Eville & Jones has been awarded the contract to lead the field trials. Following an open competition, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has awarded a contract to Eville & Jones, to run veterinary field trials of CattleBCG vaccine and the companion DIVA (Detecting Infected amongst Vaccinated Animals) skin test.
From Public Health Scotland. First published on 16 December 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Today we have published key findings from Public Health Scotland's (PHS) COVID-19 surveillance in education programme since August 2020.
Jobcentres will remain open, as they have throughout the pandemic, to provide essential services to those we cannot help remotely. The department will follow the latest government and Public Health England (PHE) guidance to ensure colleagues and customers remain safe throughout.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Good afternoon, I want to update everyone on one thing and that's what's happening at our borders and especially at Dover.
Thank you for joining us. As you can imagine, the fact that I am speaking to you at 5pm on the Saturday before Christmas - having just chaired an emergency meeting of my Cabinet and spoken to the leaders of the opposition parties - suggests a serious situation, and one that requires action to be taken.
Good afternoon, I am sorry to report that the situation has deteriorated since I last spoke to you three days ago. Yesterday afternoon, I was briefed on the latest data showing the virus spreading more rapidly in London, the South East and the East of England than would be expected given the tough restrictions which are already in place.
Restrictions tightened due to spread of new variant of COVID-19. Scotland will significantly tighten protections against Coronavirus (COVID-19) to prevent the spread of the new, highly contagious strain of the virus.
A new app for health and care home staff carrying out coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations will provide rapid access to relevant patient information and collect data on how many people have received the vaccination. The ‘Vaccination Management Tool' was developed in response to the pandemic and, because it functions on PCs, tablets and iphones, can be used in any setting where the vaccine is being administered.
An additional £7.1 million to secure the future of as many grassroots music venues and independent museums as possible has been announced by Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. The next phase of the Grassroots Music Venue Stabilisation Fund will provide £4 million to live music venues that were financially sustainable before coronavirus (COVID-19) to prevent permanent closure and stabilise until April 2021.
Emergency grants worth £11.35 million will be split between football clubs in an agreement between the Scottish FA and the Scottish Government. The funding will support clubs below Premiership level after the loss of spectator revenue due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with £10 million coming from the Scottish Government's emergency sports package that was announced earlier this month, and a further £1.35 million from the National Lottery.
New housing measures came into force in England, Scotland and Wales on 14 December. The Chief Veterinary Officers for England, Scotland and Wales have agreed to bring in new measures to help protect poultry and captive birds, following a number of cases of avian influenza in both wild and captive birds in the UK.
The Post Office has posted a copy of a letter to customers on its web site, Dear Customer Wick Mobile Post Office Located at: Riverside Car Park, MacLeay Lane, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4EA Relocation of Post Office Service We are writing to update you about the changes to the Post Office service in Wick. The Wick Mobile Post Office service will cease on Wednesday 6 January 2021 at 15:00.
More than 60,400 savers across the UK have earned their first Help to Save bonus payment, each receiving an average of £378 in time for Christmas, HMRC can reveal. Help to Save is the UK government backed saving scheme.
Issued by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department of Health and Social Care, Natural England. The Scottish Government departments control the issue in Scotland.
Jobcentres will remain open, as they have throughout the pandemic, to provide essential services to those we cannot help remotely. The Department will follow the latest government and PHE guidance to ensure colleagues and customers remain safe throughout.
RAF Lossiemouth will be the new home of the UK's fleet of E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, bolstering Scotland’s key role in UK and NATO defence and security, Defence Minister Baroness Goldie announced today. Delivering a step change in capability from the current E-3D Sentry, the E-7 Wedgetail is capable of simultaneously tracking multiple airborne and maritime targets, using the information it gathers to improve situational awareness and direct assets such as fighter jets and warships.
Commenting on the Scottish GDP figures for October 2020, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: Today's figures show again the significant challenge we face to recover from the economic shock of the covid pandemic. The UK Government continues to take unprecedented action to support jobs and business in Scotland.
£50 million to help bring disused land back into use. Thousands of hectares of vacant and derelict land across Scotland will be transformed through a new £50 million programme over the next five years.
Innovative flare of the industry is generating attention with novel approaches, including using sheep to maintain vineyards and bespoke weather forecasting. English sparkling wine is fast becoming a leader on the global stage - not just for its exceptional quality and dedicated producers, but also with the industry's thirst to drive innovation.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) joined forces with industry leaders in a bid to tackle workplace diversity issues. Part of a panel of 25 organisations, the NDA discussed diversity and inclusion matters facing northern employers, at the Northern Lights event.
