Multi-agency push to educate parents/carers and youngsters about using new technology safely. Multi-agency partners have joined forces to encourage young people to use new technology safely and responsibly.
The Highland Council has agreed a new committee structure and elected office-bearers. There will be four strategic committees, namely: Finance, Housing and Resources; Planning Environment and Development; Transport Environmental and Community Services and Adult and Children's Services.
Local firm Geddes Windows and Doors Ltd, based in Halkirk, will be looking to welcome members of other companies within the construction and supply trade to the county as they complete their gruelling Land's End to John O'Groats cycle in their quest to raise funds for the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice. Geddes Windows and Doors Ltd have recently been working with Senior Architectural Systems Ltd to develop a new product range of timber and aluminium clad windows, doors and curtain wall products at their factory for the UK Market.
New Study Published by SAC New SAC research ranks 90 of Scotland's towns according to their vulnerability to downturn associated with current economic and social change. Published in the SAC Rural Policy Centre's new report 'Rural Scotland in Focus 2012', the Index suggests that a cluster of vulnerable places exists in the south, and particularly the south west, of Scotland - the index ranks Campbeltown and Dunoon in Argyll & Bute as the most vulnerable places of those analysed.
(By Saul Stevens 1S4) On the 17th of May 2012 Thurso High School held a coffee afternoon in the canteen for an hour after school, which was run by first year pupils. The coffee afternoon revolved around Fairtrade, which aims to ensure a fair amount of money goes to the producers from developing countries and their communities, so they can have access to schools and healthcare.
The Highland Council's Trading Standards are seeking young people to help them to check that businesses are not selling age-restricted products to those under the minimum age. Leaflets produced in association with NHS Highland are being sent out to all Highland Council secondary schools, encouraging young people aged between 15½ and 16½ years old to volunteer to visits shops in the Highlands and carry out test purchases of age-restricted products such as cigarettes, solvents, fireworks, DVD movies and games.
The Caithness & North Sutherland Fund recently awarded its 2nd round of grants for 2012 to community projects totalling £101,342. Six groups in Caithness and two groups in the North Sutherland area have been awarded funding for projects that help to improve the attractiveness of their area as a place to live, work and invest.
The Highland Council is currently in the process of renewing its Contractors Framework agreement which will be used by Highland Council Services for selecting contractors to carry out all construction works up to the value of £50,000. The Contractors Frame work is changing from £25k to £50k This new agreement, which will commence on the 3rd September 2012, will in effect cover a three year programme of work but will be re-opened and re-advertised at six monthly intervals to provide the opportunity for new contractors to apply.
29/05/2012. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will outline the next stage of its Helix Nebula European cloud computing project at the Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com) on 12 and 13 June, with the aim of increasing participation in the scheme.
Closing Date For SNH Photo Contest - 31 July 2012. To celebrate Scotland's amazing biodiversity, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) have launched a free photo contest.
Scottish Bakers welcome the statement from the Treasury to reverse their decision to apply a tax on bakery products sold over ambient temperature. Alan Clarke Chief Executive of Scottish Bakers supported this decision, "bakery products contribute £594.7M to the Scottish Economy and the proposed legislation was totally flawed by proposing to tax bakery products sold over ambient temperature.
Dear Sir or Madam, As rising energy bills and other costs continue to eat into many household budgets, I would like to let your readers know about free and subsidised home insulation offers currently available from UK energy suppliers. These offers are heavily subsidised as a result of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) which finishes on 31 December this year.
People are being reminded to play it safe in and around rivers, reservoirs and lochs across the Highlands during the hot and sunny weather. Joanna Peebles, Scottish Water's regional community manager for the area, who is concerned people might take unnecessary risks around water, said today: "While it's important that people enjoy the good weather and take pleasure in the country's beautiful lochs, rivers and reservoirs, it's also vital that they stay safe.
National policies must be better tailored and localised for supporting rural Scotland, argues a new SAC Rural Policy Centre report published today 28th May 2012. Rural Scotland in Focus 2012 (RSiF 2012) draws together the available evidence to paint a detailed picture of rural Scotland today and how it is changing.
Police in the Western Isles have traced a woman in connection with allegations of fraud at numerous Hotels and Bed and Breakfast establishments throughout the Highlands. The woman, who is 28 years of age was expected to appear at Stornoway Sheriff Court today, Monday, 28th May, 2012.
Twenty years of films locating in the Highlands being celebrated in Cannes. The Highlands of Scotland Film Commission, which is part of The Highland Council, is twenty years old, and to celebrate a brand new Highlands film app is being promoted in Cannes.
A key industry strategy to capitalise on Scotland's smart grid expertise and create thousands of new jobs in Scotland is published today. The strategy includes a target to create up to 12,000 new jobs by 2020, by supporting work to secure Scotland's place as an exemplar in smart grid adoption and as a leading international provider of Smart Grid technologies and know-how.
Wave, tidal and offshore wind developments have international attention. Scotland is leading the world in the development of offshore renewables - according to two senior figures from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
The Highland Council will be asked at its next meeting on Thursday 31 May to agree a new committee structure and elect office-bearers. A motion from the Administration of SNP, Liberal Democrat and Labour Group members - to be moved by the Leader, Drew Hendry and Depute Leader David Alston - proposes the creation of four strategic committees, namely: Finance, Housing and Resources; Planning Environment and Development; Transport Environmental Community Services and Adult and Children's Services.
Cut-price alcohol will become a thing of the past after Parliament today passed the Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill. This will pave the way for the introduction of a preferred minimum price of 50p per unit The move is a significant step forward in the Scottish Government's efforts to tackle Scotland's unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
