The Scottish Goverment wish to consult whether the content, scope and format of the statutory guidance is still helpful and fit for purpose. Consultation: Children's Services Planning - Provision of Statutory Guidance Overview The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, placed a requirement on Local Authorities and Health Boards to present evidence to the Scottish Government in a Children Services Plan which clearly sets out and demonstrates the actions planned, taken and delivered to improve outcomes for our children and young people in their area.
HMRC has webinars and online guides to help you understand the Construction Industry Scheme and what you need to do. You can ask questions during the live webinars using the on-screen text box.
Shortages of skilled workers in Scotland across key sectors of the economy such as health and social care will be made worse after Brexit, Migration Minister Ben Macpherson warned today. The warning forms part of the Scottish Government's submission to the UK Government's Migration Advisory Committee about the range of occupations which are officially classed as suffering from a shortage of staff.
Week commencing 18 March 2019. Energy & Business Services: I'm delighted to see yesterday's news that Restore Digital have announced the creation of 39 new job opportunities in Wick.
Consumers are increasingly turning towards second-hand clothing, studies are revealing - with conscientious buyers set to make pre-loved items a bigger market than so-called ‘fast fashion' by 2029. In a poll conducted by waste management agency, BusinessWaste.co.uk, almost half of the 1500 respondents (45%) said they would buy clothes that had been pre-owned.
Work is underway to introduce legal protection from creditor enforcement for people in problem debt to enable them to seek advice and enter into an appropriate debt relief solution. The purpose behind breathing space is intended to benefit both debtors and creditors by encouraging individuals to seek debt advice earlier.
Restore Digital is a leading independent provider of document scanning, content input, content capture, business process automation solutions, and professional consultancy services. Our customers trust us with their time critical, business critical and highly sensitive data.
Councils must continue to change to address gap between demand and resources. Scotland's councils are managing to improve and maintain most services.
Gills Harbour Ltd, the community-owned body that owns & operates the busy little port on Caithness's North Coast, has awarded a remedial contract to a Wick-based company. The deal, won in a competitive tender, has gone to builders/civil engineers Messrs GMR Henderson Ltd, of Martha Terrace in Wick.
For the first time in Highland GPs working in the area now have access to mentor support to help promote staff health and wellbeing. NHS Highland's Mentoring Scheme, which saw the first trained mentors graduate in 2016, was recently extended to include GPs as trained mentors and a group of 10 mentors were successful in graduating last month (February).
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March, 19th) sold 6 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (1) averaged 209.0p (+6.1p) and sold to 209.0p per kg and £1,327.15 gross.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (March, 20thth) sold 711 store cattle and 65 OTM cattle. Bullocks (369) averaged 223.3p and sold to 288.6p per kg for a 395kg Limousin cross from Park Farm, Nairn and £1,240 gross for a pair of 665kg Limousin crosses from Ashley, North Kessock.
A new report published today (Wednesday 20 March 2019) finds that concentrated land ownership is having significant impacts on communities across rural Scotland. The Scottish Land Commission report, titled Investigation into the issues associated with Large Scale and Concentrated Land Ownership in Scotland.
Payments worth more than a third of a billion pounds have begun, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has announced. In the coming months, eligible farmers, crofters and land managers will receive their Common Agricultural Policy Pillar 1 2018 entitlement, with around 78% of eligible claimants having already received up to 90% of their entitlement through a government loan in October.
The Scottish economy grew by 0.3% during the fourth quarter of 2018, according to statistics announced today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. Change in gross domestic product (GDP) is the main indicator of economic growth in Scotland.
Planning Minister Kevin Stewart has said the significant increase in planning costs associated with the amendments made at the latest Parliamentary stage of the Planning (Scotland) Bill threaten the very aims of the legislation. Mr Stewart was speaking as the Financial Memorandum for the Bill was published.
Construction and the services sector boost the economy. The Scottish economy grew for the eighth consecutive quarter according to official statistics.
Reforming the law on setting the personal injury discount rate. Legislation to create a clearer, fairer and more credible way of setting of the personal injury discount rate for damages claims has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant is extremely concerned for the future of remote GPs' practices after a prominent figure from the Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) resigned from a key working group. Dr David Hogg, Vice-Chair of RGPAS, says that the short life Remote and Rural General Practice Working Group, set up by the Scottish Government in the wake of the New GP Contract, appears to have "fallen by the wayside" when it comes to finding ways to ensure the contract is implemented successfully in rural areas.
The potential impact of Brexit on rural Scotland has been described as the ‘21st Century Clearances' in a new report published by Scottish Rural Action . The report summarises findings from a series of community conversations held across rural Scotland.
