Eggs are currently in short supply, with shops and supermarkets limiting their sales. The main cause of this shortage has been blamed on the avian (bird) flu which has risen to a record number of cases.
A report in the Guardian yesterday (30 November 2022) shows how the water industry fares under private ownership. It appears to be a disaster for England with the huge problems of companies being fined for dumping untreated sewerage.
Active travel designs developed for Raigmore Interchange and Riverside Way, Inverness have been given the go ahead. City of Inverness and Area Leader, Cllr Ian Brown welcomed the decisions he said: "These decisions made by councillors today will have a positive impact on the lives of many.
The challenges, opportunities and lessons learned of creating a unique tourism brand set amongst Irish rural communities were addressed by the keynote speaker at this year's Highland Tourism Conference. The conference - the first since 2019 – was jointly organised by VisitScotland and The Highland Council and was held at The Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness today (Tuesday, 29 November).
Things are not looking good for interest rates as inflation continues to rise. Now is not the time to get Christmas on credit as interest rates will be hard to bare in 2023.
A licensed venue closed every hour in Britain during the third quarter of 2022 and the nation's pubs are "vanishing" at an alarming rate. Such troubles show no signs of easing, with hopsitality industry bodies warning more than one-third of the sector is at risk of failure in early 2023 due to the rising cost of doing business.
Thousands more people living with long COVID will find it easier to get help as the Scottish Government boosts funding for an advice line. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) has been awarded £157,000 to continue offering expert advice on how to manage long COVID symptoms such as fatigue and breathlessness.
The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the the number of people applying as a result.
Improvements make it easier for families to get money they are entitled to. People who receive Scottish Child Payment and qualify for Best Start Grant Early Learning and School Age payments will be paid them automatically from this week, without the need to apply for them separately.
More than £13 million in grants awarded. Fishing businesses and marine organisations in Scotland's coastal communities will benefit from Marine Fund Scotland's latest round of funding.
Is the pandemic over? Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 30 November 2022 Globally, 21 to 27 November 2022 New weekly cases, stable (+2%) 2.7 million new cases reported = 637 million confirmed cases Watch the video and decide. Covid has not gone away..
Issa brothers trouser monstrous profits while low-paid women workers in their stores are worried they won't be able to heat their homes this Christmas, says GMB Union. GMB Union has written to Asda owners the Issa brothers calling for an urgent meeting after the pair’s petrol profits hit £1.4 billion.
Annual UK house price growth slowed to 4.4% in November, from 7.2% in October. Prices fall 1.4% month-on-month - biggest fall since June 2020 - following 0.9% drop in October.
The Chief Statistician has released statistics showing that the economy fell by 0.2% during the third quarter of 2022, covering the period July to September. Monthly statistics also released today show that GDP is estimated to have contracted by 0.6% in September, with decreases across the construction and production sectors.
Members of Unite, the UK's leading union, employed in engineering construction roles at Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire will step up strike action in a dispute over bonus payments. The 130-strong workforce, who are employed by three contractors Altrad, Bilfinger and Enerveo, are seeking a bonus payment of £2.37 an hour, the maximum allowed under the relevant industrial agreement (National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry [NAECI]).
Monday 12 December predicated as the busiest day in Post Office branches. 28% of Brits are worried they'll be seen as not making an effort if gifts and cards arrive late.
Tech companies looking to grow their operations can now apply for free mentorship and professional advice. The establishment of seven new Techscaler hubs delivers on a key priority in the Scottish Government's National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) to strengthen the country's tech sector and encourage entrepreneurship.
Members across the Capita 02 and Tesco Mobile partnerships have voted by well over nine-to-one to accept a significantly improved pay offer for 2022 that will see the vast majority of CWU-represented employees receive backdated rises of either 7% or 8%. The fully consolidated settlement - which was last week ratified by 94.1% of members participating in a consultative ballot – concludes a particularly long and difficult pay round that at various stages looked set to erupt into a full-blown dispute.
Around 1,400 staff working at Crown Offices and in Admin functions will walk out for two days in just under a fortnight's time, while Supply Chain members will begin a two-week overtime ban from next Monday until Christmas Eve. The action follows an overwhelming endorsement in the reballot held earlier this month, which returned an astonishing 91.24 per cent YES to the union’s strike plan.
The North Planning Committee of Highland council on 6 December will consider the application to build a Health and Wellbeing hub. The application seeks consent for the erection of a new Health and Wellbeing hub alongside associated infrastructure including the formation of new access, improvement of an existing turning head, formation of car parking area and footpath link.
