UK government urged to strengthen social security system. Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has written to the UK Government calling for urgent action to support housing tenants affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Issued by HMRC. We wrote to you last week to help you prepare for changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), and detailed guidance on these changes is now live on GOV.UK.
The Highland Council can confirm that from Monday 15th June 2020 the re-opening of the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) will move to the next stage. This follows the successful re-opening of the majority of sites across the region less than 2 weeks ago and will see the range of materials that householders are permitted to take to the sites expanded to include electrical appliances and cardboard as well as bagged household waste and garden waste.
Statistics released by HMRC show that the Highland has the highest number of workers on furlough per head of population across Scotland. 32,000 people, 27% of the working population are currently furloughed in the Highlands.
Following Scottish Government Guidance on returning to construction sites in Scotland, works are getting underway on two separate projects managed by the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS) on the Isle of Skye. The Highland Council's pathworks project at Old Man of Storr, managed in association with OATS, is due to re-start on Monday 22nd June 2020.
The bridge, which links the Campus with the Inverness Retail and Business Park, opened today (12 June) for all walkers, cyclists, scooters and wheelchair users. It crosses the main Inverness-Perth railway line and enables access to and from the east of the city.
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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (June, 10th) sold 387 sheep of all classes. Lambs (129) sold to £89 gross for a pen of Texel crosses from 5 Englishtonmuir, Bunchrew.
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DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 10th) sold 297 store cattle and 4 adult head of breeding cattle and 82 OTM cattle. Bullocks (143) averaged 246.9p and sold to 337.1p per kg for a pen of 178kg Limousin crosses from 1 & 2 Achnabourin, Strathnaver, and £1,255 gross for a 595kg Limousin cross from Lochbuie, Newtonmore.
Savills Scottish rural agency team are pleased to announce the sale of Kildrummy Estate in Aberdeenshire. The sale of the holding company, at offers of over £11 million, generated a significant level of interest and attracted viewers from the UK and abroad.
Earlier financial help for those facing hardship. Students facing hardship this summer due to COVID-19 can now receive financial support within a package of new measures.
Continued support for house-building industry and buyers. More than 2,000 households will be able to buy a new build home as the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is extended by a year to March 2022.
A charity which delivers vital medical supplies for the NHS is set to receive £10,000 from Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL). The cash will enable Highland and Islands Blood Bikes to establish a permanent presence in Caithness.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, David Stewart, highlighted the role that the use of negative ion ionisers could have in the continued fight against COVID-19 during First Minister's Questions in Holyrood today (10 June 2020). Mr Stewart said "The First Minister will be well aware that to conquer COVID-19 requires scientific collaboration, initiative and innovation.
This article is from The Conversation website. Author - Tim Lee - Reader in Economics, Queen Mary University of London Coronavirus plunged the world into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Remember this is mainly for Englandshire but it maybe of interest to know whats happening in the far south Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference on 10 June 2020. Good evening, two weeks ago, I set out the progress we as a country have made against our five tests for adjusting the lockdown, and the measures we could introduce as a result.
The first set of data from week one of the coronavirus (COVID-19) Test and Protect system has been published. The data, which will be published weekly, shows: the number of positive index cases from 28 May to 7 June the number of index cases where contact tracing has been completed the number of contact traces Since Test and Protect was launched, 681 cases have tested positive with 741 contacts traced.
Today, the campaign group Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) is celebrating the fact that for the first time ever there are more than 1 million women working in science and engineering roles in the UK. Sellafield Ltd recently joined the organisation and are supporting the campaign.
Seasoned campaigner and veteran politician, Highlands and Islands Labour MSP David Stewart, is to retire at the next Scottish Parliament election at the age of 65. Mr Stewart is one of a small band of Scottish politicians who have served as a councillor, an MP and an MSP.
