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Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 9 June 2021

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 9th) sold 170 store cattle and 112 adult head of breeding cattle and 137 OTM cattle.   Bullocks (77) averaged 248.9p and sold to 300.0p per kg for a 215kg Simmental cross from Proncy Farm, Dornoch and £1,150 gross for a pair of 527kg Beef Shorthorn crosses from Todholes, Thurso.  

The Internet Consumes Extraordinary Amounts Of Energy. Here's How We Can Make It More Sustainable

Around 4.6 billion people use the internet every day.  In fact, 350,000 tweets have been sent in the past minute.  

Get Into Summer - Supporting Children And Young People's Wellbeing

Children and young people most impacted by Covid will be supported by £20 million to create opportunities to socialise, play and reconnect this summer.   Councils will receive £15 million and up to £5 million has been allocated to a coalition of 18 national partners to further strengthen and build on existing summer provision in addition to what is usually on offer.  

Rapid Test Kits Rolled Out To Pharmacies

Expansion has vital role to play in tackling pandemic.   Community pharmacies across Scotland are extending access to rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits for people without COVID-19 symptoms.  

Accelerating Green Growth

Initiative to unlock £200m of low carbon investment launched.   A new investment programme to help deliver Scotland's just transition to a net-zero emissions economy has been launched.  

Mapping Scotland's Crops - Technology to predict crop types

Crops in every field farmed in Scotland have been recorded by satellite imagery to create a new interactive map to helping to breakdown agricultural land use.   The Scottish Crop Map uses data from 2019 to predict the crop types using radar images from the European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Satellite Programme and to recognise the crops growing in nearly 400,000 fields in Scotland.  

Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - 8 June 2021

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 8th) sold 14 prime cattle.   Prime bullocks (3) averaged 234.3p (-0.8p) and sold to 237.0p per kg and £1,521.00 gross.  

Additional financial support now available as part of the Taxi Driver and Operator Grant Scheme

Taxi and Private Hire Drivers and Taxi Operators are set to benefit from a new grant scheme, following an announcement from Scottish Government.   If you are a licensed taxi or private hire driver who previously received support through the Taxi Driver and Private Hire Vehicle Driver Support Fund, and hold a current Driver Licence, you are eligible for an additional payment of £1,500.  

Bitcoin: China's crackdown isn’t enough - only a global effort can stop crypto’s monstrous energy demand

Huge concrete data centres, permanently plugged into power plants and telephone exchanges, maintain much of online life.  But the infrastructure behind internet-based cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum is more like a rusty travelling circus.  

Jobs Market Enters New Phase As Firms Go On Hiring Spree But UK Still Has 4.2 Million Covid Employment Gap To Fill

The second highest monthly increase in payrolled employment on record, coupled with vacancies returning close to pre-crisis levels, show that the labour market is entering a new phase as it reopens and recovers - but a return to its pre-pandemic health is still a long way off, the Resolution Foundation said today in response to the latest ONS labour market statistics.   The reopening of parts of the economy drove a big fall in furloughed workers, while strong growth in other sectors drove a 97,000 increase in payrolled employment in April - the second highest on record.