One of Orkney's oldest family bakery firms has moved into a new purpose-built factory on the island of Westray in a bid to boost production and meet growing UK wide demand for its traditional products. WFM Brown Ltd, which trades as The Westray Bakehouse, was established on the island in 1892 and is run by fourth and fifth generations of the same family.
Statement given by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing in St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, on Wednesday 24 February 2021 Published: 24 Feb 2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: First Minister's statement Wednesday 24 February 2021 Good afternoon. Let me give the usual update on today's statistics.
Scallop fishing in UK waters of the North Sea around Dogger Bank will now be suspended until 4 April 2021. The decision by the four UK Fisheries Administrations (UKFAs) has been taken with the agreement of the scallop industry working group to enable a timely review of recent Cefas advice on scallop larvae dispersal around Dogger Bank.
798 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 23,519 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 3.9% of these were positive.
Site to be used for post-Brexit import inspections. Ministers are preparing for a new Border Control Post to be created at Cairnryan in Dumfries and Galloway.
Data published for grant schemes providing urgent support to business through national coronavirus restrictions. The government has published its latest round of business grants data today (24 February), showing the government funding delivered to each council in England to support their local businesses.
Scotland's GDP fell by 0.3% in December, according to statistics announced today by the Chief Statistician. This is the second consecutive monthly fall in GDP, as restrictions on economic activity continued at the start of the month and were later extended across Scotland after Christmas.
Its been a busy few days at local community-owned Gills Harbour ..... sometimes in suberb sunny weather as here ...
No guarantees and many businesses will be disappointed at the slow pace of opening up the economy. Scotland's phased and careful approach to easing lockdown restrictions while continuing to suppress Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been outlined by the First Minister.
Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year can join the new scheme to pay it in smaller monthly instalments. Over half a million businesses that deferred VAT payments last year can now join the new online VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to pay it in smaller monthly instalments, HMRC announced today (23 February 2021).
A new report into the extent of hate crimes committed in Scotland has highlighted almost two-thirds of all race-related hate offences had a visible minority ethnic (non-white) victim, a group that makes up around 4% of the population. The detailed study looking at the characteristics of victims and perpetrators of reported hate crime incidents in 2018-19 also found that: around a third of crimes involved a victim who experienced the incident at work.
655 new cases of COVID-19 reported 16,031 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 4.8% of these were positive. 56 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 23rd) sold 13 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (1) averaged 221.0p (+2.3p) and sold to 221.0p per kg and £1,392.30 gross.
Since February 2020, the number of payrolled employees for all regions followed a pattern of decline, with varying magnitude; comparing January 2021 with January 2020, decreases in payrolled employees ranged from 0.8% in Northern Ireland to 5.2% in London. Annual growth in median pay for employees in January 2021 was highest in Wales (an increase of 5.2%) and lowest in the South East (an increase of 3.4%).
Proportion of pupils in Higher or Further Education at record high. 93.3% of pupils had a 'positive destination’ including work, training or further study within three months of leaving school last year, official statistics show.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published statistics on the initial destinations and attainment of 2019-20 school leavers. The statistics show the proportion of 2019-20 school leavers attaining National Qualifications at different Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) levels.
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From the Office for National Statistics today 23 February 2021. The number of payrolled employees in the UK in December 2020 fell by 2.7% compared with the same period of the previous year.
Since February 2020, the number of payroll employees has fallen by 726,000; however, the larger falls were seen at the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with the latest two months recording small increases New analysis by age band shows that the 18 to 24 years age group has seen the greatest decrease in payrolled employees since February 2020. Data from our Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows the unemployment rate continued to increase, while the employment rate continued to fall.
14 successful companies have been awarded contracts to come up with innovative approaches to remotely sort and segregate radioactive waste. The ‘Sort and Seg' innovation competition, worth £3.9 million in total, was launched in July 2020.
