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Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holder & Refresher course

If you would like to complete the course and exam required to apply for a Personal Licence Holder through the Scottish Licensing Board or require to complete the refresher training, then Aspire HLTC Ltd are holding a course at Helcat Training, Omlie Industrial Estate on 4th April 2017.   £125 per person Personal licence holder course.  

Glass Half Full for Highland's Licensed Trade

People throughout the Scottish Highlands who have experience working in the licensed trade but have fallen on hard times are being encouraged to apply for one-off grants as part of an industry charity's ‘Glass Half Full' campaign.   Over the years the Scottish Licensed Trade Benevolent Society, known as The BEN, has helped a host of beneficiaries from throughout the Highlands for everything from essential payments including council tax to household refurbishment including a stair lift.  

Bmt Nigel Gee Secures 85m Ropax Ferry Contract For Pentland Ferries

BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced a new project to design an 85m steel-hulled catamaran RoPax ferry for Strategic Marine, a subsidiary of Triyards Holding Limited.  The ferry is for Scottish ferry operator Pentland Ferries and BMT will be responsible for concept through to production design, working closely with Strategic Marine.  

The UK Space Agency Has Awarded Just Under £150,000 To Three Business Incubation Centres Across The UK

These awards will support entrepreneurs and small companies in the space industry.  The Agency is working with UK industry to deliver world-class science innovation support, in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy, which emphasises the importance of science, innovation and skills.  

Expansion Of Foundation Apprenticeships

Up to 5,000 will start work-based training programme by 2019.   Thousands of young people will gain industry recognised qualifications, real-world work experience and access to work-based learning while still at school thanks to a massive expansion of the Foundation Apprenticeship programme.  

Crofting Election Results

Six new commissioners elected.   Crofters have elected six new Commissioners to serve on the Crofting Commission Board where they will support the crofting system for current and future generations.  

GMR Henderson To Join Thomas Telford Renovation

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has begun renovating its new home in Wick with the help of a neighbour.   Two buildings in Lower Pulteneytown are being redeveloped into the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the £2.6bn Beatrice offshore wind farm project.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership Update

Week Commencing 13th March 2017 Energy & business services: Delighted to see this week's news that Caithness firm GMR Henderson has been awarded work on the construction programme for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project's Operations & Maintenance base in Wick.  The company, whose base is only about 100 metres away from the O&M site on the Wick harbourfront, will support the initial demolition and preparatory works.  

Public Sector Employment In Scotland - Statistics For 4th Quarter 2016

The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).  This is a snapshot of employment as at December 2016.  

Mixed Results In Latest Farm Census

The results of the December Agricultural Survey show that while winter cereal plantings saw an increase, silage production last year was down.  In the livestock sector, there were rises in sheep, pigs and poultry, but cattle numbers fell to their lowest since the 1950s.