Highlands & Islands (including Moray) MSP and road safety campaigner, David Stewart, re-launched his social media campaign in relation to driving this winter called SNOW. S - Scrape ice and snow from all vehicle windows before driving off N- Never drink and drive or take drugs and drive O- Obey all road signs and road traffic laws and regulations W- When in doubt about driving - Don't David Stewart speaking today said:"My message is simple really.
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) today published the Adults' Services Workforce 2017 report, taking a detailed look at the adults' services workforce, which makes up 71% of the total social service workforce. The data in the report supplements the information published in August in the SSSC's Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2017 Workforce Data.
Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report. Spending slashed by £1500 as over half report to cutting back in 2018 · 58% of people have cut back on spending in 2018, saving an average of £125 a month.
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Weeks commencing 10th & 17th December 2018. UKVL Sutherland: The UKVL team was in Tongue last week to hold another drop-in session to update local residents on progress with the project.
When Do We Trust a Business? According to recent data, it takes around 4-6 reviews before 32% of customers begin to trust a business. Smallbusinessprices.co.uk have also found people trust 3 or 4-star ratings over 5-star ratings.
Twenty nine members of The Highland Council's Care and Learning team have celebrated their success in completing the Council's 15 month ‘Lead On’ programme. ‘Lead On’, is a programme designed to develop practitioners’ understanding of change leadership and apply this through a change initiative in their place of work.
NHS boards in Scotland should be banned from buying fax machines and a date should be made for them to be phased out entirely, says a Highlands and Islands MSP. David Stewart, Labour's Shadow Health Minister, previously asked health boards in Scotland how many had fax machines and was shocked to discover that more than 1,200 were still in use across the country.
Prestigious golf tournament worth £120 million to Scottish economy. The 147th Open at Carnoustie generated a £120 million benefit to Scotland, according to an independent study revealed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 24th) sold 23 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (4) averaged 205.9p (-5.7p) and sold to 221.0p per kg and £1,376.85 gross.
Corallian is the operator of the P2235 and P1918 licenses which contain the Wick and Colter prospects. Corallian plans to drill the two wells as a back-to-back program using the Ensco 72 jack-up rig.
A Caithness engineering and design company has created new jobs and moved into larger premises. Thurso based Envision Engineering & Design's expert team provides product and engineering design services to clients in many industrial sectors from nuclear, oil & gas, hydro and renewables.
Our Service Centre will close at 4pm on 24 December. We will be open as normal on 27, 28 and 31 December (opening times 8am to 4pm).
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has ruled out allowing patients, who claim they have been bullied, to submit their concerns to the QC led review into allegations of NHS Highland bullying and harassment. This is contrary to reply in the Scottish Parliament chamber during a members' business debate last month when Ms Freeman said: "The review will explore the underlying issues and will include conversations with any affected individuals, including current and former staff, their representatives, board members, management and patients, if patients wish to come forward." Labour's Shadow Health Minister, David Stewart, who also represents the Highlands and Islands, said he was extremely disappointed by the response from the Health Secretary in a Parliamentary Question he lodged.
Added 20 December 2018. The archive film of the meeting can be found at - https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/public-audit-and-post-legislative-scrutiny-committee-december-20-2018 The Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee will take evidence from the following witnesses tomorrow from 9.00am Thursday 20 December: John Burns, Chief Executive, NHS Ayrshire and Arran Professor Elaine Mead, Chief Executive, NHS Highland You can watch the meeting live via https://www.scottishparliament.tv/ from 9am on Thursday 20th December 2018.
Highland Councillors are looking forward beyond the current Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal and asking: "What next and where?". Following publication of the Deal's annual report, Leader of The Highland Council Cllr Margaret Davidson said: "A meeting will be convened in the New Year with Councillors who have a particular interest in the City-Region Deal to talk about where we can go next and what we can do.".
Work underway to determine Highland's Budget allocation. Commenting after the news received last night of Councils' individual allocations, from the Scottish Government’s draft Budget, Budget Leader Councillor Alister Mackinnon said: "Having received the details of our allocation just last night, it will take some time to work through the proposed settlement and do a detailed analysis.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (December, 18th) sold 38 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (9) averaged 211.6p (+3.7p) and sold to 225.0p per kg and £1,240.25 gross.
If the Scottish Government wants to meet its promises to expand free childcare it will need to train more staff and increase their wages. That is the result of a comprehensive survey by UNISON Scotland of the numbers currently being trained to deliver the expansion.
The decommissioning of Dounreay's oldest nuclear reactor has taken a major step forward with the award of a multi-million pound contract. Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR) was the first operational nuclear reactor in Scotland and achieved criticality in 1958.