News Archive
15/1/2024
Phil Anderson Financial Services Welcomes New Directors: Peter Brown And Kevin Philip
Phil Anderson Financial Services, a leading financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of two seasoned professionals, Peter Brown and Kevin Philip, as Directors. This strategic move reflects the company's commitment to enhancing its leadership team and providing exceptional financial services to its clients.
15/1/2024
Opportunity To Represent Your Local Community With Interim Community Council Elections
Nominations are invited from people seeking election to the Community Councils which did not form during the 2023 Community Council Elections and the ones that fell into abeyance. This is your chance to help represent the views of your community to The Highland Council and other public agencies.
15/1/2024
Bower Young Farmers - Open Stock Judging
We are blown away by the support last night for our Annual Open Stockjudging Fundraising Event. We had 200 people competing, making it our biggest turn out yet.
15/1/2024
UK Launches New Tech Programme In Partnership With Ukraine
New programme launched to boost trade and innovation between UK and Ukraine. UK and Ukraine launch new tech initiative to further support Ukraine's recovery following Putin's illegal invasion.
15/1/2024
Highland Road Conditions Report - Monday 15 January 2024
The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.15/1/2024
Consultation On Eligibility For Right To Be Paid From Broadcasting And Public Playing Of Music
Recording artists, record labels, collecting societies, broadcasters and public venues are invited to share their views by 11 March 2024. the government is considering changes to how foreign record labels and foreign recording artists qualify for rights to be paid when their music is broadcast or played in public.
15/1/2024
The UK Announces 20,000 British Forces To Boost Nato In Speech
Speaking at Lancaster House today, the Defence Secretary set out his vision for deterring threats, leading among allies, and defending the UK. In the context of an ever more dangerous world, the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, will deliver a major speech at Lancaster House today, to set out his vision for the UK to deter threats, lead among allies and defend the UK.
15/1/2024
Winter Pressures On Health And Social Care
Health Secretary Michael Matheson met frontline A&E staff at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Paisley today to see first-hand how services are coping with peak winter demand. Mr Matheson thanked teams for their ongoing efforts and met RAH staff working to keep the flow of patients moving through the hospital to help reduce pressures building up in the emergency department, and avoid people being delayed in hospital longer than necessary.[Health]
14/1/2024Some Of Life's Problems May Be Assisted By Therapeutic Hypnotherapy Services
Ann-Marie Cassidy who lives in Halkirk is a qualified RTT therapist and offers sessions face to face and online. She said, "I am a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner, which is a form of regression hypnotherapy that takes you back to scenes in the past where you have formed certain ideas about yourself that have led to concerns such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, phobias, addictions, eating disorders, even infertility and so much more.
14/1/2024
The Last Ever BT Phone Book - March 2024
The company says it prints 18 million Phone Books each year but will bring an end to production in March 2024. BT is encouraging the public to hold on to the books as information in them will still be relevant for years to come.
14/1/2024
Post Office Will Struggle To Rebuild Brand Trust - As Boeing And Facebook Scandals Show
The Post Office, once an iconic British brand has fallen from grace following the Horizon IT Scandal. With over 11,500 branches, it's the largest retail franchise network in Europe, offering a variety of products - not just postal, but cash and banking, foreign exchange and government services.
13/1/2024
Two-thirds of Brits follow local news, mostly via social media and TV
Ofcom's survey suggests Northern Ireland follows local news more than anywhere else in the UK. Almost two-thirds (65%) of UK adults follow local news in their area - and social media is the most common way they do so, according to the latest data from Ofcom.13/1/2024
Why Is The Gap In Employment Between Disabled And Non-disabled People In Scotland So Large?
Back in September, Fraser of Allender published some initial findings on the disability employment gap in Scotland, in collaboration with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe). This blog looked at the ways in which the gap in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled people has changed since 2014, finding that Scotland has lower rates of employment for disabled people compared to the rest of the UK.
13/1/2024
Six Lessons Government Should Learn From The Post Office Scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government. The Post Office scandal has been reported on for years, but only now has it gripped the attention of the public - and politicians.13/1/2024
Will The Higher Benefits Bill Bust The Scottish Governments Financial Plans
The Scottish Fiscal Commission chairman Professor Graeme Roy and other officials gave evidence to Holyrood's Social Justice Committee on Thursday. They referred to their recent forecast report produced around the Scottish Budget.13/1/2024
GDP Monthly Estimate, UK - November 2023 - 0.3% Rise
Real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by 0.2% in the three months to November 2023, compared with the three months to August 2023. Monthly GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.3% in November 2023, following an unrevised fall of 0.3% in October 2023.
13/1/2024
Polish Armaments Group Agrees Defence Agreements With Uk Firms
Latest phase of "Miecznik" programme to get underway in Poland Three major UK defence companies will help build state-of-the-art multi-mission frigate fleet. "A major vote of confidence in our world-class expertise" - UK Investment Minister.
13/1/2024
Post Office Scandal - Why Thousands Of Victims Are Yet To See Justice
Following the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which aired on January 1 2024, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak stated he intends to introduce legislation to ensure those convicted as a result of the Post Office scandal are "swiftly exonerated and compensated". Meanwhile, a petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of the CBE awarded in 2019 - for services to the Post Office - reached more than a million signatures in the days after the documentary aired.
13/1/2024
Stronger Than Expected Growth In November Gives Britain A Fighting Chance Of Avoiding Recession
Commenting on the latest ONS GDP data, James Smith, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation, said: "The economy grew more strongly than expected between October and November, driven by a recovery in our services sector including strong black Friday retail sales and a high performing ICT sector, making it less likely Britain will fall into recession. "The final verdict on 2023 will come next month, but it is essential that Britain builds some economic momentum in 2024." Read ONS GDP data report HERE.13/1/2024
