New eco-labels to will help save consumers money on their energy and water bills. New eco-labels to help save consumers money on their energy and water bills Labels will help reduce usage by 20% per person by 2038 and save an estimated £125 million on water bills over 10 years.
The by-election to elect a councillor to represent Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross on The Highland Council has been won by Maureen Ross (Independent) who was one of seven candidates who contested the vacancy. One of three seats in the Tain and Easter Ross ward became vacant on the resignation of Sarah Rawlings (Scottish Libertal Democrat).
Thousands more veterans will receive HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards by the end of the year thanks to a £3 million injection to expand the roll-out to veterans who left service before 2018. Veterans' Minister Johnny Mercer has visited a MOD printing facility at HMS Sultan in Gosport.
Mortgage borrowers breathed a sign of relief following a recent pause in the Bank of England's 14-month campaign of base rate hikes. Led by the US Federal Reserve, many of the world's major central banks, including the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England, have been hiking their main rates of interest for more than a year in a bid to slow rapid price inflation.
This has been the biggest tax-raising parliament since records began, pushing UK tax revenues to historically high levels according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. At the time of the last general election, UK tax revenues amounted to around 33% of national income.
Details the changes to the maximum amount energy suppliers can charge for each unit of energy and how they affect you. Every three months we review and set a level on how much an energy supplier can charge for each unit of energy.
Multiple indicators show that COVID-19 case rates have remained stable compared to our previous report. A total 10.4% of 4,898 respiratory specimens reported through the Respiratory DataMart System were identified as COVID-19.
A strategy to drive Scotland's fair and just transition away from fossil fuels will be published by next Summer. Energy Minister Gillian Martin announced the timeline as the consultation responses to the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, and independent analysis of those responses, were published.
Innovative projects will receive funding to develop technologies to predict strawberry yield, increase vineyard productivity and optimise harvesting schedules. Nineteen innovative projects developing automation and robotic technologies will receive a share of £12.5 million in government funding to boost productivity, food security and sustainable farming practices, the Farming Minister Mark Spencer has announced today (28 September).
The Bank of England has increased interest rates to 5.25%, a level not seen since April 2008 and markedly higher than the all-time lows of 0.1% seen less than two years ago. In fact, interest rates hovered between 0.1% and 0.75% for the 13 years to May 2022.
2,500 ambitious tech talents will be recruited into digital roles in government by June 2025 through new apprenticeship and early talent programmes, the Cabinet Office has announced. Government to recruit 2,500 tech and digital roles via apprenticeships and talent programmes as part of skills drive A new Digital Secondments Programme pilot is now open for applications, bringing in skills from the private sector.
Revised quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the UK. Uses additional data to provide a more precise indication of economic growth than the first estimate.
Since the last local government settlement to councils from the Scottish government there has been a continual series of desperate please regarding services. Today signalling what is to come around the country is North Lanarkshire who have announced serious budget cuts.
Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning - mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Most people recover within a few days without treatment, but not all are that lucky.
Latest sanctions package holds those who would undermine Ukraine's sovereignty to account. UK sanctions Russian officials involved in recent sham elections in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, and in illegally annexed Crimea.
The current financial year is shaping up to be a good one for inward investment to the Highlands and Islands. Vicky Grant is HIE's head of international trade and investment.
The village of Halkirk in the Scottish Highlands has been named the UK's slowest broadband area, with residents receiving average speeds of just 2.8Mb. This is even slower than outdated 3G mobile data speed, and not enough to watch Netflix reliably.
A few weeks ago, our Inside the NHS newsletter reported that the transfer of vaccinations from GPs to the health board in Highland was not going as smoothly as hoped. This week, The Herald has obtained an internal report which describes "significant challenges" and raises questions about exactly how the region ended up in its current predicament.
More people could be encouraged to purchase alcohol-free drinks under government proposals to make alternatives to alcoholic drinks more widely available. Government consults on encouraging more people to choose no and low-alcohol drinks to help those looking to live healthier lives while supporting businesses.
New Government figures show transport & storage sector companies suffered a significant decrease in turnover in August, compared to July. Looking ahead to October, more transport and storage companies expect a fall in turnover than predict an increase.
