News Archive
10/10/2013
Cereal harvest cheer
Scotland Agriculture Rural Development Statistics. Experts estimate improvements on last year.
9/10/2013
SSE Hike Electricity Prices By 8.2 Percent From November 2013
Household electricity and gas tariffs to increase by average of 8.2%. Changes reflect increasing cost of buying wholesale energy, paying to deliver it to customers' homes and government-imposed levies collected through energy bills SSE will implement a series of changes to its household energy tariffs on 15 November 2013.9/10/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd. - Sale 9th October 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 9th) sold 921 weaned calves at their first annual district ballot show and sale. The judge, Mr J.9/10/2013
Support for farmers
Scotland Agriculture Rural Development Statistics. Latest figures highlight toll taken by poor winter.8/10/2013
Employers Make Great Savings In Recruitment In Our Jobs Section
Employers in Caithness have made great savings in advertising their vacancies since we set up the recruitment section in our forum. Using our message board jobs section is simple and effective due to the large and growing audience on Caithness.org pages including this business section.7/10/2013
HIAL passenger numbers at four year high as financial performance improves
Scotland’s regional airport operator HIAL recorded 1.3 million passengers last year, delivered an improved financial performance, and invested more than £8 million upgrading its 11 airports. The figures are among the highlights in the company’s annual report and accounts for 2012/13.
7/10/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 8th October 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 8th) sold 49 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (27) averaged 236.7p (-2.5p) and sold to 258p per kg and £1,806.00 gross.7/10/2013
Council supports national strategy on littering and fly-tipping
The Highland Council has fully endorsed the need for a national strategy and a long term campaign aimed at tackling littering and fly-tipping. In a submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on “Towards a litter-free Scotland”, the Council backs stronger penalties for littering and fly-tipping and increased emphasis on education and awareness.7/10/2013
OECD Report Says Boosting Skills Essential To Tackle Joblessness
Boosting skills essential for tackling joblessness and improving well-being, says OECD. The low-skilled are more likely than others to be unemployed, have bad health and earn much less, according to the first OECD Survey of Adult Skills Countries with greater inequality in skills proficiency also have higher income inequality.
6/10/2013
Council keen to receive more suggestions for future planning of Caithness and Sutherland
A call for people’s early suggestions of sites and ideas for the new Caithness and Sutherland Local Development Plan – CaSPlan – is in to its last fortnight. It is therefore important that people take up The Highland Council’s invitation to submit suggestions for inclusion in the new plan for the future of Caithness and Sutherland, before the deadline on 17 October 2013.
6/10/2013
erielements - Autumn Newsletter from Enviromental Institute, Thurso
Since opening in 2000, the ERI has become a dynamic research organisation with a young, highlymotivated team, and the ethos of multi- and inter-disciplinarity is securely embedded. Today, the ERI has become a focus for promoting excellence in research in the region, largely due to the ability of its investigators to work with stakeholder, commercial, academic and educational organisations alike.
Business Start Up Workshop - Thurso 16/17 October
Highland Opportunity are coming to Thurso with a 2 day business Start-up woorkshop open to anyone thinking about starting a new business. Join our two day workshop where you will learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business.4/10/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 4th October 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 4th) sold 3,091 breeding ewes and lambs at their annual Blackface & Cross ewes, gimmers, ewe lambs sale. Blackface ewes (1,058) sold to £60 gross from the dispersal of the Balloan flock, Farr.3/10/2013
Caithness Landward Homes To Be Offered Free Energy Savings Measures
Council and E.ON work together to improve Highland homes. Home owners in four Highland Council Wards are the first to be offered free energy saving measures in a £6.4 million project with energy company E.ON.
3/10/2013
Leader seeks European support for Highlands and Islands air travellers
Getting a better deal on air travel for rural regions, such as the Highlands and Islands, was top of the agenda for The Highland Council Leader Drew Hendry when he addressed delegates at the General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions in St Malo, Brittany, France. Councillor Hendry won the support of delegates for further research to be carried out by CPMR for present to the European Commission.3/10/2013
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Energy/ Business Services: Staff from HIE have been back in Aberdeen this week as part of our ongoing discussions with oil & gas sector businesses. As previously reported there are several promising leads, based on the increasing awareness of the north as a strategic and cost-effective location from which do business.3/10/2013
Scotland’s CAP choices
Rural Affairs Secretary sets out thinking on implementation. The new CAP deal could lead to more support for the Scottish beef sector and new entrants to farming.3/10/2013
Economic benefits from resource efficiency
A new action plan aiming to cut all waste in Scotland by 7% by 2017 and 15% by 2025 will improve competitiveness and could save businesses billions of pounds. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead outlined the benefits of using our resources more efficiently during a major speech to the Scottish Resources Conference.3/10/2013
Scottish Parliament wants UK farming subsidy uplift for Scotland.
The Scottish Parliament has called for the UK’s extra European farming subsidy to be allocated to Scotland in its entirety. The ‘convergence uplift’ is worth tens of millions of euros a year and during a debate on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, MSPs backed the Scottish Government’s calls for the additional cash to come to Scotland.3/10/2013
