DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (September, 4th) sold 1,844 store and breeding sheep incorporating annual sale of HISHA accredited sheep and 1335 on behalf of Lewis Livestock Producers. Store lambs (739) averaged £45.30 and sold to £60 gross for Texel crosses from 2 Englishtonmuir, Bunchrew.
- New figures reveal a 276% year-on-year increase in current account switching. - First Direct hailed as the best bank by consumers, coming top in eight of nine categories in the 2014 uSwitch Current Account Award.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 2nd) sold 41 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (17) averaged 216.2p (+6.4p) and sold to 226p per kg and £1,469.00 gross.
The Highland Council's Director of Education, Culture and Sport has updated school head teachers and local Council members on radon works in their areas. The following briefing was issued on Friday 28 August 2014.
With the wedding season nearly over, many Scots will have witnessed another round of I Do's and celebrations. However with ceremonies, and hen and stag parties becoming more elaborate, many are having to check their bank balances along with their calendars before agreeing to attend.
A new paper, ‘The Civil Service in Territorial Perspective' tells us: · How many civil servants who are part of the UK Home Civil Service are based in the devolved territories. · Few departments would be unaffected by Scottish independence.
Total bonus payments received across the whole economy during the period May 2013 to April 2014 were £40.5 billion - an increase of 4.9% compared with a year earlier – according to the annual article on bonuses from ONS. Of the total, £14.4 billion was paid in the finance and insurance industry, which increased by 2.9% over the year, and £26.1 billion in the rest of the economy, up 6.1%.
Members of The Highland Council's Education, Children and Adult Services Committee have approved the final draft of an integrated children's services plan for the Council’s Care and Learning Service. The plan titled, "For Highland’s Children 4" (2014-2019) also incorporates as far as possible the contribution of children’s services delivered by NHS Highland.
The Highland Council is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014. The Council's silver award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Glasgow on September 17.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (August 28th) sold 10,788 store lambs at their annual sale including 986 on behalf of Lewis Livestock Producers (first sale). Cheviot wedder lambs (5,430) averaged £47.60 and sold to £67.00 gross from Park Farm, Strathpeffer.
The majority of women working part-time earn less than the living wage in over 50 local authority areas across Britain, according to research published on Thursday 28th August 2014 by the TUC. Today (28 August, two-thirds of the way through 2014) is effectively the last day this year that women working part-time get paid.
Ahead of the publication of a wide ranging Which? report on the state of the credit market, Which? calls on banks to Stop Sneaky Fees and Charges on unauthorised overdrafts, as more than two thirds of users say charges are too high or unfair. New Which? research reveals that around 2.5 million people, approximately the same number as those that have used a payday loan, say they have used an unauthorised overdraft in the last 12 months.
Three Business Gateway specialist advisers are coming to Thurso next week (Tuesday 2 September 2014) to offer local businesses advice and practical guidance on three topics: Accessing Finance Winning Public Contracts Taking on Staff You can book a one-hour appointment with any or all of these advisers. All appointments will be based at the Naver Business Centre in Thurso.
Members of The Highlands Council's Resources Committee have pledged their support to The Highland Hospice's full refurbishment of Ness House and the new Netley Centre in Inverness by agreeing to contribute £200,000 of funding towards the total project cost of £6.500m. The money comes from the Council's Capital Discretionary Fund for 2014/15 and at the committee (Wednesday 27 August 2014) members also agreed a further £285K of funding from this Fund to support four more projects.
Children's services in Highland are moving forward with the creation of Family Teams as part of the community services to children, young people and families. This means that most staff involved in providing services to children, such as social workers, health visitors and school nurses will all be part of the new Family Team.
The scrapping of higher-rate tax relief on UK pensions would prompt more middle class earners to transfer their pension pots out of Britain, says the boss of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations. Nigel Green, the founder and chief executive of deVere Group, is commenting after speculation grows that after the next general election, this tax benefit will be cut - whichever political party takes power.
- Consumers would trust supermarket brands such as Waitrose (45%), Morrisons (18%) and Aldi (12%) to do their banking[1] - Three quarters (77%) would trust John Lewis to manage their money[1]while three in ten (30%) would opt for Debenhams (30%) and a quarter (27%) would pick House of Fraser[1] - Consumers are most likely to pick a bank based on how financially secure it is (87%), its reputation (86%), and competitiveness of interest rates (85%)[2] - While 88% regard online banking as essential, nearly two thirds (62%) place an importance on telephone banking, and 45% value mobile banking. - A quarter (23%) say new entrants have learned from the mistakes of traditional banks and offer better value for money (15%).
Britain's bus passengers have been let down by a lack of competition and a failure of deregulation, according to a new report from the think tank IPPR, published today. The report calls for local transport authorities modelled on Transport for London to be rolled out across the country, with stronger powers to introduce London-style bus regulation.
*Three-quarters say they're more likely to make a purchase if they spot an item that's reduced *Being on holiday also found to loosen purse strings *1 in 5 respondents say payday increases the likelihood they'll spend Spotting a bargain is the thing most likely to convince Scottish people to spend their money if they had not already been planning to. A new survey* conducted on behalf of Debt Advisory Centre Scotland revealed that nearly three-quarters of Scottish respondents (72%) admitted seeing an item was marked down or in the sale was the scenario that made them more likely than normal to get their spending money out.
Toyota UK switch on almost 13,000 solar panels on Thursday (21 August 2014) to power the car manufacturer's Deeside factory in North Wales. The solar array, designed and installed by British Gas, can produce up to 3,475,000 kWh a year - enough electricity to build up to 22,500 engines.
