The Highland Council has agreed the formation of a joint Administration between the Scottish National Party (SNP) Group and the Highland Independent Group. Senior Office Bearers were also agreed.
Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has unveiled a £15 billion package of measures to help households with the cost of living, after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it would probably be increasing the price cap on energy bills by over £800 a year to £2,800 in October. Picking up part of the tab is oil and gas companies, with a temporary windfall tax that is expected to bring in about £5 billion.
Scottish Government Central Analysis Division report. Summary Since the last publication, the UKHSA consensus estimate of R has remained unchanged and is estimated to remain below one as at 10 May.
Business assets can be used more easily to raise funds. Legislation to support smaller businesses to raise finance, helping them maintain income and address rising business costs has been published.
This is the 42nd publication of weighted Scotland estimates from the ONS' BICS. These are experimental statistics, which means that they are still in development but have been released to enable their use at an early stage.
Finance Secretary responds to Chancellor's statement. Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has welcomed the short term action announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but warned more support is needed for households and businesses as the cost of living crisis worsens.
A celebration of innovation at Dounreay held recently, recognising how innovation is part of everything they do at the site to achieve our mission. On the day, we celebrated the many successes we have achieved in our approach to decommissioning.
The new Leader of Highland Council, Raymond Bremner has indicated that the economy will be a key focus for the Council as he welcomed the announcement that thousands of jobs would be created by an Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport. He responded to the initial research published today by Opportunity Cromarty Firth and Biggar Economics which said winning the Freeport bid would stimulate manufacturing, creating thousands of jobs, and revolutionise the Highland economy.
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Workers have started removing used nuclear fuel from the reactors at the UK's Hunterston B NPP in Scotland, EDF Energy said. The station stopped generating electricity in January.
Households and businesses are struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis and need urgent action from the UK Government, according to Finance Secretary Kate Forbes. With inflation reaching a 40 year high of 9 per cent, and forecast to rise higher, Ms Forbes has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging the UK Government to use the £30 billion fiscal headroom it has available to help those struggling in the face of rising bills.
Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Cost of Living Support. Madam Deputy Speaker, The high inflation we are experiencing now is causing acute distress for the people of this country.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (May 24th) sold 22 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (10) averaged 257.0p (-1.5p) and sold to 266.0p per kg and £1,556.10 gross.
A Highland led Lyme Disease initiative has been given the go ahead to roll-out across Scotland and England. The GP based scheme is a collaboration between NHS Highland, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) and Pfizer Inc.
The RAC has reported higher prices yet again at forecourts. Their predictions are still that prices will rise even further..
The share of low-paid employees has fallen to a record low and is on track to be ‘eliminated' by 2024. Britain must now turn to tackling the new frontiers of low pay in the 2020s - including inadequate hours, insecure work and the spread of low-earning self-employment, according to new research published today.(Wednesday 25 May 2022).
Ahead of their event, Accelerate 2022, British Retail Consortium's Learning's Director, Lucy Crowther, spoke to FutureDotNow about the retail industry's digital skills gap. "Many people coming into the retail workforce for the first time are lacking digital skills, either because they've never been taught or they're nervous when asked to interact with technology in a different way." Lucy Crowther shares what she hears from members of the British Retail Consortium, the trade association for the UK retail industry.
A £4.3million project to secure the inner harbour at Ullapool has secured over £1million From highlands and Islands Enterprise. The project is being taken forward by the Ullapool Harbour Trust (UHT), a high-impact social enterprise.
Commenting on the latest ONS inflation data, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said, "The jump in consumer price inflation to 9 per cent in April was not quite as bad as some had feared. The soaring cost of living is still extremely worrying.
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, Helen Dickinson, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: "Retail sales are being squeezed by a combination of low demand, high inflation and rising costs. The fall in demand comes as consumers reign in their discretionary spending following a significant reduction to real incomes for households across the UK.
