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Dounreay Bulletin - Issue 5 - June 2006

FORMATION OF SITE LICENCE COMPANY AT DOUNREAY Over the coming weeks and months, UKAEA will be restructuring itself.  The purpose of this is two-fold - to enable the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to take ownership of its decommissioning sites and put their future management out to competition, and to enable part of UKAEA to be vested as a commercial bidder for this and other work.  

Caithness Horizons Hosts Stakeholders Workshop

Caithness Horizons recently held a stakeholder workshop to bring together all its funders, partners and local stakeholders.   Paul Cariss, Caithness Horizons Chairman, welcomed everyone to the event and thanked them for their support so far and gave a presentation outlining the projects progress to-date.  

Public's View Wanted On Old Brewery Site At Manson's Lane

As a follow on from the affordable housing project O'Brien Construction Ltd designed at Manson's Lane, they are hoping to develop the Old Brewery Building into a further six social housing units.   The Old Brewery is a category B listed building, built around 1798 in traditional Caithness flagstone rubble, which has been derelict and disused for many years.  

Caithness Business Woman Launches Giftware Webshop

Sheila Elder of Thurso, Caithness has launched a new giftware webshop and was ecstatic when confidence in her products was shown by her first retail order of 10,000 cards was received.   The aim is to allow greater access to her products by the public through the launch of the webshop though.  

Confined Space Training At Dounreay

Confined space working; the very term brings a sense of caution to those who have to work in such an environment, and also to those responsible for the safety of personnel.   It conjures up images of working in tight, ill-lit, underground areas, ducts and passageways.  

Highland 2007 Secures Transport And Accommodation Package

Support for Highland 2007 is growing within the business community as a further three organisations become official partners to the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture.   The three, Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort, Highlands and Islands Airports Limited and First Scotrail are each contributing a substantial package of in-kind promotional support.  

Capturing Fly-tippers

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has adopted an invaluable database which will not only assist in building up a true picture of the extent of fly-tipping, but help track those who illegally dump waste.   Fly Capture is an electronic system which records the amount and type of waste illegally fly tipped in Scotland.  

SAC Gets New Funding For Courses In HIE Area

SAC has been awarded nearly �152,000 by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to fund the continuation of a training project in the highlands and islands area.  The renewed funding will support the project from August 2006 to July 2007.  

Schools Contract Leads to Youth Employment Opportunities

The Highland Council, along with Morrison Construction and Tulloch, have announced that the PPP2 Contract recently signed between the Council and Alpha Schools will lead to increased employment and training opportunities for young people across the Highlands.   The agreement that has been concluded will see the two companies increase the number of apprentices and trainees in the construction industry.  

How To Tackle Your Time Thieves

Graham Yemm, founder of Solutions 4 Training proves that we have all the time in the world if we challenge our time thieves.   Do you feel as though you are under time pressure for much of your day to day life? Do you think you are "cash rich, time poor"? So many people living in today's apparently increasingly busy and frenetic world feel as though they do not have enough time - yet we have all the time there is!! Why is it so many people struggle with this? Over the years of running various forms of time management training I have come to the conclusion that the reasons are simple.