
Storm damage - Wick Campus
The high winds during Storm Caroline today have caused some damage to part of the roof of the Wick campus gym, causing the metal flashing around a roof light to become detached. The school was already closed to pupils today due to the adverse weather.7/12/2017
Scotland's roads are deteriorating from budget cuts, says UNISON report
Council road budgets have been cut by 21% since 2012 which is having a serious detrimental effect on Scotland's road network, says a UNISON report released today (Friday 8 December 2017). UNISON Scotland's report, Road to Nowhere, consulted council road teams across Scotland including: road workers, engineers, technicians, team leaders and managers.
7/12/2017
Council reminds landowners to check wind damaged trees
Following the high winds forecast and experienced this week due to Storm Caroline, The Highland Council is encouraging landowners to check trees and vegetation near to public roads which may have been damaged. Roads affected by fallen trees this morning were near Beauly; Achnagarron near Invergordon and Lochaber which staff are clearing.7/12/2017
Wick Campus Remains Closed Due To Storm Damage On Friday 8th December
Wick Campus, including Wick High School, Newtonpark Primary School and High Life Highland Leisure facilities will remain closed on Friday 8 December 2017. The closure is due to high winds during Storm Caroline today which caused some damage to part of the roof of the Wick campus gym, causing the metal flashing around a roof light to become detached.7/12/2017
Bank closures will unfairly affect towns with poorest broadband
The Highland Council expresses its deep disappointment at the news of further branch closures by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Leader of the Highland Council Margaret Davidson said: "This will cause real difficulties for many customers and small businesses.5/12/2017
Moray Council Sets Out Possible Big Cuts For 2018/19
MORAY Council's budget proposals are now publicly available for viewing and comment. The savings, which have been suggested to balance the 2018-19 budget, are expected to save the council £6.7 million.4/12/2017
Good news alert for Highland scams victims from Highland Council Trading Standards
Highland consumers who have lost money to a scam involving payment through Western Union wire transfer between 1st January 2004 and 19th January 2017, are being encouraged by Highland Council Trading Standards to file a claim for a refund with America's Federal Trade Commission in a bid to get some or if not all of their money back. In January 2017, Western Union agreed to pay $586 million for turning a blind eye to scammers and other criminals who used its service to trick customers into paying for bogus prizes, loans, jobs, discounted products and other financial rewards in exchange for money upfront.4/12/2017
Tighter Squeeze On Councils
Councils are showing increasing signs of financial stress and face even tougher challenges ahead, says the Accounts Commission. In its annual financial overview published today the local authority watchdog says funding has reduced while costs and demands have increased, and more councils are using reserves to fund services.
2/12/2017
The Best News For Wick Harbour In 100 Years
This item is from Eann Sinclair's blog but it really needs an item on its own - This week: Scottish Provincial Press continues its impressive run of Energy North supplements under Alan Hendry's editorship: this month it carries a further mix of stories on key projects and issues such as Beatrice Offshore Windfarm (with Wick Harbour Authority's Willie Watt calling its lease agreement with BOWL "the best news Wick harbour has had in 100 years"). Go to page 8 in the magazine to read how transformational the news is for Wick harbour, the town and the county of Caithness.1/12/2017
RBS To Close Wick Branch
Royal Bank is to close 62 Royal Bank of Scotland and 197 Nat West branches. The Wick branch is one on the list.
1/12/2017
Caithness And North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Weeks commencing 20th and 27th November 2017 Energy & business services: Delighted to hear that SeaCat Services, the operators of the crew transfer vessels that will support both construction and operations work for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm (BOWL) project, had a good level of interest at its recruitment event in Wick last week. SeaCat is seeking suitably qualified candidates for roles such as Master, Mate and Deckhand, and I understand that several applications are now being taken forward.1/12/2017
Island Music Studio Aims To Attract Global Stars
A new residential music studio in the Outer Hebrides is set to capitalise on its scenic location and high-end technology to attract both UK and international recording artists. Black Bay Studio has opened for business on the island of Great Bernera just off the west coast of the Isle of Lewis.
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