News Archive

Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 1 December 2009

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 1st) sold 59 prime cattle.  Prime bullocks (27) averaged 171p (-10.4p) and sold to 178p per kg and �1,188.45 gross.  

Funding Ideas From Highland Council

The newsletter below was perpared by Jeannie Graham External Funding Manager Education, Culture & Sport Service The Highland Council Council Buildings Glenurquhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX Tel: (01463) 702064 E Mail: jeannie.graham[AT]highland.gov.uk HIGHLAND FUNDING INFORMATION AUTUMN 2009 STOP PRESS!! HIGHLAND PROJECTS IN LINE FOR PEOPLE'S MILLIONS In a prevision newsletter we mentioned the People's Millions: a UK lottery programme where ITV viewers vote on short listed projects to decide which of them will receive �50k.   In the STV North area two Highland projects will be competing for funding on Tuesday, 24th November.  

Dounreay to become UK's first nuclear heritage project

Within a few years, much of the experimental nuclear site at Dounreay will disappear from the landscape.   Many of the facilities that have dominated the skyline of Scotland's north coast for the past 50 years will be razed to the ground.  

Update on H1N1 Swine Flu In Highland

There is evidence that cases of Influenza A H1N1v (swine flu) have increased in Highland over the past 7-10 days.  The levels of illness seen in the central belt some weeks ago are now being reported in our area.  

New Social Work Chief Turns Down Salary Increase

The Highland Council has appointed Bill Alexander to the temporary post of Chief Operating Officer in the Social Work Service.   Over the next six months, Mr Alexander will step aside from his substantive role as Head of Children's Services to work directly to Harriet Dempster, Director of Social Work, to lead the modernisation of social work services for adults.  

Contractors Need To Re-Register For Council Contracts By 8 January 2010

The Highland Council calls on building construction and consultancy companies to register interest Consultants, contractors and skilled trades businesses are being advised they have until Friday 8 January next year to register an interest in working for The Highland Council on future contracts with an individual value of up to �25,000.   The Council is also urging consultants to register an interest by this deadline for future consultancy work for projects of all values.  

Big Lottery Will Share Out �30 Million To Communities Soon

Groups seek Big Lottery funding to make improvements to their communities' futures Highlands and Islands Enterprise has carried out final checks on over 50 applications to the Big Lottery for almost �30 million from community groups across Scotland.  Communities from Shetland to Dumfries, and from the Western Isles to Aberdeen, are bidding for amounts from �54,000 to over �1.5 million in the final round of funding from the 'Growing Community Assets' (GCA) fund, which will have distributed �50 million pounds when it comes to the end of its four year programme in March next year.  

Streetscape works take shape At Dingwall

This week sees completion of new Caithness slab footways on the south side of Dingwall High Street as the first phase of a �947,000 package of town centre improvements starts to take shape on the ground.   Throughout the project, the Council has been working closely with the Dingwall community through regular stakeholders' meetings which are chaired by the Ward 9 Councillors.  

Harrods buyers tempted north of the border

Scotland Food and Drink, in conjunction with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), is hosting an exclusive 'Meet the Buyer' visit from Harrods today (11 November).  The event, aimed at food and drink businesses across Scotland, gives businesses the opportunity to showcase their products as part of the Access to Markets programme.  

PDA in Digital Imaging - FREE Course At Wick

As reported in July this year, The North Highland College (NHC) and The Wick Society formed a partnership to digitise the Johnson Collection, owned by the Wick Society.   The Johnson collection is an invaluable historical photographic archive in excess of 50,000 glass-plate negatives taken by successive generations of the Johnson family between 1863 and 1976 capturing the social and industrial history of Caithness, in particular the impact of the herring fishing industry.