PORTREE, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 16th) sold 2,405 store lambs & feeding sheep. Lambs (2,240) averaged £39.13 (+£5.38 on the year) and sold to £69 gross for Crosses from 15 Glenconon, Uig.
A new benefit to help low income families meet the costs of a funeral is open for applications. The payment - which is being delivered by Social Security Scotland - will help towards the cost of a funeral.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 13th) sold 4,970 store lambs. Cheviot wedder lambs (1,192) averaged £40.64 and sold to £56.00 gross from Free Farm, Tomatin.
Local food and drink businesses are celebrating after being named finalists in the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards (HIFAD) 2019. HIFAD celebrate passion, quality and innovation throughout the region.
The latest Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Business Panel Survey published today (10 September) shows that 89% of companies across the region are offering benefits such as competitive levels of pay, training and skills development, flexible working and paying the living wage. Over a thousand businesses across the region took part in the latest survey conducted between 10 June and 8 July.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 12th) sold 8,231 store lambs. Cheviot lambs averaged £44.06 (+£0.34 on the year) and sold to £70 gross for a pen of ewe lambs from Ardchronie, Ardgay.
The death of the US billionaire t Boone Pickens, from Texas, has been revealed. His Mesa Petroleum Inc.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has questioned Kate Forbes, the Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, about reports that criminals are targeting rural businesses due to the lack of facilities to bank cash. Mrs Grant, at General Questions in Holyrood today, asked what the Scottish Government was doing to support Highlands and Islands businesses experiencing losses due to cuts in rural banking services.
MSP Rhoda Grant is calling on the Health Secretary to launch an urgent review into the availability and suitability of emergency air transport for pregnant women across the whole of the Highlands and Islands. Her plea comes after her further investigation into the case of a Caithness mother who went into labour at 30 weeks with twins.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highlands Marts Ltd, (September, 9th) sold 3,719 ewe lambs and gimmers at the Highland Mule Breeders Association annual show and sale. The gimmer judge, Mr A.
Improved financial support to help with bereavement costs. A new benefit providing help for people on low incomes to meet the costs of a funeral will be available from 16 September 2019.
Consultation on local levy launched. Members of the public, businesses and the tourism sector are being asked for their views on the design of a levy which would let local authorities, who deem it appropriate for their local circumstances, charge visitors a fee for staying overnight in their area.
Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop has outlined a multi-million pound package of measures to help support Scotland's world-class tourism industry. The sector is an important part of the Scottish economy, employing more than 200,000 workers and hosting millions of visitors every year from all over the world.
As part of The Highland Council's Redesign, the Council has announced two further appointments to new posts of Executive Chief Officer (ECO). Stuart Black, Director of Development and Infrastructure, will take up the post of ECO for Transformation and Economy at the end of the month.
Changes to a number of Polling Districts and Polling Places in the Highlands were agreed yesterday (Thursday 5 September 2019) at the meeting of The Highland Council. Members approved a new Scheme of Polling Districts and Polling Places that will be in place for the next four years.
If you need to raise finance for your project it is usual to seek a ‘self-build mortgage'. Mortgages for self-build houses are a specialist product and many lenders do not offer them.
Age Scotland is calling for urgent reassurances over contingency plans in the face of uncertainty over health, social care and immigration. The charity warns that shortages of medication and qualified health and care staff could have a serious impact on Scotland's oldest and most vulnerable people.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (September, 5th) sold 1,612 store and breeding sheep incorporating annual sale of HISHA accredited sheep and 519 on behalf of Lewis Livestock Producers. Gimmers (543) averaged £99.89 (+£1.67 on the year) and sold to £148 gross for a pen of Cheviot Mules from Newmore, Muir of Ord.
Twenty-six projects have received a share of £900,000 through the Highland & Moray Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) to boost the local economy and create jobs within the fishing, aquaculture and maritime industries, backing a total investment of over £2 million pounds. The funding has been awarded through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund & Scottish Government to encourage community-led local development and enable localised decision making though Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs).
Report from Fraser of allender Institute published today 5th September 2019. Executive summary The Direct Long-term Trade Impacts of EU Exit Scenarios on Northern Ireland.
