DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 23rd) sold 26 prime cattle at its Christmas Show & Sale sponsored by Highland Tractors and judged by F Hutcheson Esq, Fraser Brothers, Butchers, Dingwall. Prime bullocks (4) averaged 262.3p (N/C) and sold to 336.2p per kg and £2,000.39 gross.
Over 100 organisations have received a £1.5 million funding boost to help revitalise cities, town centres and neighbourhoods across Scotland. The first round of grants from the Scotland Loves Local (SLL) Fund are worth £14,000 on average and are being distributed to businesses and development organisations.
The Scotland Loves Local Gift Card is the innovative new way of keeping spend local for longer in every community and region across Scotland. Registering your business Registering is simple and it's free for your business to participate and receive payments through the card.
visit www.lovelocal.scot/giftcard to find out more..
Choose your local area and ensure that spend stays local for longer. Your local area needs your support! #ChooseLocal #ScotlandLovesLocal.
Councils will be given powers to ensure short-term lets are safe and meet the needs of their local communities under legislation laid before the Scottish Parliament. Under the legislation, all local authorities will be required to establish a short-term lets licensing scheme by October 2022.
Why choose local? Why not!.
Older people may be more vulnerable to COVID, but in the UK it's the young that are now driving the pandemic. Last month, school-age children in Britain were 15 times more likely than people over 80 to have the coronavirus.
Inflation fears have been mounting. The UK annual rate hit 4.2% in October, the highest in a decade, and it's a similar story in numerous other countries.
The number of bridge strike incidents in the UK remains alarmingly high. Some advice for drivers and operators to help lower this number.
An additional £4 million will be invested to help reduce waiting times for adult psychological therapies (PT). The funding will allow Boards to recruit additional mental health professionals enabling more adults requiring PT to be seen.
People living in social housing will be safer in their homes under new rules that will mean smoke alarms must be fitted in all rented accommodation. Carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in all rented properties with gas boilers or fires.
Expanded testing needed to keep cases down. People attending venues covered by Scotland's COVID certification scheme are to be given the option of providing a recent negative lateral flow test for the virus, as an alternative to proof of vaccination.
2,527 new cases of COVID-19 reported 23,306 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 11.6% of these were positive. 17 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd are starting works at Uig Harbour this week where the ferry terminal will be upgraded with new infrastructure. This forms a key part of the Skye Triangle upgrade where The Highland Council have been working closely with Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), CalMac Ferries Ltd and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to deliver the Uig works with the ongoing upgrade works at Tarbert and Lochmaddy.
As part of our continued response to supporting economic recovery following the pandemic, this fund aims to stimulate an increase in regional employment for individuals aiming to move into self-employment whilst helping to support growth and resilience in young companies. The scheme can provide grant funding of up to 50% of eligible costs for capital equipment for start-up or young companies/social enterprises (less than five years old).
The Highland Council is working in partnership with the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership to proactively bring privately-owned empty homes across the Highlands back into use. With funding support from the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, the Council has been able to employ a full-time Empty Homes Officer for a two-year period.
The challenge of finding somewhere to rapidly charge electric vehicles on a long journey could become a thing of the past thanks to a multi-million-pound investment from National Highways. The government-owned organisation plans to invest in Energy Storage Systems - essentially giant battery packs - for service stations where the grid supply is not enough for rapid charging infrastructure.
Hundreds of thousands of extra charge points in the pipeline with new laws to supercharge the electric vehicle revolution. World-leading regulations for new homes and buildings in England announced as Government charges forward with electric vehicle revolution.
2,481* new cases of COVID-19 reported. 23,083* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 11.4% of these were positive.
