News Archive

Official Opening Of New Premises For Hilltop Horses

Hilltop Horses continues with expansion to offer a growing range of goods and wlil have its official opening on 7th December at the new premises formerly occupied by Hometec Interieors.   The new much larger premises has presented the opportunity not only to expand the range of goods on offer and not just for horses and pets but for many other interests.  

IGas Interim Report and Caithness Oil

IGas Energy plc (\"IGas\" or \"the Company\") published its 6 month results to 30th September 2013 today on 26th Novermber 2013.   The Caithness interset in IGas cames from its acqusitiion of Caithness Oil and the relevant paragraph in the report is - Acquisition of Caithness Oil Limited Further to the announcement on 9 September 2013, we have now signed the sale and purchase agreement to acquire Caithness Oil (which includes a 100% interest in the Lybster field), a subsidiary of Caithness Petroleum Limited, a privately-owned British independent oil and gas exploration and production company.  

New national road policing unit launched in Fort William

Local Police Commander for Fort William is, with the Highland and Islands Roads Policing Inspector, welcoming a new national roads policing unit to Fort William, which is a first for a specialist resource of this type.   The divisionally-based national Trunk Road Patrol Group will focus on Keeping People Safe on the main arterial routes in the Highlands, but it is the first time a roads policing unit have been based in the Fort William area.  

Make Sure Your Car Is Ready For Winter - FREE Health Check

Head over to Halkirk and go to Crescent Street, Halkirk for FREE Health Check before winter gets worse.   J & G Sutherland has highly trained mechanics ready to check your vehicle and carry out any work to make sure you are not caught out.  

SERCO NORTHLINK FERRIES PUBLISHES 2014 TIMETABLES

SERCO NORTHLINK FERRIES PUBLISHES 2014 TIMETABLES, FARES AND DRY DOCK ARRANGEMENTS.   - Rolling dry dock to commence in early January 2014, final vessel complete by 15 March 2014 - Alternative travel arrangements in place - Revised Scrabster–Stromness timetable will see three return trips per day for most of August 2014 to meet perceived demand Serco NorthLink Ferries has opened bookings for 2014 with the publication of timetables and fares for the year.  

Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update

Week Commencing 18th November 2013 Energy/ Business Services: This week saw the latest in a series of annual Information Days on the Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters wave and tidal programme.  The event brought together staff and displays from key developers in the sector (Meygen, SSE Renewables/ Open Hydro, Pelamis Wave Power) as well as organisations such as The Crown Estate, HIE, Highland Council, Skills Development Scotland, Caithness Chamber of Commerce, Interface, Scrabster Harbour Trust, Wick Harbour Authority and the Moray Firth/ North Coast Inshore Fisheries Group.  

Sceptics call for jail sentences as Met Office global warming prediction fails

The Scottish Climate and Energy Forum is an association for climate sceptics and have issued the following statement - As the latest climate talks come to an end with green groups walk out, a sceptic group has demanded those "lying about climate models should face jail sentences" as a key prediction by the Met Office proves to be wrong In 2007 a team of climate scientists from the UK Met Office led by Doug Smith made predictions for the decade 2004-2014.  They said that the world would be 0.3°C warmer over the decade and that at least half of the years after 2009 would be warmer than the record year of 1998.  

Event highlights export opportunities for Japan

Businesses in the Highlands and Islands interested in hearing more about exporting opportunities to one of the UK's largest markets - Japan - are invited to attend a free event in Inverness next week.   On Wednesday 27 November Scottish Development International’s (SDI) Country Head in Japan, Stephen Baker and Highland businessman Gilpin Bradley from Wester Ross Fisheries will be available to share their advice on doing business in Japan.  

Rhoda Grant MSP backs Usdaws call for shoppers to keep your cool and not abuse shopworkers

Rhoda Grant MSP has joined with members of the retail union Usdaw to campaign for respect for shopworkers as part of the Freedom From Fear Campaign, which seeks to prevent violence, threats and abuse directed at retail staff.   The campaign event took place on Wednesday 13 November, in the middle of Usdaw's Respect for Shopworkers Week, at the Scottish Parliament.  

Message to re-use during European Waste Reduction Week

This week is the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) and this year The Highland Council’s Waste Aware Team are getting involved.   Staff will be on hand at various Recycling Centres across the region, raising the profile of the furniture re-use skips at the sites, and encouraging householders to think before they throw away, and consider whether an item can be reused.