News Archive
8/7/2014
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 8 July 2014
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 8th) sold 42 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (24) averaged 199.3p (+4.3p) and sold to 212p per kg and £1,479.80 gross.8/7/2014
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 8 July 2014
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 8th) sold 42 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (24) averaged 199.3p (+4.3p) and sold to 212p per kg and £1,479.80 gross.7/7/2014
A9 Safety Improvement Works North of Inverness
Clachmore to Latheron. Safety improvement works worth around £200,000 have begun on the A9 between Clashmore to Latheron, north of Inverness.7/7/2014
Queen's Baton Relay For Commonwealth Games 9th - 12th 2014
Queen's Baton Relay Route in Highland 9th - 12th July 2014 Wednesday 9th July Ullapool Ferry in at 9am Baton Bearing starts 0925 Route follows from pier, along Shore St and Mill St to Morefield. Visits Macphail Centre - Ullapool High School Short welcome and photo opp at Pier.7/7/2014
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs 2013-14 Accounts
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has today issued a report on the 2013-14 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs. The report describes how HMRC deploys its compliance resources and measures and reports the impact of its compliance work.7/7/2014
STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE RESURFACING WORKS - A9 south of Slochd Summit
Overnight works start Sunday 13th July for 2 weeks. The A9 trunk road south of Slochd Summit is set to benefit from improvements worth £384,000.7/7/2014
Deloitte Opens Applications to 1,750 Entry Level Positions
Deloitte is now inviting applications for 1,750 entry level positions at the firm, including more than 1,000 roles for graduates. The firm offers a variety of entry level positions that include jobs for school leavers after A-levels, positions for students during their university course and graduates.6/7/2014
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 30th June 2014 Energy & Business services: As our discussions on renewables sector investment opportunities into the area continue to firm up, it is good to see evidence of further enabling work taking place in the area. Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has begun streaming data on wave conditions at its proposed site at Farr Point in north Sutherland.6/7/2014
Farr Point wave measurements live online
Live wave measurements captured off the north coast of Scotland are now accessible to public via the Pelamis Wave Power website. Pelamis Wave Power manages the development of commercial scale wave power projects around Scotland, in parallel with other Pelamis wave farms being developed directly by customers and joint venture partners.5/7/2014
Post Office Doubles Current Account Pilot Branches To 239
- Post Office current account will be available in 239 branches across the UK by the end of September - Customers can service their accounts in over 11,500 branches, online or at one of the 40 mobile Post Office vans - Accounts can be opened with a minimum balance of £20 - Customers will receive a £100 One4All gift card when they switch to a Post Office current account The Post Office announces the next stage of extending the current account pilot to further branches across the UK as it continues to position itself as a challenger to the high street banks. From today, the Post Office current account, in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, will be made available in an additional 76 branches bringing the total to 239 by the end of September through a phased introduction.5/7/2014
Motorists Can Seize Savings as Car Insurance Costs Decline
- Drivers actively shopping around for best deal benefit as average car insurance premiums now £406 a year - June saw first monthly fall in premiums since February 2014 British motorists continue to benefit from declining car insurance premiums, according to today's pricing data from MoneySuperMarket. www.moneysupermarket.com/car-insurance/ Analysis of 42.5 million car insurance quotes run on Britain's number one comparison site between January 2011 and June 2014 reveals that the average cost of car insurance fell last month, to £406 - down from £411 in May.
5/7/2014
London is the UK's Savviest City With Edinburgh Not Far Behind
Londoners have proved that although the Scots may be canny with their cash, when it comes to money matters the nation's financial centre is the UK's savviest city. Comparison website Gocompare.com compiled ten questions to test consumer's attitudes to managing their money together with their financial general knowledge in order to create the first 'Savvy Cities Index'.5/7/2014
Co-operative Energy Backing World's Biggest Community Energy Campaign
Leading energy provider, Co-operative Energy is today announcing that it will sponsor 2014's Community Energy Fortnight, as part of the world's biggest community energy campaign. Organised by the Community Energy Coalition (CEC) - a group of 36 civil society organisations led by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Community Energy Fortnight will run from 13th to 28th September and will be the highlight of the community energy calendar.4/7/2014
Corporate Communications Manager appointed
Ruth Cleland, currently Strategic Engagement Manager with Highlands and Islands Enterprise has been appointed as Corporate Communications Manager with The Highland Council. Ruth was, from April 2008 to October 2014, Head of Communications with Northern Constabulary and before that held the roles of Head of Internal Communications with NHS Highland (2005- 2009) and Public Relations and Communications Manager with the Highland Acute Hospitals Trust (1999-2005).4/7/2014
Choice of Cheaper Balance Transfers With Nationwide's New Credit Card Deals
Nationwide customers are being offered the choice of 0% interest balance transfer deals when they apply for one of their balance transfer credit cards. The building society's credit card offers 26 months' interest free for a transfer fee of 2.4%, but there is also the option to take a 15 month interest free deal, but with a much smaller balance transfer fee of 0.65%.4/7/2014
Scottish Independence: Economic and Political Challenges
With less than two months to go until the Scottish referendum, Schroders European Economist, Azad Zangana provides his thoughts on the economic and political challenges of Scottish Independence in this video and below: Scotland will hold an historic referendum that could see it end a 300-year long political and economic union with the rest of the UK. We analyse the political and economic implications for both an independent Scotland and the remaining UK.4/7/2014
1990s Cohort 40% Better Paid Than Those Who Started Work in the 70s
People who started their career in the 1990s were paid on average 40% more in real terms in their first 18 years than those who started in the 1970s were at the same stage of their career, a new report from ONS has found. The article uses inflation-adjusted earnings data to see how the pay of people who were 21 in 1995 has fared over the period to 2013, by which time the workers concerned were aged 39.4/7/2014
CWU Secures Three-Year Pay Deal for BT Workers
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) yesterday (Thursday 3 July 2014) announced a three-year pay deal following on from protracted negotiations with BT. The union, who represents more than 45,000 non-management BT staff, has been in top-level talks with the company since February this year.3/7/2014
Wallpaper Sale Now on at W & D Ross Paint Spectrum
Wallpaper Sale Now on at W & D Ross Paint Spectrum, Couper Square, Thurso. Up to 50% off all stocked wallpapers Large selection of sale bundles now also available Visit us to see some great offers.
3/7/2014
