News Archive
25/11/2021
Council's Revenues And Business Support Section Praised As Accounts Commission Report Is Published
Members of yesterday's Corporate Resources Committee were presented with a paper summarising a thematic study published by the Accounts Commission. The study focused on the impact of Covid-19 on Scottish council's benefit services, with the report to Committee members specifically highlighting strong performance achieved by Highland Council's Revenues & Business Support section.25/11/2021
Coronavirus (covid-19): Daily Data For Scotland - 25 November 2021
2,932 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 43,011 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 7.2% of these were positive.
25/11/2021
The scale of support announced for Bulb Energy makes no sense unless the whole domestic energy market is facing collapse
Newsflash - 6.00pm Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust adding to the list below. The well known expert Richard Murphy on many financial matters has researched the current crisis in the energy market in relation to the collapse of Bulb.
24/11/2021
Entries are now open for the 2022 University of the Highlands and Islands business competition
Entries are now open for the 2022 University of the Highlands and Islands business competition. Budding entrepreneurs with a business idea are invited to apply, with £8000 in prize money up for grabs.
24/11/2021
Making Roads Safer For Older Drivers
Older drivers (70+) do not pose a significant risk to other road users, but their relative frailty means that they are over-represented in serious crashes - particularly those over 80. For drivers over 80, the rate of being killed or seriously injured, per licence held, is as high as for those aged 21-29.
24/11/2021
Deadline extended for Airline bids to provide services for North of Scotland
Leader of The Highland Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson met with HIAL North Airports General Manager, Dougie Cook today on a visit to Wick Airport with Donna Manson, Highland Council's Chief Executive. The deadline for invitations to tender for the North Scotland/Wick John O'Groats Airport PSO Scheduled Flight Services contract to provide a scheduled air passenger service between Wick John 'O' Groats airport and Edinburgh and Aberdeen has been extended until 12 noon on Tuesday 30 November.
24/11/2021
Grant Funding Available For Chronic Pain This Winter
ighlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, is spreading the word that grant funding has been announced to assist with supporting those experiencing chronic pain this winter. As a member of the Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions, Mrs Grant has been asked to help spread the word.24/11/2021
Digital health study aims to help pre-operation patients
The University of the Highlands and Islands and NHS Highland are planning to launch a new project to discover if a digital treatment can help patients on the waiting list for knee and hip operations. The study will see 100 patients from across the Highlands use Joint Academy, a digital treatment app developed by a Swedish digital health company, over a six-month period.24/11/2021
Commitment To Future Citizens' Assemblies
The Citizens' Assembly of Scotland model should be embedded in Scottish politics to give members of the public a direct role in future decision-making, the Scottish Government has said. Scotland's first Citizens' Assembly was established in 2019 to consider what kind of country Scotland should be in future and how best to overcome 21st century challenges.24/11/2021
Extra Funds For Covid-19 Response Overseas
Total of £5 million committed to fight pandemic. Extra funds worth £1.5 million are to be committed by the Scottish Government to aid the response to COVID-19 in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia.24/11/2021
Argyll And Bute Project To Explore Carbon Capture Potential
Argyll and Bute is to be at the forefront of efforts to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere, in ways that also generate economic and community benefits. HIE is leading a major project to explore and quantify commercial opportunities associated with carbon sequestration across the local authority area.24/11/2021
Closing The Attainment Gap
£200 million to help children and young people impacted by poverty. All school pupils experiencing poverty will benefit from targeted funding in 2022-23 to help close the attainment gap.24/11/2021
National Transfer Scheme For Asylum Seekers To Become Mandatory For All Local Authorities
Children's services across the UK have been informed of our intention to temporarily mandate the scheme. the Minister for Safe and Legal Migration, Kevin Foster, has written to all local authorities with children's services across the UK to inform them of the government’s intention to temporarily mandate the National Transfer Scheme.24/11/2021
New Pilot To Increase Diversity In Nature Jobs
A new pilot project has been launched with the aim of increasing diversity in nature-based jobs. CEMVO Scotland and NatureScot have partnered on the Ethnicity in Nature Programme, which will provide four mentored placements for minority ethnic young people aged 18-29.
24/11/2021
Coronavirus (covid-19): Daily Data For Scotland - 24 November 2021
3,080 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 41,801 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 7.8% of these were positive.24/11/2021
Protecting Scotland's Beaver Population
New measures to expand numbers and restore biodiversity. The Scottish Government will actively support the expansion of the beaver population, promoting translocation, which involves safely trapping and moving beavers to a more suitable area.
24/11/2021
Information On New Business Ventilation Grant Scheme - Bars, Gyms, Hotels, Restaurants, Dance Studios And Many More
Grants of up to £2,500 are now available to businesses to improve ventilation and air quality on their premises to help reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. This could include installing carbon dioxide monitors or repairs to windows and vents.
24/11/2021
Four Ways To Stop Covid Ruining Christmas Again In 2021
This autumn the UK has had between 30,000 and 50,000 new COVID cases each day, and globally cases are rising again after months of steady decline - so much so that many countries are reintroducing measures to curb the virus. Austria is back in lockdown, with other European countries considering similar measures.
24/11/2021
Monthly GDP Estimates For September
Scotland's onshore GDP grew by 0.4% in September, according to statistics announced today by the Chief Statistician. Output is now 1.1% below the pre-pandemic level in February 2020.23/11/2021
