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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Ballot papers for the Inverness Business Improvement District (BID) renewal election arrived on the doorsteps of 676 voters in 447 premises on Friday 8th February 2013. The election is being conducted by The Highland Council and voters have until 5pm on Thursday 21 March to return their ballot papers.
After four years as home to Training At Naver the Naver Business Centre in Thurso has re-opened it’s doors to the business community. On offer is a variety of furnished, serviced offices, to accommodate between one and six people per office, in a modern business environment, with the option of multiple occupancy for larger businesses.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Scottish Development International (SDI) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) invite companies to find out more about business opportunities that exist in the Nordics and Baltics at this free half day event in Inverness on Tuesday 5th March. This event is organised as part of Smart Exporter, a new international trade skills programme, designed to increase skills and knowledge amongst Scottish businesses.
At a special meeting on Thursday 7th February 2013 The Highland Council has agreed to freeze the Council Tax for a sixth successive year and confirmed a budget of £548.436 million for 2013-14. The Council Tax bands will remain: Band A: £775.33; Band B: £904.56; Band C: £1,033.78; Band D: £1,163.00; Band E: £1,421.44; Band F: £1,679.89; Band G: £1,938.33; Band H: £2,326.00.
Tourism, Food & Drink: The Institute of Design Innovation has been working with a small group of tourism businesses in Caithness & North Sutherland on a HIE-funded programme to stimulate innovation in creating high quality visitor experiences. The cluster of businesses meets regularly with facilitators from the Institute, and its progress can be seen at http://www.culturesofinnovation.co.uk/cns Tourism Intelligence Scotland is promoting a workshop run by Wild Scotland on "Wildlife Tourism" for tourism businesses.
FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (February, 7th) sold 668 sheep of all classes. Lambs (401) averaged £28.68 and sold to £59.50 gross for a pen of Suffolk crosses from Ardtornish Farms, Oban.
The Highland Council has warmly welcomed the opening on Friday 8th February 2013 of Conon Bridge railway station and the return of rail services to the community more than five decades after the original station closed. The £600,000 refurbishment has been delivered on-time and to budget.
Fishing harbours affected by the recent storm damage are benefiting from an additional £1 million for emergency works. The storms, which were caused by an unusual combination of south easterly gales, low pressures and high tides, were described as the worst in decades and caused damage across Scotland.
As part of the construction works currently taking place on the east side of the A9 at Beechwood, there is now new traffic management in place on the B9006. The right turn to the southbound slip road access to the A9 from the B9006 Culloden Road has been diverted and is restricted to residential access only.
The ban on open display of tobacco products in large shops and sales from self-service tobacco vending machines will be introduced on 29 April. Two orders laid in Parliament today by Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson set the date for the display and vending machine bans to come into force in Scotland.
Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant is highlighting figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) “model-based “ unemployment estimates for local authorities which show an unemployment rate for the Highland council area of 4.7 per cent compared with the 2.8 per cent rate from the ONS’s monthly claimant count for Job Seekers Allowance. (JSA) .
The commissioning process of the new traffic management arrangements to reduce delays as the result of the resurfacing of the Kessock Bridge from 11 February is now underway. The introduction of the traffic signals will be phased to reduce the immediate impact of the change on road users.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 5th) sold 56 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (27) averaged 204.7p (-3.7p) and sold to 217p per kg and £1480.00 gross.
£ 24,371,090.50 million spent in the Highlands & Islands region alone on redundancy. - 4,473 people pushed out the door.
