1,121 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 24,343 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 5.2% of these were positive.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw the transformation of the National Health Service into the National Covid Service. A year into this crisis and with the benefit of some hindsight, it is clear that too little consideration was given to the implications of a complete reallocation of resources away from ‘business as usual'.
A Podcast from Fraser of Allender Institute. In this podcast, we discuss our latest report examining the system that delivers social care and support to adults with learning disabilities in Scotland.
Almost all of the factual detail behind the design of Simec Atlantis Energy 's AR series of tidal turbines was developed through R& D works done by technicians and devices in the Pentland Firth's Inner Sound from work-boats (mainly 'multicats') temporarily based at Gills Bay harbour which is just one mile away from its MeyGen sub-sea site. The first AR turbine (1.5 MW) is there, whilst plans are actively being made for the deployment of at least two upgraded turbines.
An article from the Bank of England. Since the start of the Covid-19 (Covid) pandemic.
The British Retail Consortium has set out what it wants to help the struggling retail sector. Action on Rates, Rents and Grants essential to drive retail recovery Lockdowns have cost non-food store-based retailers over £22bn in lost sales in the UK.
Measures from the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act extended to relieve pressure on businesses dealing with coronavirus. Update February 2021 The government announced it intends to extend the power (granted through the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act) to make temporary amendments or modify the effects of corporate insolvency and governance legislation for an additional year.
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting significant problems with the newly launched Mobile and Home-Based Close Contact Service Providers Fund after complications were raised due to the way in which the fund is being administered. Applicants to the fund, which is meant for owners and operators of mobile and home-based close contact service businesses and for registered driving instructors, have received automatic rejections due to errors with the system.
Retail, tourism, hospitality and aviation businesses will pay no rates during 2021-22 under proposals outlined today. It is one of a series of measures proposed by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes following confirmation of a further £1.1 billion of consequential funding arising from UK Government coronavirus (COVID-19) spending.
773 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 14,568 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 6.0% of these were positive.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 16th) sold 16 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 218.7p (-7.1p) and sold to 226.0p per kg twice and £1,480.30 gross.
Guidance on arrangements for the phased reopening of schools in February/March 2021. Purpose This guidance has been issued in response to the First Minister's statement to Parliament on 2 February 2021 announcing a phased return to in-person learning in schools from 22 February which was confirmed on 16 February.
£60 million for newly self-employed, close contact businesses and driving instructors. Two funds to support people whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic are now open to applications.
The majority of primary and secondary school pupils will continue with remote learning until at least mid-March while children in early learning and childcare (ELC) and primaries 1 to 3 will return full-time to classrooms from Monday 22 February. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that only strictly limited numbers of children and young people will return to classrooms next week, backed by strengthened school safety guidance and an enhanced testing for staff and senior pupils.
The Scottish Government has paid out more than £190,000 to eligible young people to help with the costs of starting a new job. A total of 695 successful applications were made for the new Job Start Payment from its launch on 17 August 2020 to 31 December 2020.
559 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 9,943 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 7.0% of these were positive.
From the Electoral Reform Society. Elect the House of Lords From stories of peers leaving taxis running to claim their expenses to failing to turn up for years at a time, the Lords makes a mockery of our democracy.
Payments to start from late February. More than 77,000 Scottish Child Payment applications have been received since Social Security Scotland started taking applications on 9 November.
A report from the Trades Union Congress(TUC). Key recommendations The TUC is calling for a temporary legal right to access the furlough scheme for parents and those with caring responsibilities who have had these significantly disrupted due to coronavirus restrictions, and people who cannot work because they are required to shield.
The TUC have supported the measures to protect health and the measures taken to limit the financial impact on workers and their families, but much more needs to be done to prevent the uncertainty caused by constant cliff edges of support measures being extended at the eleventh hour, to improve the adequacy of support, and to get going on job creation. We now know that GDP for 2020 fell by 10 per cent, at face value the worst annual decline for 300 years.
