News Archive
21/2/2013
Caithness Councillor To Step Down
Highland Councillor Robert Coghill, who represents Landward Caithness, has given notice of his intention to resign, with effect from Thursday 28 February. Councillor Coghill, who helps run a farm at Halkirk, is standing down on medical advice.
21/2/2013
Six groups invited to progress Community Challenge Fund bids
Six Highland community groups have been selected to progress bids for funding from The Highland Council’s new Community Challenge Fund, which will provide £1 million for community projects exploring new ways of delivering services at a local level. The groups are Nairn Cricket Club, Kinlochleven Community Trust, Lochalsh Sports Association, Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust, Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company and Lochaber Sports Association.
21/2/2013
North Roads Safety Group launch the next phase of their driver to make our roads safer
Driving home the safer roads educational message and building on the success of their previous campaigns, NOSDAT – North Of Scotland Driver Awareness Team, set up by local MSP David Stewart, will launch their next campaign ‘ Switch onto Safer Roads’ on Monday 25 February 2013. Previously the Group set up and ran the ‘Sensible Driving – Always Arriving’ Deadly Mates campaign, after the tragic deaths of two local Inverness teenagers in a road collision in the city.20/2/2013
New Biomass Boiler for Famous Whisky Distillery and Wick District Heating Scheme
Ignis Biomass Ltd has installed and is now operating a new biomass boiler to provide heat for the district heating scheme in Wick. The new 3.5 megawatt steam boiler is part of an initial £2.5m investment in the Wick district heating scheme, following its purchase by Ignis in June 2012.
20/2/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 20th February 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February 20th) sold 497 store cattle, 7 adult head of breeding cattle and 56 OTM cattle. Bullocks (265) averaged 224.8p and sold to 266.0p per kg for a 250kg Limousin cross from 129 Roadside, Kinlochbervie and £1,410 gross for a 670kg Aberdeen Angus cross from The Laurels, Balblair.20/2/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 19th February 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 19th) sold 94 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (44) averaged 208.0p (-0.8p) and sold to 228p per kg and £1,654.80 gross.19/2/2013
Twenty years of success for Caithness shellfish company
A Caithness based processor and supplier of locally sourced shellfish which recently expanded its business is celebrating 20 years of success based at Scrabster harbour. JPL Shellfish has been serving customers across the UK since it was established in 1992, and an increase in requests to export live shellfish to new international markets has resulted in an expansion of its premises.
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19/2/2013Boost for Pultneytown Advice Centre
At today’s Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee members awarded Pulteneytown People’s project £90,506 from the Deprived Area Fund which will be used to provide services to local people through the Advice Centre. This will be used to support the work of the one-stop shop to provide local people help and advice with benefits, staying on at school, re-training, housing issues and applying for jobs.19/2/2013
PASSENGER BOOST FOR REGIONAL AIRPORTS
Scotland’s regional airport operator got off to a strong start to 2013, with a significant rise in passenger numbers in January. Latest figures from airport group HIAL show that its 11 airports handled 84,981 passengers last month, an increase of 9.1% on January 2012.19/2/2013
Inverness Campus Update
Work to develop infrastructure for Inverness Campus at Beechwood, Inverness, is now well underway, with completion of this phase of the project due early summer this year. This means development of Inverness College UHI's new building will soon commence and plots on Inverness Campus will become available for other organisations and businesses.
19/2/2013
Join the Caithness Conversation: 'How can funding from onshore wind farms be used to benefit Caithness?'
RWE npower renewables (RWE NRL) is encouraging local people in Caithness to take part in the Caithness Conversation, a discussion about how the community funds linked to wind farms can best be used to support the area. RWE NRL, one of the UK's leading renewable energy developers, invests more than £75,000 per annum in Caithness through community funds associated with its wind farms.19/2/2013
Campus Contractor Prepares for Bridge Installation
Inverness Campus contractor Morgan Sindall is working with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to ensure all final arrangements are in place before installing a new cycle and pedestrian bridge over the A9 in the coming weeks. The bridge, which weighs 290 tonnes, is being pieced together on HIE’s Inverness Campus site, at Beechwood, East Inverness.19/2/2013
Caithness jobs fair to highlight homeworking opportunities
People in Caithness and Sutherland looking for new career opportunities in business services are being encouraged to attend an event in Thurso this Saturday (23 Feb). Experts from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will be amongst exhibitors at the Caithness ‘Jobs and How to Get Them’ fair at the ETEC Building, North Highland College.17/2/2013
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Tourism, Food & Drink: Talent Scotland is currently advertising a Graduate Team Leader post, salary £16,000 p.a., for Natural Retreats who are recruiting for a recent graduate for a 12 month Team Leader role. The successful graduate will have the opportunity to work closely with an experienced General Manager and with senior members of the Natural Retreats team.14/2/2013
Timespan to host Area Committee with tourism top of the agenda
The Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee will take place at Timespan in Helmsdale next Monday and top of the agenda, is a Highland Council key Programme priority for the economy, tourism. Area Leader Councillor Deirdre Mackay said: “Tourism is one of the main sectors of employment in the Highlands and it is with this in mind that I felt it would be meaningful to hold the committee in Timespan.14/2/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sale 13th February 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (February, 13th) sold 1,380 sheep of all classes. Lambs (852) averaged £42.45 and sold to £85 gross for Texels from Teanluick, Beauly, (Beaton).10/2/2013
The Impact Of Welfare Reform In Highland
This report was produced by Citizens Advice Bureaux in Highland Introduction In 2011/12 Highland bureaux advised clients on 24166 new benefit issues, on-going clients returning for further advice were further advised on 21303 repeat benefit issues. The bureau therefore dealt with 45469 benefit issues, 125 issues for every day of the year.10/2/2013
SSE searches for the next generation of power workers
To support a new ‘golden era’ of investment in the electricity infrastructure of the north of Scotland, leading energy company SSE is on the look out for bright sparks from across the region to become its next generation of power workers. Part of an annual scheme, SSE is searching for 36 talented individuals for its 2013 Modern Apprenticeship programme with places located at over 15 of its sites across the north of Scotland including Inverness, Muir of Ord, Foyers in the Great Glen, Golspie, Fort William, Dingwall, Aberdeen and Peterhead.
10/2/2013
Committee Raises Fears for Ship Building Jobs If Independence Goes Ahead
COMMITTEE URGES SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO ITS REPORT: “SEPARATION SHUTS SHIPYARDS” The Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee has today written to Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Deputy First Minister for Scotland, to ask the Scottish Government to formally respond to the Committee’s recent report, “Separation Shuts Shipyards”. In the report, published 20 January 2013, the Committee warned that the Scottish shipbuilding industry and its employees face a choice between two very different futures at the referendum on Separation.10/2/2013
