A trailblazing hydrogen storage project near Glasgow has been backed by nearly £10 million in UK Government funding. UK government awards £9.4 million for first-of-a-kind new hydrogen project at the UK's largest onshore windfarm near Glasgow Project will look to produce hydrogen for storing energy and providing zero-carbon fuel as the country shifts to a clean energy future Follows the landmark COP26 climate change summit held in Glasgow earlier this month A trailblazing hydrogen storage project near Glasgow has today been backed by nearly £10 million in UK government funding - helping create high-skilled jobs and drive progress towards decarbonising the UK transport sector.
The NDA is looking for research proposals related to nuclear decommissioning for its 2022 PhD Bursary Call. The £750,000 of sponsorship is part of ongoing R&D support to develop the technical skills needed for decommissioning in the future.
On behalf of The Highland Council, High Life Highland this week announced Airborne Lens as the successful partner for the photography input to Spirit:Journeys, part of the Spirit of the Highlands project. Spirit:Journeys will be delivered in partnership with VisitScotland and aims to deliver benefits for local communities, helping to unlock economic potential and improve visitor experiences across the region by engaging people with the our rich natural and cultural heritage.
Financial support for families of children with a disability available nationwide Child Disability Payment opens for new applications across the country from today. For the first time anywhere in the UK, disability benefit applicants can apply online, as well as by phone, post or face-to-face.
In the final phase of our job scams campaign, DBS has been working with JobsAware and Cifas to understand the impact of scams, and how to avoid being scammed. As part of our latest job scams campaign, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has been working with JobsAware and Cifas, to understand the impact of scams, and how information collected as part of a scam, is then used by scammers.
Bulb Energy, which has 1.7 million customers, has announced that the firm will be put into administration. It is the largest UK energy company to face difficulties following a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices this year.
GMB says overwhelming support for new Glasgow strikes reflection of workers' anger. Thousands of Glasgow City Council workers will be balloted for a new wave of industrial actions after overwhelmingly supporting strikes against low pay and pay discrimination.
2,677 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 29,268 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 9.7% of these were positive.
This article can be found on the Ferret web site. A walking charity and Highland Council are taking a wealthy landowner to court in a legal case to stop the closure of a "historic and important path" that locals say has existed for generations.
2,756 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 31,575 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 9.3% of these were positive.
If you use "123456", "password" or "qwerty" as a password, you're probably aware that you're leaving yourself vulnerable to hackers. But you're also not alone - these are three of the top ten most common passwords around the world, according to a new report.
Climate change poses a risk to every aspect of our lives and reducing carbon emissions to achieve Net Zero is an essential step. The journey to Net Zero is a long one and the transition of our economy to a sustainable footing will be the most momentous change in business and industry of our generation.
The pandemic has been rumbling on for two years and is probably going to rumble on for years to come. And despite recent excitement about new drugs to treat COVID, it's still vaccines that will underpin each country's route out of the pandemic.
Excitable Black Friday (26 November 2021) bargain hunters could be exposed to online scams in their quest to grab a deal warns Feel Good Contacts and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG). Operating behind sophisticated looking sites, and social media, criminals use fake trademarks, brands, emblems, and bogus certification labels to entice customers into thinking they are buying genuine, safe products at prices that are too good to be true.
Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks, PSNB ex) was estimated to have been £18.8 billion in October 2021; this was the second-highest October borrowing since monthly records began in 1993, £0.2 billion less than in October 2020. PSNB ex was estimated to have been £127.3 billion in the financial year-to-October 2021; this was the second-highest financial year-to-October borrowing since monthly records began in 1993, £103.4 billion less than in the same period last year.
Shelf availability of items between 12 and 15 November 2021 was lowest for "crisps (multipack)", with 29% of this item's availability marked as "none" or "low"; shelf availability was highest for the "beer" category, as 71% of this item was recorded as having "high" availability (Kantar Public). Section 3.
Since the start of 2021, the seven-day rolling average SAP has been steadily increasing. The price has more than tripled, with an increase of 302% since 1 January 2021.
Retail sales volumes rose by 0.8% in October 2021, from a revised unchanged (0.0%) position between August and September (previous estimate was a 0.2% fall); volumes were 5.8% higher than their pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic February 2020 levels. Non-food stores was the only main retail sector that saw a rise in sales volumes, increasing by 4.2% in October 2021, because of growth in other non-food stores (7.2%), such as second-hand stores, toy stores and sports equipment stores, and clothing stores (6.2%).
3,090 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 35,108* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results 9.3% of these were positive.
The percentage of currently trading businesses has fallen slightly from 93% in late October 2021, to 91% in early November 2021; this is the first time the figure had fallen since January 2021 and is primarily led by the transportation and storage industry. Over a quarter (28%) of businesses currently trading reported a decrease in turnover compared with normal expectations for this time of year; this is up from 24% in late September 2021, and is the highest percentage since early August 2021.
