The Bankof England has published the latest Financial Stability Report, Financial Policy Committee Record and stress testing results. See the full report HERE.
• 1.6 million small businesses say they double their revenue in some months. • 53 per cent of Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) reported an increase in revenue in past year.
NFU Mutual and RAC urge drivers to prioritise in-car safety equipment. Car owners in Scotland are more likely to carry an umbrella than basic safety equipment 57% of Scottish car owners have broken down in their lifetime NFU Mutual and RAC partner to provide advice to Scottish drivers Having surveyed more than 1,500 UK-wide car owners on their ability to cope with a winter breakdown with worrying findings for those in Scotland and the UK, a rural insurance company is urging Scottish drivers to prioritise in-car safety equipment.
DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's (the United Kingdom or U.K.) Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency - Issuer Ratings at AAA. At the same time, DBRS Morningstar confirmed the Short-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at R-1 (high).
The UK government's draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2019 spells out HMRC's plans to extend IR35 compliance obligations to end users in the private sector. Since its publication, familiarity and anxiety with IR35, also known as the ‘off-payroll working rules', has escalated rapidly.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency - UK Parliamentary general election results Jamie Hume STONE - Scottish Liberal Democrats has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency at the UK Parliamentary general election on 12 December 2019. The election count was held overnight at Inverness Leisure, Bught Lane, Inverness.
Ian BLACKFORD - Scottish National Party (SNP) has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency at the UK Parliamentary general election on 12 December 2019. The election count was held overnight at Inverness Leisure, Bught Lane, Inverness.
Drew HENDRY - Scottish National Party (SNP) has been elected as the Member of Parliament for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency at the UK Parliamentary general election on 12 December 2019. The election count was held overnight at Inverness Leisure, Bught Lane, Inverness.
The Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, marked the official completion of SSEN Transmission’s flagship Caithness-Moray HVDC link with a visit to Blackhillock substation in Moray. The £1bn transmission link, delivered on time and within regulatory allowances, has unlocked the vast renewables potential of the north of Scotland.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published the Community Ownership in Scotland 2018 publication. The publication presents the number of assets in community ownership, the number of community groups that own assets and the total area of assets in community ownership.
Scottish Provincial Press, one of Scotland's largest publishers of local newspapers is under new ownership after briefly going into administration. Administrators were called in by Scottish Provincial Press (SPP) on Tuesday morning.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December 11th) sold 177 store cattle, 11 adult head of breeding cattle 24 OTM cattle. Bullocks (98) averaged 200.8p and sold to 265.1p per kilo for a pair of 215kg Limousin crosses from 14 Linicro, Portree and £1,130 gross for a 590kg Limousin cross from Towerhill, Thurso.
British Retail Consortium DISTORTION SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF BLACK FRIDAY. Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive, BRC: "Once the figures are adjusted to take account of the timing of Black Friday, growth appears stronger in November than in previous months.
Private rented sector properties in Scotland will need to achieve increased minimum standards. EPC of E at change of tenancy from 1 April 2020.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 10th) sold 15 prime cattle. Prime heifers (15) averaged 197.5p (+5.2p) and sold to 207.0p per kg and £1,289.25 gross.
Scotland's Chief Statistician has today published statistics on school pupils' achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels in reading, writing, listening & talking and numeracy. The statistics, based on teacher judgement, report on the percentage of school pupils in Primary 1 (P1), Primary 4 (P4), Primary 7 (P7) and Secondary 3 (S3) who have achieved the expected CfE level relevant to their stage.
Two roads are closed on Isle of Skye and Raasay due to landslips. The C1239 Lusa - Kylerhea Road is closed at around 3.7km from the Invergarry - Uig trunk road (A87) due to a landslip from the hill above which has covered the road with mud for around 100 - 120m.
Primary school teacher numbers are at their highest level since 1980 and total teacher numbers have risen by 288, new statistics have shown. The overall number of teachers rose to 52,247, an increase of 1,530 since 2015 and the highest level since 2009.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published statistics on Scottish Employer Perspectives Survey 2019. The Scottish Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) 2019 is a large-scale telephone survey of 2,652 employers in Scotland.
UNISON is calling on the Scottish government to step in to enforce payment of the Scottish Living Wage to all staff working for Richmond Fellowship Scotland - one of the largest providers of social care services across Scotland. UNISON has successfully campaigned to get the Scottish Living Wage (SLW) paid to all adult social care workers across Scotland.
