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Starting Salary: £12,595 in Year 1 rising to £18,191 in Year 4. Dounreay is working at the forefront of nuclear decommissioning, waste management and environmental restoration.
The Institute for Government sums up what is to come. The UK is set to leave the EU on 31 January 2020 and enter the transition period - a milestone in the Brexit process.
Many people feel frustrated by the Big Banks and they way they are closing branches and continuing to with draw from communities and their continuing reductions in lending to smaller local businesses. A new report published by Common Weal this week shows there is another way for banking already in use in other countries that is rooted in a banking system owned by its customers.
Wick John O'Groats airports one of the airports that would be downgraded and cameras installed to be controlled from New Century House in Inverness Highlands and Islands, Airports Ltd has announced air traffic control for five Scottish regional airports is to be undertaken centrally from Inverness, The change will involve Sumburgh, Dundee, Inverness, Kirkwall and Stornoway. The move is in order to modernise with much more computer control and camera systems at the airports.
Storm Brendan has taken its toll on roads and infrastructure across the Highlands. Localised flooding, wind and ice has caused damage to roads, paths, car parks and walls in numerous areas including Applecross, Lochaber and Caithness and Sutherland.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (January, 16 th ) sold 2,723 sheep of all classes. Lambs (1,761) averaged £68.06 and sold to £107 for a Rouge from Woodside, Muir of Tarradale.
Applications will be taken in advance for Scottish Child Payment to help with expected high demand. An estimated 170,000 children will be eligible for the new £10 weekly Scottish Child Payment when it goes live later this year.
The Money Advice Service has advice on their blog and what the changes to overdraft fees mean for you. Major changes affecting your overdraft will be introduced in April 2020, but some banks and building societies will introduce these changes earlier.
Published 15 January 2020. Details The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's decommissioning agenda offers both challenges and opportunities for the communities in which we operate.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, David Stewart, questioned the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf, in Parliament today about facilities for women prisoners from the Highlands and Islands and Moray. During Portfolio Questions, Mr Stewart asked the Cabinet Secretary what plans the Scottish Government has for a new women's community integration unit in the Highlands and Islands.
Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes has replied to a letter from the Scottish business community highlighting the Scottish Government's support for maintaining the Uniform Business Rate. In the letter she echoed concerns that the amendment to devolve control of rates to local authorities would create risk and uncertainty for both ratepayers and local authorities.
Flybe's franchise partner Eastern Airways has flights to Wick from Aberdeen and would have been in danger if the company had gone bust. Flybe has agreed £110m rescue deal.
The transnational project, called ‘DisruptAqua', is worth €155,000 and is being supported by the European Union's Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme (NPA) 2014-2020. As the demand for fish is increasing, the innovative use of existing and new technologies is required.
Paving the way for the Scottish National Investment Bank. Housing, regeneration and industrial and commercial developments are being supported by investments of £100 million through the Building Scotland Fund (BSF).
Efforts to eradicate homelessness will be stepped up in 2020 as all measures in the £50 million Ending Homelessness Action Plan are progressed. Work to transform services and provide access to permanent, stable accommodation is already underway.
Loan payments are now being issued to provide financial support to hill farmers and crofters in some of Scotland's most remote and marginalised areas. Under the first tranche of the Less Favoured Area Support Loan Scheme payments, more than 7,500 eligible hill farmers and crofters will receive loans of up to 95% of their 2019 payment - more than the 90% offered last year.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (January, 14th) sold 26 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (10) averaged 186.7p (N/C) and sold to 205.0p per kg and £1,367.10 gross.
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has launched a campaign to persuade the Finance Secretary Derek Mackay MSP to invest in Scotland's councils before it is too late. COSLA has produced a briefing document Invest in Essential Services which clearly shows the reduction to Local Government funding since 2013/14 and how the flexibility councils have to spend their budget has been eroded by the Scottish Government.
Menzies Distribution is hailing an electric start to 2020 as it unveils expansion of its zero-emissions delivery fleet to Scotland. The company already has the UK's largest all electric vehicle fleet as well as the largest commercial charging infrastructure in the UK through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gnewt, delivering parcels across London.
