With Scottish Bakers members out in force for their annual conference in Glasgow, the baker was presented their prize by Scottish Bakers' Ambassador Mich Turner MBE. He said, "With nearly 500 products from 57 bakers entered and with each product assessed for appearance, the quality of the bake and taste, Reids of Caithness should be very proud of their success.
A Genealogical History and Guide to the Strongholds and Lairds Houses of the County of Caithness in the Northern Highlands of Scotland by Michael J Gunn. This book recounts the histories and family connections of more than one hundred Caithness strongholds.
Thousands more jobseekers are being supported into new jobs, to increase their hours and forge a career through tailored face-to-face job support. Minister for Employment, Mims Davies MP, and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Lords Minister, Baroness Stedman-Scott, visited a new Jobcentre in Brighton to officially open the site and mark the completion of the programme to open almost 200 new temporary Jobcentres across Great Britain.
A further £3.6 million is being made available to support the expansion of Hospital at Home services, with the aim of doubling current capacity by the end of 2022 The purpose of the service is to reduce hospital admissions for elderly patients by providing treatments in the comfort and familiarity of their own home. The service enables people to receive treatments that would otherwise require them to be admitted to hospital, such as an intravenous drip or oxygen supply.
Women's Health Minister Maree Todd has confirmed that early medical abortions will be able to continue at home, where it is judged clinically appropriate. During the pandemic, women have been able to take both sets of pills required for an early medical abortion at home (EMAH).
Transition to zero-emission trucks will help improve air quality, create greener jobs and reduce reliance on imports of foreign oil. over £200 million invested to launch world's largest fleet of zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), accelerating plans to decarbonise road freight.
UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have increased by 0.8% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022, and by 8.7% compared with Quarter 1 2021. In output terms, services increased by 0.4% with the largest contributors from information and communication, accommodation and food, and transportation and storage industries, while there was a decline in wholesale and retail.
The Princess experienced a rare close-up of the Joint European Torus (JET), the largest and most powerful operating fusion energy machine in the world. Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium discovered how fusion energy could play a key role in addressing climate change following a tour of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's world-leading science centre in Oxford.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (May, 11th) sold 448 store cattle and 73 OTM cattle. Bullocks (175) averaged 241.2p per kg and sold to 281.0p per kg for a 395kg Charolais cross from Kindeace, Alness and £1,250 gross for a 570kg Beef Shorthorn from Alterwall, Lyth.
Twenty-two businesses from the Highlands and Islands have started the latest Pathfinder Accelerator programme, which aims to put them on the fast track to success. The programme has been developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and is delivered mostly online.
From the Office for National Statistics. Monthly construction output increased by 1.7% in volume terms in March 2022; this is the fifth consecutive monthly growth and a record high in monthly level terms (£14,994 million) since monthly records began in January 2010.
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Two large redundant items that were removed from Dounreay's facilities have now left the site for disposal or diversion, opening up new waste routes. Dounreay in partnership with Nuclear Waste Services and its contractor Cyclife first trialled an alternative treatment option for the site's metallic waste in 2019, when 66 tonnes of redundant metal equipment were sent to Cyclife's specialist facility for recycling.
Readers young and old are being challenged to spend six minutes reading on Wednesday 11May 2022. It is part of Keep the Heid and Read campaign, a Scotland-wide reading initiative led by The Scottish Library and Information Council.
Economists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy choices in response to the data that we produce about things like GDP and inflation.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (May, 10th) sold 15 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (7) averaged 244.0p (+12.3p) and sold to 268.0p per kg and £1,698.80 gross.
A report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research published today (11 May 2022) predicts what most of us already know but is startling when you see the stark realities in a few sentences. Cumulative policy responses to the exceptional sequence of shocks, which have buffeted the economy since June 2016, are set to lower the real incomes of households in the UK.
Bignold Ward at Caithness General has been closed to new admissions due to several patients with symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting. Norovirus has been confirmed.
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Consultation proposes changes to boost economy and help net zero transition. As part of its Permitted Development Rights review, the Scottish Government is consulting on measures that would save applicants the time and expense of applying for planning permission for some types of development.
