DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 30th) sold 15 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (3) averaged 210.0p and sold to 214.0p per kg and £1,380.30 gross.
Today the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) and the MOD have announced that 100 Armed Forces charities will benefit from nearly £6million of extra funding to support serving personnel, veterans and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. £6million of new funding announced for 100 military charities across the UK Consultation will be launched in July on tax relief for businesses that employ veterans Enhanced support for ex-service personnel announced during Armed Forces week part of government's drive to make the UK the best country to be a veteran.
Following Scottish Government guidance on returning to construction sites across Scotland, works will be restarting on the EES:ABS scheme across the Highlands. In line with the guidance, contractors will be undertaking phased restarts and adhering to social distancing to allow workers to return to construction sites gradually while using measures such as hand hygiene.
Note - The New Deal For Britain does not introduce any new money but rather accelerates spending already announced in the spring Budget and earlier. The main change has been to bring forward £5billion of spending rather than any new money.
David Eiser, Fraser of Allander Institute. The outlook for the Scottish budget in 2020/21 has changed substantially since it was published in March.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies - Pascale Bourquin, Isaac Delestre, Robert Joyce, Imran Rasul and Tom Waters. The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the economy has been huge.
Online cryptocurrency trading company falsely claiming support from high-profile entrepreneurs has been wound-up after losing £1.5 million of clients' funds. GPay Ltd was wound up in the public interest on 23 June 2020 in the High Court before Deputy Judge Baister.
More than 3.6 million applications already and over 3.3 million have been granted status. Today (30 June 2020) marks one year before the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline of 30 June 2021.
Companies that applied to the government's tariff guarantee scheme before June 29 will have an extra 14 months to get their low-carbon heat generators up and running. Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme applicants to get extra 14 months to complete projects delayed by coronavirus outbreak government extends the tariff window to provide large-scale projects with vital breathing space 12-month extension to domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme also confirmed Green-minded companies that applied to the government's tariff guarantee scheme before June 29 will have an extra 14 months to get their low-carbon heat generators up and running.
More start-ups and innovative firms will be able to apply for investment from the government's Future Fund from today (Tuesday 30 June 2020). companies which have participated in accelerator programmes now eligible for the popular scheme.
The latest figures form the Office of National Statistics show just how bad the economy has been doing. UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms was estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020, the largest fall since Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2008.
From the Office of Budget Responsibility 25 June 2020. May's public finances data continue to show the budget deficit rising sharply.
More students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, following unprecedented demand. ven more students will have the opportunity to apply for places on nursing, midwifery or allied health professional courses in England, the Health Secretary has announced today, following unprecedented demand.
More than £800,000 is available to the UK space sector as part of European Space Agency (ESA) support for innovative commercial projects related to Earth Observation. The programme, InCubed, aims to support industry-led initiatives that will open new market opportunities.
Two prominent derelict buildings in Wick High Street are to be demolished following decades lying empty. Numbers 30 and 126 (known locally as Dominoes (the former cinema) and Sloans are to benefit from demolition and site clearance, before ownership is returned to the local community.
New guidance has been published to help Scotland's colleges and universities prepare for a safe and phased return to campus. The guidance has been developed in partnership with colleges, universities, the Scottish Funding Council, trades unions and student bodies.
Patients whose appointments were cancelled can now contact GP practice. Some NHS Scotland national screening programmes which were paused in March because of coronavirus (COVID-19) are set to resume safely, carefully and in a series of stages.
Beef and sheep farmers, consultants, vets and researchers are being asked for their views on the use of modern technology. Information collected in a new survey will be used to identify key areas for the use of agri-tech to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability in both beef and sheep production systems in Scotland.
The public are being encouraged to shop local as retail businesses across the country prepare to re-open today. Under the move to phase two of the Scottish Government's route map out of lockdown street-access retail can now re-open once guidance is implemented.
Two officers based at Dounreay received prestigious awards from Chief Constable Simon Chesterman this week in recognition of their long service and good conduct. Supt Andy Peden, who is Operational Unit Commander (OUC) at Dounreay, received a Certificate of Service, having joined us in 1980.