The latest Highland Council Caithness Committee Housing Management Performance Report (2025–26) offers a detailed snapshot of how social housing services are performing across the region. On the surface, it is a routine governance update—tracking repairs, allocations, rent collection, and tenant satisfaction.
As the Scottish Parliament Election approaches on Thursday 7 May 2026, we are ensuring that voting is accessible to voters. Polling stations across the Highlands will be open from 7am to 10pm.
The latest Business insights and impact on the UK economy release from the Office for National Statistics provides one of the most immediate and revealing windows into how firms across the country are actually experiencing current conditions. Based on the Business Insights and Conditions Survey a rapid, fortnightly snapshot of business sentiment and activity.
Parcelhero’s influential report ‘2030: The Death of the High Street’ was released in 2016. It forecast huge changes to our town centres because of the continued rise of e-commerce.
As airlines juggle their flights on routes and the price of jet fuel there are likely going to be many changes as the Iran war continues. Taking care when booking ahead may reduce your chances of getting caught with problems.
The latest real-time indicators release from the Office for National Statistics offers a revealing glimpse into the UK economy as it exists not in hindsight, but in motion. Unlike traditional economic data such as GDP or inflation, which arrive with a lag and often revise the past, these indicators attempt something more immediate: capturing the economy as it is being lived.
Should the Bank of England control UK interest rates, or should that power return to elected government? In this video, I argue that the Bank of England's independence was never a neutral, technocratic decision. It was a deliberate political project, rooted in far-right Public Choice Theory, designed to strip democratic control away from ordinary people and hand it to unelected bankers.
Consultation in Thurso has found strong support for investment in a Community Point of Delivery (PoD) that serves the whole town and delivers wider benefits beyond the replacement of ageing school buildings. Local people described the proposed development of an education campus on the current Thurso High School site and surrounding area as an opportunity to create a civic asset for the whole community, bringing together education, sport, leisure, health, art and social facilities.
Europe is no longer waiting for American tech to become trustworthy. When a central bank chooses a European supermarket group’s cloud platform over Amazon, Microsoft, or Google.
Lufthansa’s 20,000-flight cut is big but not unique it’s part of a wider global pattern driven mainly by soaring jet fuel prices, supply risk, and geopolitical disruption (especially around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz). The following is a quick look at whatis happening.
A higher for longer outlook could lift savings returns, but borrowers still face rising mortgage costs of up to £1,700, Moneyfactscompare.co.uk analysis can reveal. Since the previous inflation announcement, the Moneyfacts Average Mortgage rate has risen from 5.50% to 5.71%.
There was a time when inflation meant your weekly shop crept up a few pounds and you muttered about it over tea. In 2026, inflation has taken a more comprehensive approach.
The move that’s shaking the battlefield — the United Kingdom has stepped up in a way few expected, delivering powerful support to Ukraine that is changing the dynamics of the war. From advanced weapon systems to strategic intelligence, this isn’t just assistance — it’s a game-changing intervention.
Councillors approved grant funding from ward discretionary funds in the year to 31 March 2026. 13 groups in each of the two wards received funding.
The latest public finances report for the UK, covering the financial year ending March 2026, offers something rare in recent years: cautious optimism. While government borrowing remains historically high, the direction of travel has improved meaningfully.
For years, short-term lets in Scotland operated in a kind of grey zone lightly regulated, rapidly expanding, and hugely profitable in the right locations and that era is over. Since the introduction of Scotland’s licensing scheme, many hosts now feel that getting approval is harder than ever.
Support for Highland businesses may be available. Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Relief.
Recent data has remained positive for the Scottish economy, but the outlook for future growth is being dampened by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute 22 April 2026. In its latest Quarterly Economic Commentary, the Institute has downgraded its 2026 growth forecast from 1.1 per cent (February 2026) to 0.9 per cent.
As Scotland heads toward the 2026 Holyrood election, every major party is promising change but they are not offering the same kind of change. When you strip away slogans, each manifesto reveals a very different vision of Scotland’s future: one focused on independence, one on public service repair, one on tax cuts, and others on structural reform or climate transformation.
The Group Litigation Order (GLO) Compensation Scheme will close to new applications on 31 July 2026, with a view to the scheme concluding on 31 December 2026. Redress scheme for group of postmasters who won Horizon court battle in 2019 to close in December.