Nearly £1.6 billion to directly support up to 5,000 jobs and tackle fuel poverty is at the heart of plans to drive Scotland's green recovery and end our contribution to climate change. Part of an enhanced Green New Deal, the investment will transform heat and energy efficiency of buildings and rapidly accelerate the decarbonisation of an area which makes up a quarter of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions.
A planned £12.5 million retail and residential development on the site of the former Arnotts department store in Inverness city centre is moving closer to fruition. The proposed sympathetic restoration and preservation of listed buildings on Union Street and Baron Taylor's Street will bring original features back to life, such as shopfront detailing, spiral wrought iron staircases and exposed walls, with the original facade on Union Street restored to its former glory.
Government-backed autonomous vehicles project has achieved its goal of sending a Nissan LEAF on a self-navigated 'Grand Drive'. The Grand Drive's success highlights the UK as one of the best places in the world for the development and deployment of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technology.
The project has been part-funded by £4.5 million from the government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Innovate UK. Fusion Processing is an SME based in Bristol's Future Space.
The Chancellor thanked Britons for helping protect thousands of jobs across the UK after statistics revealed that more than 100 million meals were eaten as part of the landmark Eat Out to Help Out scheme. over 100 million meals have been claimed for under the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme Chancellor thanks Brits for eating out to protect 1.8 million jobs in hospitality on 31 August - the final day of the scheme - bookings were up 216% compared to the same day in 2019 (OpenTable) Rishi Sunak said the scheme's popularity had helped protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector and drive the nation’s economic recovery from coronavirus.
Statistics revealed that more than 6.3 million meals were eaten in Scotland as part of the landmark Eat Out to Help Out scheme. Thousands of jobs across Scotland have been supported after statistics revealed that more than 6.3 million meals were eaten in Scotland as part of the landmark Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and more than 100 million eaten UK-wide.
Abbey Properties Cambridgeshire Limited are continuing to explore the potential to add additional wind turbines to the existing 6 turbines at the Forss Business & Energy Park approximately 7km west of Scrabster on the north coast of Caithness. We undertook an exhibition in July 2019 for a 5 turbine scheme and have since been reviewing the scheme.
FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 4th) sold 1,913 store sheep of all classes. Lambs (1,715) sold to £74 gross for a pen of Texel crosses from Old Ardtornish Cottage, Morven.
A number of signs have been put up in car parks across Caithness over the last few weeks. These are statutory control of use orders and the Highland Council are required to put them up.
.The wellbeing of residents at Home Farm in Portree has been protected by NHS Highland who are to purchase the care home, the Health Secretary has confirmed. The purchase of the home by NHS Highland from provider HC-One has been secured with £900,000 of additional funding from the Scottish Government.
Highland Council today agreed a bold, new thirty-year vision for the future of Highland to promote through the Scottish Government's new National Planning Framework. Known as the Highland Indicative Regional Spatial Strategy (IRSS for short), it sets out the Council's ideas for how the region can prosper in the period to 2050 and also support the delivery of national priorities and outcomes.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (September, 3rd) sold 1,488 store and breeding sheep incorporating annual sale of HISHA accredited sheep and 656 on behalf of Lewis Livestock Producers. Gimmers (389) averaged £130.74 (+£30.85 on the year) and sold to £172 gross for a pen of Texel crosses from 3 Balnabeen, Conon Bridge.
Google's new Digital Services Tax fee is another ‘kick in the Googlies' for online shoppers, says ParcelHero Google has announced it is passing the cost of the new 2% UK Digital Services Tax directly to its advertisers from November. The e-commerce delivery specialist ParcelHero says this means that, once again, it will be Britain's online shoppers who ultimately pay the price.
The Council will be inviting members of the public to participate in an forthcoming consultation on an updated draft ‘Housing in the Countryside Supplementary Guidance (HICSG)' which was approved for consultation by the Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee today (2 September). The upcoming consultation will provide an opportunity for people to comment on the planning policies that promote and direct future rural housing across Highland.
Flow from rest of UK to Scotland on the rise. People moving from the rest of the UK have boosted the population in Scotland by 137,000 over the past two decades, according to a new report.
Five technology hubs will be established with £4 million to support the next generation of Scottish start-ups. This initial funding, announced today by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes on a visit to the CodeBase technology incubator in Edinburgh, will invest in critical infrastructure, enabling the hubs to give entrepreneurs world-class training and mentoring alongside the chance to network and share ideas.
The Housing and Property committee of Highland council at its meeting on 9 September 2020 will discuss housing issues including he waiting lists for homes Housing Demand There were a total of 7,785 ‘Housing' and ‘Transfer' List applications held at the end of 2019/20 compared to 7,890 in 2018/19. Need for affordable housing does not appear to be significantly reducing.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is to invest £3m over the next three years in tourism destination management organisations (DMOs) as part of the agency's support for the sector's recovery. DMOs are formalised membership organisations representing local tourism providers, with many involved in regional level partnership working.
Cairngorm Estate owner, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has responded positively to a request from stakeholders to extend the deadline, which was originally to be 31 August. Deadline extended to 15 September.
Businesses that meet the criteria will be eligible for both grants and a holistic business review with bespoke support based on their individual needs. Carroll Buxton, deputy chief executive of HIE, said: "Hotels are at the heart of our tourism sector, which is central to our regional economy and a vital source of rural employment.