News Archive
28/3/2012
Northern Police Detection Successes Increasing
Force detection rate at record level and one of the highest in the UK. Northern Constabulary can reveal that its detection rate for the first 11 months of the current financial year is the highest ever achieved by the Force and one of the highest in the UK.28/3/2012
Scotland Hits New Apprenticeship Record
The First Minister today announced that the Scottish Government has successfully delivered its commitment to support 25,000 new apprenticeship starts in 2011/12. This is a record number of new Modern Apprenticeships starts in a single year and confirms delivery of the first year of the commitment to provide 25,000 apprenticeship opportunities in each year of the current Parliament.28/3/2012
Coastal Communities Fund Open For Applications
The £23.7 million Coastal Communities Fund is supporting the development of coastal areas, promoting sustainable economic growth and jobs, so that people are better able to respond to changing economic needs and opportunities. The Fund is UK-wide, however, different levels of funding have been allocated to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on the basis of revenue generated, as detailed below.28/3/2012
Arthritis painkiller study recruits 6,000th patient
A Scotland led large-scale safety study into some of the most widely used medicines has reached a significant milestone by recruiting its 6,000th patient volunteer. The SCOT study is comparing the safety of commonly prescribed, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen (Brufen®) and diclofenac (Voltarol®).28/3/2012
Gross expenditure on research and development Scotland 2010
Scotland's Chief Statistician this week released information on Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) Scotland 2010. The publication includes the latest statistics to 2010 on Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD), which comprises that undertaken by business, higher education and government sectors.28/3/2012
Get Involved With The Year of Creative Scotland 2012
The Year of Creative Scotland 2012 celebrates Scotland's cultural and creative vibrancy and provides a special opportunity for us all to work together to promote Scotland's cultural and creative uniqueness. VisitScotland has developed a toolkit to help businesses promote and capitalise on the opportunities this themed year offers - you can access the toolkit at www.visitscotland.org/yearofcreativescotland-toolkit.28/3/2012
Renew Marketing Opportunities In Tourism
From mid April, VisitScotland will be contacting business customers to renew their marketing opportunities for the coming year. If you are an existing customer, you will be contacted by email, letter or by your Quality and Tourism Advisor to make you aware of the products and services which are now due for renewal.27/3/2012
Solvent Sales Advice For Retailers
Retailers in Caithness and Sutherland are being issued with guidance on the sale of solvents following an increase in the number of solvent abuse cases being reported among young people in the north. The Highland Council's Trading Standards campaign follows concerns raised by NHS Highland Youth Action Service and the Caithness and Sutherland Drug and Alcohol forums to an issue of solvent misuse reported in the area.27/3/2012
Streamlining The Planning System
Planning Minister Derek Mackay has today outlined plans to improve efficiency and streamline the planning system, including linking increases in fees to improved performance by planning authorities. In a statement to Parliament, he launched a series of consultations and measures to take planning forward following the comprehensive reform of the Scottish Planning System in 2006.27/3/2012
Numeracy Improves In Primary Schools
Scotland's primary classes, implementing Curriculum for Excellence, are achieving and sustaining high performance in numeracy skills while more focussed action will be taken in secondary classes to raise standards, Education Secretary Michael Russell said today. The findings were published today as part of the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN), the first ever national survey of primary and secondary pupils' numeracy skills.26/3/2012
Caithness Firm Beats Hollywood To Ocean Depths
Oscar-winning film director James Cameron is rightly celebrating his successful voyage to the bottom of the sea this week... but a Caithness engineering firm got there first.
26/3/2012
Territorial Army Recruiting in Wick 30th-31st March
The Territorial Army Wick Platoon is going to be recruiting in Wick town Centre this Friday and Saturday between 10am - 4pm in the Market Square. They are also running a drop in clinic in the Wick Job Centre Plus between 10am and 2pm on Friday.25/3/2012
Big Savings For Council With Biomass Energy Cabins
Highland Council recently approved the purchase of 20 Energy Cabins that will make big savings in energy costs and supply an income from electricity being fed into the national grid. Many of the cabins are to be installed at schools across the region.
25/3/2012
Caithness Councillors Greet Prostate Cancer Love Train Project
Caithnesss councillors and members of the ward managers team welcomed the members of the Prostate Cancer Lovetrain project aiming to raise £1,000,000 to save more people from deaths by prostate cancer - one of the biggest killers of men from cancer. A team of three is walking from John O'Groats to Lands End as one of a series of fund raisers to help set up more research facilities to finally get a break through to preventing and curing this disease that kills over 10,000 men each year in the UK alone.
Caithness Letting and Property Management Changes Name Soon
Caithness Letting & Property Management will be rebranded in three weeks time as the Northern Property Group. We have a fully qualified estate agent, competitive rates with no advertising fees on our selected websites with advertising throughout the UK and not just in Caithness giving you better market coverage.25/3/2012
Cocktail Evening With Dinner At Mackays Hotel
A great evening is ahead for the folk who attend this cocktail dinner at Mackays Hotel in Wick on 7th April 2012. .
25/3/2012
Nigg Skills Academy Launched
First Minister unveiled a training boost for Scotland's energy industry Nigg Skills Academy to train thousands for renewables and oil and gas. First Minister Alex Salmond launched an industry-led energy skills academy, established with over £900,000 public funding, to deliver training for thousands of workers across key sectors including oil & gas and renewables.
25/3/2012
Partnership Initiative To Tackle Doorstep Crime
A multi-agency initiative to protect the most vulnerable members of the Inverness Community from doorstep crime was launched on 22 March 2012 at Trading Standards offices, Harbour Road, Inverness. The joint campaign is the result of a partnership between The Highland Council Trading Standards, Northern Constabulary and NHS Highland.24/3/2012
Web Sites, Facebook, Twitter and more...
Phew, what a long week! We've just finished checking every web site link contained within the Caithness Business Index. On top of that, we've added links to every Caithness Business Facebook page, Twitter feed and YouTube video we could find on those web sites.24/3/2012
