News Archive
17/2/2021
Who Loses? - The Impacts Of Planned Universal Credit Cuts Across Society
Failure to maintain the £20 a week Covid top-up payment for universal credit by the Government will overwhelmingly hit the incomes of working and disabled people, and put more than 700,000 into poverty, according to a study by the Fabian Society. Government they will decide in early March whether to keep or scrap the temporary 12-month Covid payment - giving claimants just a month to plan for what could be a £1,050 a year cut in benefits.
17/2/2021
Coronavirus Covid-19 Daily Data For Scotland - 17 February 2021
1,121 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 24,343 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 5.2% of these were positive.17/2/2021
What's Next For The NHS? Building The Resilience Of The Health And Care System
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the transformation of the National Health Service into the National Covid Service. A year into this crisis and with the benefit of some hindsight, it is clear that too little consideration was given to the implications of a complete reallocation of resources away from ‘business as usual'.
17/2/2021
Is The Social Care System Delivering For Adults With Learning Disabilities? - A Podcast
A Podcast from Fraser of Allender Institute. In this podcast, we discuss our latest report examining the system that delivers social care and support to adults with learning disabilities in Scotland.
17/2/2021
How has Covid affected household savings?
An article from the Bank of England. Since the start of the Covid-19 (Covid) pandemic.
17/2/2021
Tidal Turbine installed at Naru Island near Nagasaki, Japan
Almost all of the factual detail behind the design of Simec Atlantis Energy 's AR series of tidal turbines was developed through R& D works done by technicians and devices in the Pentland Firth's Inner Sound from work-boats (mainly 'multicats') temporarily based at Gills Bay harbour which is just one mile away from its MeyGen sub-sea site. The first AR turbine (1.5 MW) is there, whilst plans are actively being made for the deployment of at least two upgraded turbines.
17/2/2021
£22bn Cost Of Lockdown To Retailers
The British Retail Consortium has set out what it wants to help the struggling retail sector. Action on Rates, Rents and Grants essential to drive retail recovery Lockdowns have cost non-food store-based retailers over £22bn in lost sales in the UK.17/2/2021
Driving Instructors And Mobile/home-based Close Contact Businesses Facing Huge Problems Accessing Much Needed Support Funds
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting significant problems with the newly launched Mobile and Home-Based Close Contact Service Providers Fund after complications were raised due to the way in which the fund is being administered. Applicants to the fund, which is meant for owners and operators of mobile and home-based close contact service businesses and for registered driving instructors, have received automatic rejections due to errors with the system.17/2/2021
Government Gives Businesses Much-needed Breathing Space With Extension Of Insolvency Measures
Measures from the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act extended to relieve pressure on businesses dealing with coronavirus. Update February 2021 The government announced it intends to extend the power (granted through the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act) to make temporary amendments or modify the effects of corporate insolvency and governance legislation for an additional year.16/2/2021
Coronavirus Covid-19 Daily Data For Scotland- 16 February 2021
773 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 14,568 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 6.0% of these were positive.16/2/2021
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 16 February 2021
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 16th) sold 16 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 218.7p (-7.1p) and sold to 226.0p per kg twice and £1,480.30 gross.16/2/2021
Non-domestic Rates Relief Extended - No Charges For All Of 21/22 and more....
Retail, tourism, hospitality and aviation businesses will pay no rates during 2021-22 under proposals outlined today. It is one of a series of measures proposed by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes following confirmation of a further £1.1 billion of consequential funding arising from UK Government coronavirus (COVID-19) spending.16/2/2021
Coronavirus Covid-19 Guidance On Schools Reopening In Scotland
Guidance on arrangements for the phased reopening of schools in February/March 2021. Purpose This guidance has been issued in response to the First Minister's statement to Parliament on 2 February 2021 announcing a phased return to in-person learning in schools from 22 February which was confirmed on 16 February.16/2/2021
More Business Support Now Live
£60 million for newly self-employed, close contact businesses and driving instructors. Two funds to support people whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic are now open to applications.16/2/2021
Remote Learning To Continue For Majority of Pupils In Scotland
The majority of primary and secondary school pupils will continue with remote learning until at least mid-March while children in early learning and childcare (ELC) and primaries 1 to 3 will return full-time to classrooms from Monday 22 February. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that only strictly limited numbers of children and young people will return to classrooms next week, backed by strengthened school safety guidance and an enhanced testing for staff and senior pupils.16/2/2021
Young People Helped With Costs Of New Job
The Scottish Government has paid out more than £190,000 to eligible young people to help with the costs of starting a new job. A total of 695 successful applications were made for the new Job Start Payment from its launch on 17 August 2020 to 31 December 2020.15/2/2021
Coronavirus COVID-19 daily data for Scotland - 15 February 2021
559 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 9,943 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 7.0% of these were positive.15/2/2021
Elect The House Of Lords - Did You Know Most Lords Are From The South East
From the Electoral Reform Society. Elect the House of Lords From stories of peers leaving taxis running to claim their expenses to failing to turn up for years at a time, the Lords makes a mockery of our democracy.15/2/2021
New Scottish Child Payment Has Started - If you qualify apply now if you have not done so
Payments to start from late February. More than 77,000 Scottish Child Payment applications have been received since Social Security Scotland started taking applications on 9 November.15/2/2021
