Motorists are being advised by The Highland Council that there will be a temporary road closure on the B874 Bridge Street, Halkirk on Wednesday 10 February 2021 between the hours of 9:00 until 17:00. The closure is required to create a safe working area for iron work repairs.
Cllr Matthew Reiss, Highland Council's Strategic Lead for Police and Fire has welcomed Police Scotland's announcement that it has created fifteen new posts to further enhance the development of call handling services, based in Inverness. He said: "We were delighted in October last year to welcome 25 new jobs in Inverness with the creation of a specialist call handling service team and these fifteen additional new posts based in the Highlands are great news.
More than £4.5m is to be invested in expanding the marine enterprise cluster in Argyll, in a move that is expected to create more than 30 well-paid jobs. HIE has approved the funding for two new stages in its development of the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) at Dunstaffnage near Oban.
Question - Did Brexit voters understand any of this before voting? Environment Secretary George Eustice answered an urgent question in the House of Commons about the EU's restrictions on the trade in live bivalve molluscs. We have a long-standing trade in live bivalve molluscs to the EU from UK waters.
822 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 13,184 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 7.2% of these were positive.
Another 27 young business leaders from around the Highlands and Islands have become the latest to take part in a year-long programme aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. IMPACT30 is a fully funded business growth programme, offering bespoke support from industry specialists.
Grants of £750 are being paid to all registered childminders in Scotland in order to secure the sustainability of their businesses. Funding of more than £3.2 million has been made available to ensure that all childminders registered with the Care Inspectorate will receive the flat-rate payment.
Extract from the Monthly Economic Brief of Scottish Government Office of the Chief Economic Adviser Gary Gillespie - Chief Economist. Output Scotland's GDP data for November showed a fall in output for the first time in six months as restrictions were tightened across the UK to suppress a resurgence of coronavirus.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 9th) sold 13 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (2) averaged 225.8p (+4.8p) and sold to 237.0p per kg and £1,339.05 gross.
City centres, town centres from the biggest to the smallest may never be the same again. City centres lying empty because so many people are working from home have received considerable media attention since the pandemic took hold.
Extract from the Monthly Economic Brief of Scottish Government Office of the Chief Economic Adviser Gary Gillespie - Chief Economist. Overview This edition of the Monthly Economic Brief provides an update on the Scottish economy during the final quarter of 2020 and into the start of the new year.
Extract from the Monthly Economic Brief of Scottish Government Office of the Chief Economic Adviser - Gary Gillespie - Chief Economist. Business Activity Business activity weakened in the final quarter of 2020 and into the start of 2021 as tighter restrictions were introduced to suppress the second wave and new variant of the virus.
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Statement by Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity - 9 February 2021 COVID-19: International Travel Measures. Presiding Officer, I would like to take this opportunity to update Parliament on the Scottish Government's approach to international travel and border health measures.
All arrivals to Scotland from outside the Common Travel Area must book and pay for managed isolation in quarantine hotels to help protect against the importation of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from 15 February. Six hotels close to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports with a combined capacity of 1,300 rooms will be used to implement the quarantine at a cost of £1,750 per individual traveller.
Firstly I will run you through today's statistics. There were 822 positive cases reported yesterday which is 7.2% of the total number of tests and means that the overall number of confirmed cases is now 187,542.
Statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the new system of health measures at the border that will come into force on Monday 15 February. Mr Speaker, with permission, I'd like to make a statement on new measures to keep this country safe from coronavirus.
Independence has returned to the top of the agenda in Scotland after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon signalled that her Scottish National Party (SNP) will hold a consultative second referendum after the May election if there is a pro-indepedence majority in the Scottish parliament - regardless of whether Westminster gives its approval. This shift towards threatening unilateral action has coincided with the 20th opinion poll in a row showing a majority in favour of Scotland leaving the union.
Statement given by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing in St Andrew's House, Edinburgh on Monday 8 February 2021. Good afternoon - thanks for joining us again today.
928 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 16,583 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 6.6% of these were positive.
