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10/12/2013
Add A Touch Of Tartan To Your Christmas
"Having trouble finding Christmas gifts that are as unique and individual as your loved ones? Let Tartan at Heart help you out! Ranging from hair accessories to notice boards, cufflinks to Christmas baubles and wreaths, Tartan at Heart has something for everyone. All items are handmade from the 100% wool tartan from some of the best mills in Scotland and can be personalised including by choice of tartan.
10/12/2013
Trading Standards warns local businesses to be wary of telephone cold callers
Trading Standards Officers at The Highland Council are reminding businesses to be wary of making donations to telephone cold-callers looking for contributions to seemingly good causes. Reports have come in of Highland businesses being targeted by publishing firms seeking payments for educational publications in return for the business being named as a contributor.10/12/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 10th December 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 59 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (19) averaged 232.8p (-1.1p) and sold to 244p per kg and �1,695.00 gross.10/12/2013
Success of Think Local food and drink events
Local crofters, caterers, hoteliers and shop owners have attended meetings throughout the West Highlands to discuss buying and selling local food and drink. These meetings are the first in a series taking place throughout the Highlands over the winter and are part of a Think Local Highland Food and Drink project being co-ordinated by Sarah Allen and Davie MacLeod on behalf The Highland Council.Drop Into Eye Candy This Christmas
Drop into Eye Candy in Thurso this Christmas and find gifts for those hard to buy for people! Come in and see the latest Kate HH Studio collection. Hand made jewellery fashioned from biscuit, sweet and toffee tins.
9/12/2013
Cabinet answer questions on Scotland�s Future - Live On Youtube
LIVE at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2aukdlZIe7o STARTS at 11.00am Tuesday 10th December 2013 Over 300 people from organisations across civic Scotland will meet in Edinburgh tomorrow to put questions to the Cabinet about Scotland�s Future. The Scottish Government has invited hundreds of people � from large and small businesses, trade unions, the voluntary and public sector, charities and other Scottish organisations to the event at the EICC.8/12/2013
Farm payment transfer proposal
Crucial agriculture support maintained & more funding for environment schemes. Vital rural development support for farmers, including Less Favoured Area support (LFASS), will be protected and funding for agri-environment schemes increased under proposals for the future of Scotland�s farming budgets.8/12/2013
NHS Scotland is going digital
NHS Scotland will use digital technology to improve health, according to Health Secretary Alex Neil as he visits a leading health service in the USA to learn about their online system. Health Secretary Alex Neil is visiting the Veteran Authority during his visit to Washington DC, to hear how they have pioneered the use of online health records.8/12/2013
Support for small business
Scotland�s small businesses are benefiting from a range of policies designed to boost enterprise and help them thrive. Saturday December 7, 2013 saw the launch of Small Business Saturday, an initiative encouraging support for small businesses across the UK, and on one of the busiest shopping days of the year the Scottish Government has outlined the broad range of policy measures that are in place to assist them.7/12/2013
Caithness and North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Week commencing 2nd December 2013 Energy & Business Services: Partnership representatives were once again in Aberdeen this week. A CNSRP-sponsored business influencers� event was held in association with the Scottish Council for Development & Industry (SCDI), and attracted around 70 attendees, with key guest speaker Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Government Minister for Energy, Enterprise & Tourism.6/12/2013
TOP-LEVEL TEAM FROM THE CROWN ESTATE VISITS GILLS HARBOUR.
A high-powered team from the Crown Estate visited Gills Harbour this week where it met directors of its Canisbay community-owned port and its (partial) lessee Mr Andrew Banks, managing director of Pentland Ferries Ltd. 'Preliminary discussions' on several matters of mutual interest took place, including a brief introduction to and description of the present 'Coastal Community Fund'.
5/12/2013
Highland Council response to extreme weather
Today (5 December 2013) 56 schools, 7 Service Points and council offices were closed due to lack of power, bad weather or loss of water. There were issues with the Council�s website and school closures online which are being investigated.5/12/2013
Highland Council winter road condition reports for Thursday, 5 December 2013
The Highland Council�s snow clearing / gritting route policies and area maps are online for 2013/14 at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting. Road condition and gritting treatment reports by The Highland Council�s, Transport, Environmental and Community Services for Thursday 5 December 2013 are as follows: Caithness, South Sutherland and East Ross U2126 Oykel Bailley Bridge Road closed due to flooding.5/12/2013
Talks continue to maintain parking controls in Highland communities
The Highland Council and Police Scotland are to work together to ensure parking management is maintained in the Highlands when the traffic warden service � currently provided by the police - ends. Police Scotland have given notice of the completion of their phased withdrawal from the service from 3 February, next year.5/12/2013
Spittal Hill wind farm could provide �27m boost to local area
A planning application outlining proposals for the revised Spittal Hill wind farm, located between 2 and 3 km north east of the village of Spittal in Caithness has been submitted to Highland Council, and is awaiting assignment of a case reference number. Comprising of 7 turbines, with a total installed capacity of up to 21MW, the proposals have been submitted by Spittal Hill Windfarm Ltd, owned by Statkraft and a group of Highland based shareholders.5/12/2013
Zurich Insurance sees 50% increase in claims calls from today's severe weather
Mark Blanchard, Head of property claims at Zurich, said:"As some of the most disruptive weather in many years bears down on parts of the country and especially the East Coast today we have already seen a 50% rise in calls from customers asking for us to help get them back on their feet. "High winds matched with high tides are a potentially devastating combination and our overriding advice for people at home and at work who are facing this bad weather is to baton down the hatches and be prepared.5/12/2013
North MSP welcomes HGV 50mph for A9
Local MSP and long time road safety campaigner, David Stewart MSP, who jointly launched the HGV 50mph campaign in December 2012, has welcomed the decision by the Transport Minister, Keith Brown to pilot a 50mph speed limit on the A9 for HGV�s. Speaking today he said � Back in December 2012, Conor Mckenna came to see me on behalf of local HGV drivers and raised his concerns about the speed limit of HGV�s on the A9.4/12/2013
Christmas Hampers Made To Order
Mackays Grocers in Thurso will make hampers up to your speciifications. Want a Caithness product theme - no problem.
4/12/2013
Dounreay camera innovation wins NDA award
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority recognised the role played by a Wick-based manufacturer at Dounreay in its national awards for the UK supply chain. Kongsberg Maritime Ltd supplied a camera capable of working in the harsh radiation environment inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor.
4/12/2013
Kongsberg Camera Award
Specially developed KONGSBERG camera receives innovation award from the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK arm of Norwegian maritime and offshore technology specialist Kongsberg Maritime, has received the award for �Best application of an innovative solution with tangible savings/benefits (SME)' at the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Estate Supply Chain Awards, held in Manchester this November. David Craigie, the product designer holding the award.
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