Highland Council Trading Standards is warning Highland residents that telephone calls claiming their property has been re-banded for Council Tax and they are entitled to a substantial refund, is a scam. The calls are known to have targeted the Caithness area but are likely to affect various parts of the community.
Fraser of Allender Institute Institute has today published an interesting review of the Scottish budget announced last week. The Scottish Fiscal Commission's forecasts accompanying the Scottish Budget last week triggered the conditions for a ‘Scotland specific economic shock'.
The national debt has topped 100 per cent of national income, and the annual deficit looks likely to stay well above £100 billion a year for the foreseeable future. That's not a recipe for fiscal sustainability.
A report "A New Future For Scotlands Town Centres" was published today 3 February 2021 by the Scottish Government. In June 2020 we launched an independent collaborative review of the progress and scope of the 2013 Town Centre Action Plan.
By the time the pandemic is over, most children across the UK will have missed over half a year of normal, in person schooling. That's likely to be more than 5% of their entire time in school.
Introducing so-called vaccination passports has been downplayed by the Scottish Government but the idea has not been ruled out The First Minister has said it is too early to be discussing the roll out of a coronavirus vaccine passport system. Pressed for her view in Parliament today, Nicola Sturgeon said there was" much still to be learned” about how the virus transmits after someone has been vaccinated.
978 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 22,807 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 5.1% of these were positive.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Good afternoon, When Captain Sir Tom Moore decided to launch a national campaign in his own back garden raising more money and achieving more in his one hundredth year than perhaps any Centenarian in our history he knew instinctively which organisation he wanted to thank and support it was - and is – the NHS.
758 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 12,731* new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 7.4% of these were positive.
Almost 20,000 jobs in film and television have already been protected by a government-backed scheme to get screen productions back up and running again, the Chancellor confirmed today, 2 February 2021. more than 160 productions are benefiting from government-backed scheme to protect against Covid-related losses.
A fundamental change in how we think about and approach economics is needed if we are to reverse biodiversity loss and protect and enhance our prosperity, an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity said today (Tuesday 2 February 2021). Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta's review presents the first comprehensive economic framework of its kind for biodiversity.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 2nd) sold 8 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (1) averaged 221.0p (+6.0p) and sold to 221.0p per kg and £1,292.85 gross.
Adults who pay for their residential care in Scotland will be better off from April as a result of a change to the rates of allowances they receive for personal and nursing care. Those who ‘self-fund' their residential care receive an allowance in recognition of their personal and nursing care costs.
Interest-free buy-now-pay-later credit agreements will be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in order to protect consumers under plans announced by the government today (2 February 2021). interest-free buy-now-pay-later agreements will be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Details of how £11.6 billion of funding from the Scottish Government will be distributed to individual local authorities in 2021-22 have been published. The settlement provides councils with an increase in day to day revenue spending of £335.6 million, including £90 million to compensate local authorities which choose to freeze council tax and a further £259 million will be added in one-off funding to support ongoing COVID-19 pressures.
Investment in Scotland's Tourism and Rural Economy has increased to £1.12 billion, prioritising those sectors, business and communities disproportionately impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) and EU Exit. This includes delivering over £613 million in ongoing agricultural support which will provide much-needed stability allowing to farmers, crofters and land managers to start to deliver activities which will help us meet our world leading climate change targets through sector led groups.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Scotland's Carbon Footprint: 1998-2017. This publication provides estimates of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions on a consumption basis; that is emissions that are associated with the spending of Scottish residents on goods and services, wherever in the world these emissions arise, together with emissions directly generated by Scottish households.
Supporting people into employment and equipping them with skills they need will be at the heart of the economic recovery, backed with £1.1 billion of investment under the proposed Scottish Budget 2021-22. Additional investment of £125 million will go towards the Young Person's Guarantee, the National Transition Training Fund and other initiatives ensuring the future workforce has the skills needed for a green recovery and supporting those at risk of long term unemployment.
Police officer quarterly strength statistics: 31 December 2020. Scotland's Chief Statistician has published statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which gives the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by Police Scotland.
Parliamentary statement given by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday 2 February 2021. Presiding Officer, I will update Parliament on Cabinet's review of the current lockdown restrictions.
