Measures ensuring effective and sustainable deer management which will help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss have been announced. They follow an independent review of deer management in Scotland.
The West Link project is expected to be completed this spring, with the opening of a second bridge over the canal greatly anticipated. Stage 1 of the West Link Project was completed in December 2017 and Stage 2 began in 2018.
A commitment to ensure adult social care workers receive at least the Real Living Wage of £9.50 an hour has been agreed with COSLA. Funding of £64.5 million will be committed to ensure adult social care workers will be paid at least the Real Living Wage from May 2021, backdated to April 2021.
Public sector organisations in Scotland are being urged to help break down the barriers faced by minority ethnic workers. As part of a joint commitment, the Scottish Government is calling on employers in the public sector to review their recruitment procedures and publish the "pay gap" faced by minority ethnic groups in order to confront, and address, issues of race inequality.
Extract from audit report to be discussed by The Highland council Audit committee on Wednesday 31st March 2021. Corporate Fraud and other investigations activity.
This report presents the findings of an external evaluation of the rapid scaling-up of the Near Me video consultation service across health and care services in Scotland during 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The evaluation explores the process of scaling-up and expanding the use of Near Me within hospital and community care settings, GP services and care homes.
Highland Council has announced that the closing date for applications to the Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Driver Support Fund this scheme has been confirmed as 5pm on Thursday 25 March 2021. The Scottish Government has also now clarified that if you have received a grant through the Taxi Fund this will not now affect any Universal Credit payments you are also receiving.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March, 23rd) sold 14 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 236.2p (+16.2p) and sold to 239.0p per kg and £1,549.45 gross.
Progress on closing the poverty-related attainment gap between the most and least deprived school pupils has been limited. And more evidence is needed to understand educational achievement beyond exams.
A new £1 million digital support programme for creative and cultural businesses has launched. The Creative Digital Initiative will help the sector develop digital capabilities in response to the limitations imposed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
From todays report by the Office for National Statistics Employment Employment measures the number of people aged 16 years and over in paid work and those who had a job that they were temporarily away from. The employment rate is the proportion of people aged between 16 and 64 years who are in employment.
Todays report from the Office for National Statistics. The latest three months to February 2021 recorded small increases in the number of payroll employees although since February 2020, the number of payroll employees has fallen by 693,000 with the largest falls seen at the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Armed Forces charities across Scotland will benefit from a new £1 million support fund. The Scottish Government fund will help the sector offset a shortfall in income due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
From todays report by the Office for National Statistics. Of the 693,000 decrease in payrolled employees since February 2020, 209,000 can be attributed to employees living in London, 105,000 in the South East, while only 7,000 can be attributed to employees living in Northern Ireland.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Homelessness Statistics for the period 1 April to 30 September 2020. The findings, which will be impacted by the measures taken to protect people during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, show: there were 16,997 applications for homelessness assistance.
Nursing, midwifery and allied health professional students will be able to access alternative clinical placements to support their practical education disrupted by coronavirus (COVID-19). Funding of £8 million will help to ease pressure on clinical placement capacity in health and social care settings to ensure students gain the required practical skills, learning and practice hours for their studies.
359 new cases of COVID-19 reported 10,759 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 3.7% of these were positive. 0 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (Noting that registry offices are now generally closed at weekends).
£10 million 'Isle of Jura' temporarily based at Gills Harbour in Far North of Scotland for her crew's debut tasks in the tidal-stream electricity field at the MeyGen sub-sea site, one mile off the little Caithness's port entrance channel. One of the UK's most modern marine renewables service vessels made her debut calls at community-owned Gills Harbour, near John O'Groats, over the 2021 Spring Equinoctial weekend.
Over 2,800 businesses which operate within the Scottish wedding industry have been supported by £25.9million worth of funding to help survive the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. A total of 2,811 eligible firms received a share of the Scottish Wedding Industry Fund, which was provided by the Scottish Government and administered by a partnership of South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
To meet the growth in visitors to the Highlands of Scotland, The Highland Council's Tourism Committee has agreed a Visitor Management Plan for 2021 which will be adapted to provide a 5-year plan for the future. The Council will work with other agencies involved in tourism and visitor management to deliver the plan.
