Online cryptocurrency trading company falsely claiming support from high-profile entrepreneurs has been wound-up after losing £1.5 million of clients' funds. GPay Ltd was wound up in the public interest on 23 June 2020 in the High Court before Deputy Judge Baister.
Companies that applied to the government's tariff guarantee scheme before June 29 will have an extra 14 months to get their low-carbon heat generators up and running. Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme applicants to get extra 14 months to complete projects delayed by coronavirus outbreak government extends the tariff window to provide large-scale projects with vital breathing space 12-month extension to domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme also confirmed Green-minded companies that applied to the government's tariff guarantee scheme before June 29 will have an extra 14 months to get their low-carbon heat generators up and running.
The latest figures form the Office of National Statistics show just how bad the economy has been doing. UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms was estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020, the largest fall since Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2008.
More than £800,000 is available to the UK space sector as part of European Space Agency (ESA) support for innovative commercial projects related to Earth Observation. The programme, InCubed, aims to support industry-led initiatives that will open new market opportunities.
More students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, following unprecedented demand. ven more students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, the Health Secretary has announced today, following unprecedented demand.
Two prominent derelict buildings in Wick High Street are to be demolished following decades lying empty. Numbers 30 and 126 (known locally as Dominoes (the former cinema) and Sloans are to benefit from demolition and site clearance, before ownership is returned to the local community.
The public are being encouraged to shop local as retail businesses across the country prepare to re-open today. Under the move to phase two of the Scottish Government's route map out of lockdown street-access retail can now re-open once guidance is implemented.
New guidance has been published to help Scotland's colleges and universities prepare for a safe and phased return to campus. The guidance has been developed in partnership with colleges, universities, the Scottish Funding Council, trades unions and student bodies.
Patients whose appointments were cancelled can now contact GP practice. Some NHS Scotland national screening programmes which were paused in March because of coronavirus (COVID-19) are set to resume safely, carefully and in a series of stages.
Beef and sheep farmers, consultants, vets and researchers are being asked for their views on the use of modern technology. Information collected in a new survey will be used to identify key areas for the use of agri-tech to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability in both beef and sheep production systems in Scotland.
Two officers based at Dounreay received prestigious awards from Chief Constable Simon Chesterman this week in recognition of their long service and good conduct. Supt Andy Peden, who is Operational Unit Commander (OUC) at Dounreay, received a Certificate of Service, having joined us in 1980.
The first orbital spaceflight from the United Kingdom has come a step closer following the Highland Council's decision to give the go-ahead for the Space Hub Sutherland spaceport. Orbex, the UK-based space launch company, has confirmed that Orbex Prime will be the first vertical launch vehicle to fly into orbit from the Space Hub, which will be constructed near Melness on the northern coast of Scotland.
More than 30 community groups received help from a fund supported by Dounreay and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority during the COVID-19 crisis. In March 2020, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd anticipated an upsurge in demand from community organisations for small-scale financial assistance.
Retail expert Dr Gordon Fletcher, of the University of Salford Business School, comments as shopping centre owner Intu falls into administration. Dr Fletcher said: "Intu's fall into administration will probably be remembered as the biggest corporate failure of the pandemic lockdown.
Highland businesses who may be entitled to grant support to help them as they prepare to safely reopen are being encouraged to apply before new 10 July deadline. The COVID-19 business grant schemes, which was set up by the Scottish Government to help companies stay in business during the coronavirus crisis, have now paid out over £66,000,000 to almost 6500 Highland businesses.
Update from HMRC. We wrote to you recently to help you prepare for changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
The Healing Process, set up to support individuals who suffered bullying or harassment in the past while working for NHS Highland in Highland and Argyll and Bute, has announced the members of its independent review panel. Access to the independent review panel is one of the options available to those who seek help through the Healing Process.
Drivers are being advised by The Highland Council that parking enforcement staff will be returning to enforcement duties from Friday 26th June. Initially focusing on all On-Street restrictions.
The Leader of The Highland Council has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Michael Matheson MSP, raising her deepest concerns over Eastern Airways decision to withdraw their Wick - Aberdeen Service. The decision by Eastern Airways follows Loganair's earlier decision to withdraw its Wick-Edinburgh route, which now leaves Wick John O'Groats Airport with no commercial services operating.
Highland Council has produced a new video which shines a spotlight on how children across the region have been able to continue learning during lockdown. Last month the Council produced a video 'Learning During Lockdown' to highlight how teachers were able to continue to deliver education despite the closure of school across the UK.
