Minimum unit pricing (MUP) sets a floor price on a unit of alcohol to prevent the sale of ‘cheap' drinks, with the aim of reducing alcoholrelated harm. MUP was introduced in Scotland on 1 May 2018 at 50p per unit.
Letters from Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to fuel retailers and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Read the letter of 11 June HERE..
A look at the petrol price situation from the American perspective. The UK shipped 1.85 million barrels of gasoline to the United States in May.
New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK government to ease pressure on GPs. This legislation change applies across England, Scotland and Wales. Nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists to certify and issue fit notes - reducing pressure on doctors, particularly GPs.
Groups will be able to bid for a share of the government's £150 million Community Ownership Fund to rescue cultural buildings in their area that could otherwise be lost forever. Second round of £150 million Community Ownership Fund Community Ownership Fund opens to hundreds of places across the UK.
The first batch of waste has been safely removed from one of the most hazardous buildings on the Sellafield site, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo. Standing in the oldest part of the Sellafield site, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo has stored nuclear waste in its water-filled chambers for the last 60 years.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace travelled to Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov to discuss Ukraine's efforts to fight off Russia's brutal and unjustified invasion. The working visit took place this week to allow the Defence Secretary to hear first-hand how the operational needs of Ukraine's Armed Forces are developing as the nature of the conflict continues to change.
Student loan interest rates cut to 7.3% from 12% from September 2022. The government will cap student loan interest rates for current graduate borrowers to protect them from a rise in inflation.
The UK government is committed to levelling up across the whole of the United Kingdom to ensure that no community is left behind, particularly as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why we are now making the biggest changes to the way we support local economic growth in a decade, in order to regenerate our town centres and high streets.
Addressing credit union professionals at the ABCUL Conference last month, John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, highlighted the positive impact the sector have in communities across the country. The Minister thanked credit unions in his speech for "delivering services that your members, communities, and the country need...
Bill passes allowing nationals from certain countries to stand as local councillors. An electoral reform bill allowing nationals from countries where a relevant treaty has been agreed, including Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain, to become local councillors has been passed by Parliament.
Governance arrangements for the new Council, including senior councillor structure and associated remuneration have been agreed at The Highland Council meeting on 9 June 2022. The following Office Bearers were appointed to Strategic Committees by agreement of Council.
Almost 2.3 million households completed census. The extension to the census collection period saw an additional 200,000 households complete their census, it was announced today.
NHS Highland is offering patients surgery in other locations across the organisation in a bid to reduce the time they are waiting for their procedure. As we work our way through the backlog of high priority cancer and urgent operations that has built up as a result of the COVID pandemic, waiting times for some day case surgical procedures at Raigmore Hospital are much longer than we would like them to be.
Three long-serving NDA group employees have been awarded honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the Platinum Jubilee Honours List for services to the nuclear industry and their local communities. Cath Giel, Communications and Stakeholder Relations Director at the LLW Repository Site in Cumbria until her retirement earlier this year, was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Russia's war in Ukraine is upending the global arms industry. As the U.S.
Demand for British passports slumps with fakes available for £10 compared with a global average of £485 The knock-on effect means cybercriminals are doubling down on their efforts to steal Brits' financial data instead. UK bank account information among the most prized on the Dark Web.
The Scottish Government has confirmed that a number of people from Ukraine are due to arrive in the Highlands today under their Hotel Accommodation Scheme for Ukrainian Displaced Persons. The group, which will be supported by staff from The Highland Council and NHS Highland, will be staying temporarily at The Strathspey Hotel in Aviemore while The Scottish Government and COSLA progress their applications to transfer to longer-term accommodation.
Landmark results revealed at Trade & Export Finance Limited's global conference in Lisbon. UK Export Finance tops global league table of export credit agencies for sustainable finance, with £3.6 billion provided in 2021, up from £2.4 billion in 2020.
Highland Council Leader Cllr Raymond Bremner believes the region has the potential to be a green energy powerhouse for Europe. The newly elected Council Leader said that estimates suggest that Highland has the potential to generate a third of Europe's energy demand.
