News Archive
11/4/2024
Employers Face £15,000 To £45,000 Fines For Illegal Workers As Border Force Ramps Up
Twelve immigration offenders have been arrested following a Home Office raid on a bedding and mattress factory in the West Midlands. Immigration Enforcement officers descended on the business, acting on intelligence that illegal working was taking place on site.
11/4/2024
Working Parents On Universal Credit Set Receive Up To £20,872 A Year In Childcare Support
Parents receiving Universal Credit to receive significant boost to childcare support. Increased support means parents who are keen to get back to work can now claim up to £109 more a month to help cover childcare costs.
11/4/2024
UK Fishing Opportunities Worth Over £970 Million Secured For 2024
Total fishing opportunities worth over £970 million secured for the UK fishing industry for 2024. Fishing opportunities worth over £970 million were secured for the UK fishing industry in 2024, a new report published by the government today (Wednesday 10 April) has revealed.
11/4/2024
Industry Minister Celebrates Multibillion-pound Green Tech Funding Milestone For UK Aerospace Sector
Industry Minister Alan Mak celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and a landmark £3.6 billion funding milestone. Industry Minister Alan Mak celebrates landmark 10-year anniversary for joint government-industry funded Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI).
11/4/2024
New Deal For Pub Tenants - Scottish Pubs Code Will Empower Tenants Of Tied Pubs
The Scottish Government is taking action to improve the rights of tied pub tenants across the country. A new Scottish Pubs Code will enable eligible tied pub tenants to sell a guest beer from brands that have small production levels or switch to a market rate lease under which they could purchase products from any supplier.11/4/2024
UK And Ukraine Sign New Defence Pact
The UK and Ukraine sign a new defence agreement to encourage cooperation on defence and industrial issues. UK and Ukraine sign new arrangement on defence and industrial cooperation.
11/4/2024
Business Is Blooming In East Africa - Uk Suspends Tariff For Flower Exports
The UK has suspended the Global Tariff for cut flowers to increase trade and provide better value for consumers. Thursday 11 April - From today, the UK has temporarily removed export tariffs for cut flowers, with the aim of making trade with the UK easier and cheaper for growers in East Africa and beyond.
11/4/2024
SRUC and HIE partnership to benefit rural economy
The five-year agreement between Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will also play a major role in contributing to regional economic growth. The signing of the agreement, by Professor Wayne Powell, Principal and Chief Executive of SRUC, and HIE Chief Executive Stuart Black, follows the official opening of SRUC's Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre (RAVIC), a valued addition to SRUC’s School of Veterinary Medicine, in Inverness by HRH the Princess Royal.
11/4/2024
Prime Minister Launches Retail Crime Crackdown
To the shoplifters and those abusing shopworkers, enough is enough. Serial or abusive shoplifters will face tougher punishments as the Prime Minister sets out tough new action to crack down on retail crime and protect UK highstreets.
11/4/2024
Orkney Receives £500k From Slf's Latest Awards
The grants are among 11 projects totalling £1,833,622 that have been awarded to communities across Scotland. Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust has been awarded £267,948 to purchase the Taversoe Hotel in Rousay, the only hospitality venue on all three islands, which they will operate as a hotel, pub, restaurant and community space.
11/4/2024
Update On Passport Application Fees
The government will introduce new passport fees for all applications on 11 April 2024. The passport fee increases come into force today 11 April 2024.
11/4/2024
Net Migration Package Delivered As Family Visa Tightened
Income required to bring family to the UK increased as final measure of package to reduce legal migration comes into force. The Home Secretary has delivered on his promise to transform the UK's immigration system, cut unsustainable and unfair levels of migration, and ensure those arriving here do not burden the taxpayer.
10/4/2024
Town Hall Rich List 2024 - Top Management Salaries Revealed For Councils Across UK
Town Hall Rich List 2024 marks the 17th edition of this research, first compiled in 2007. For the past 17 years the TaxPayers' Alliance has assembled the most comprehensive list of council employees in the UK in receipt of over £100,000 in total remuneration in a single financial year.10/4/2024
Sean Connery, Bob Maclennan, And Maria Fyfe Among Notable Figures Who Died In 2020 And Have Been Added To The Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography
Born in Edinburgh, Sir Sean Connery (1930-2020) left school at thirteen, taking a succession of labouring jobs, joining the Royal Navy, and winning a bronze medal in the Mr Universe contest before finding his metier as an actor. Two years touring in South Pacific led to roles, small at first, in theatre and on television before he got his big break when selected by Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to play the ‘spy' James Bond in the first film starring Ian Fleming's character, Dr No (1962).
10/4/2024
Technology Placement Programme In Highland
The Technology Placement Programme offers funding to businesses in the Highland Council area to cover up to 70% of the cost of employing a student or graduate. The Technology Placement Programme offers funding to businesses in the Highland Council area to cover up to 70% of the cost of employing a student or graduate.10/4/2024
Impact 30 - Are You A Young Business Leader Of The Future?
Are you aged 35 or under, based in the Highlands and Islands and working in an enterprise less than five years old? Do you know about IMPACT30, a programme designed to develop young business leaders of the future? IMPACT 30 is a custom-designed, fully-funded, 12-month programme, IMPACT30 works with young entrepreneurs to help them make an impact in their industry. WHAT IT IS? IMPACT30 is a programme designed to develop young business leaders of the future.
10/4/2024
How Realistic Is Labour's Aspiration To Cut Tax Gap By £5bn?
All agree that billions are missing from HMRC coffers but Rachel Reeves may not be looking for it in the right places - Larry Elliot in the Guardian Each year His Majesty's Revenue and Customs know how much tax they would collect if all individuals and companies paid what they owed. They also know how much they have actually collected.9/4/2024
Grid Bottlenecks On The Way In Europe?
A new analysis by the energy think tank Ember has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for. As the following chart shows, Spain, France and Poland are just some of the countries that will have energy grids which undershoot their country's respective 2030 policy targets for wind and solar capacity.
9/4/2024
New Figures Show Logistics Firms Talk The Talk On Green Initiatives And AI, But Fail To Walk The Walk
New figures reveal that more transportation & storage sector businesses are ‘very concerned' about the impact of climate change than any other sector. However, many have not taken steps towards cutting emissions and are lagging far behind in vital AI technological investment, says the home delivery expert Parcelhero.9/4/2024
