DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 11th) sold 8 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (2) averaged 197.5p (-1.5p) and sold to 198.0p per kg and £1,168.20 gross.
According to the draft Scottish Govenment budget, Highlands and Islands Enterprise will get £58.2 million in the upcoming financial year - down from £61.1 million last year. 2018/19 the budget was £71.7 million.
The Ferret a well known online news web site has published a n item on how closing sub post offices are affecting rural area including Wick. Read T he Article HERE Wick has one post office working part-time in the cards shop in Bridge Street but even that is under threat.
It's indestructible - but can we always believe in (the UK trade figures with the disaggregated effect of the international trade in non-monetary) GOLD?. Jonathan Athow is Deputy National Statistician for Economic Statistics writing a blog page today on the Office for National Statistics Gold, in addition to being a hit song by Spandau Ballet, is widely used as a store of value.
Six candidates are standing for election to fill a vacancy in the Eilean à Cheò Ward of The Highland Council. The by-election is being held following the resignation of Ronald MacDonald (Independent) who was one of four Councillors representing Ward 10.
Extra support will be made available for people on low income benefits to pay for the cost of a funeral. The Funeral Support Payment's rate for expenses such as funeral director fees, a coffin, and flowers, is to be increased from £700 to £1,000 for all applications received from 1 April.
Most vulnerable young people now eligible. Young carers going through the immigration process will be able to apply for the Scottish Government's Young Carer Grant without fear of it risking their immigration status.
Position paper sets out a range of improvements. Applications for the new Child Disability Payment are going to be available online, face-to-face and by telephone - for the first time ever.
Protecting family budgets is a priority for the Scottish Government's spending plans for the year ahead. Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes set out a range of measures in the Scottish Budget to help support family incomes including: giving a 3% pay uplift for public sector workers earning up to £80,000 investing £645 million for the expansion of early learning and childcare to provide 1,140 hours of childcare a year, saving a family as much as £4,500 per child investing an additional £16 million in concessionary travel and bus services £21 million for the initial rollout of the Scottish Child Payment maintaining the widest range of free‑to‑access public services in the UK including free personal care, free prescriptions and free tuition increasing the basic and intermediate rate thresholds of income tax by inflation and freezing the higher and top rate thresholds, meaning no taxpayer in Scotland will pay more income tax in 2020-21 on their current income Ms Forbes said: "Wellbeing and fairness are at the heart of this year's Budget.
Applications for the new Child Disability Payment are going to be available online, face-to-face and by telephone - for the first time ever. The Scottish Government is introducing the new benefit this summer, replacing the UK Government's Child Disability Living Allowance.
The Highland Licensing Committee, at their meeting on 14 January 2020, made their final resolution in relation to the licensing of the public performance of plays under the public entertainment licensing regime after the repeal of the Theatres Act 1968. This was after the completion of the 28 day statutory consultation period as set out in section 9 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
At a special meeting of the former Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee, held in October last year, Councillors agreed a new approach to the introduction of car parking charges across the area that will see a surplus of income split 50/50 with local areas. At today's (Thursday 6 February) meeting of The Highland Council's new Economy and Infrastructure Committee members had the opportunity to discuss the progress made in implementing the first phase of the off-street car parking policy.
In 2020, HI-Scot credit union's focus is on making saving and borrowing easier for our members, particularly through the use of payroll deduction with businesses across the Highlands and Islands. Thousands of employees already have access to payroll deduction with HI-Scot, something the credit union wants to build on in the coming year, promoting the service to employees who work with existing partners and showing other businesses the benefits of offering payroll deduction to their staff.
The Leader of The Highland Council Margaret Davidson and the Budget Leader Alistair Mackinnon gave the Scottish Government's budget a very cautious reaction. Cllr Margaret Davidson said:"It will take a few days to assess exactly what this means for The Highland Council, and how much of this funding is ring-fenced.
To read the Scottish Government Papers on the 20/21 budget go to https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2020-21/.
No Scottish taxpayer will pay more income tax in 2020-21 on their current income, Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes confirmed as part of the Scottish Budget. For the third consecutive year, more than half of Scottish income taxpayers will pay less tax than if they lived anywhere else in the UK.
Following the resignation of Finance Minister Derek Mackay this morning Kate Forbes MSP delivered the budget statement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investing in vital public services and ending Scotland's contribution to climate change are at the heart of the Scottish Government's tax and spending plans for the year ahead.
Tens of thousands of businesses across Scotland will continue to benefit from vital business rates relief put in place by the Scottish Government. MSPs have voted to support the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill at stage three, which will now be translated into legislation.
Scottish Chambers of Commerce reacts to mixed results of Holyrood rates vote. Whilst welcoming the Scottish Parliament's decision to retain the Uniform Business Rate, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has urged the Scottish Parliament to reconsider what it believes is a major barrier to a more flexible, responsive rates system outside of the revaluation cycle following voting on the Non Domestic Rates Bill (Scotland) today.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (February, 5th) sold 2,871 sheep of all classes. Lambs (2,129) sold to £112 gross for a Blue Faced Leicester ram lamb from Blackpark Croft, Ardersier.
