Engineering students at North Highland College will get the chance to get hands on work experience as part of a new course based in Thurso. The move follows a recommendation by the Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce to increase the number of higher level apprenticeship opportunities and to ensure those undertaking high level qualifications receive enhanced levels of work experience.
Weekly update from CNSRP - week commencing 7th July 2014 Energy & Business services: News today (Friday) that Ofgem has approved the need to construct a subsea electricity cable from Caithness to Moray. This £1.2bn project will enable the transmission of electricity from renewables projects in the north.
SHE Transmission, the electricity transmission subsidiary of SSE plc, has welcomed Ofgem's decision to approve the need for the new transmission link between Caithness and Moray. The new link, which will feature over 100 miles of under ground and subsea cable, is needed to transmit a large volume of electricity from renewable sources in the north of Scotland.
Ofgem gives green light to new £1.2 billion Scottish subsea link and transmission charging reform New link will bring 1.2GW of renewable energy to Britain's electricity network. Ofgem approves new transmission charging methodology, effective from April 2016.
Latest regional and country economic indicators show that the economy across the UK has been improving. Nominal output grew in every region and country between 2009 and 2012 (the latest data available) and this led to the level of nominal output in 2012 surpassing the pre-downturn level in all regions and countries except Northern Ireland.
Today the UK's leading financial capability charity The Money Charity releases its Debt Statistics, giving an overview of the financial situation in the UK. http://themoneycharity.org.uk/debt-statistics/ Borrowers in the UK are paying less interest on their debt than at any point in the last decade despite record levels of lending by banks and building societies, analysis by The Money Charity has revealed.
A local Highland builder is to appear in a new BBC rogue trader consumer programme entitled "How Safe is Your House?" Norman Hughes (recently trading as: Caledonian Roofing and Building and Driveline Paving) has been carrying out shoddy paving work at extortionate prices and ignoring warnings from trading standards officers. To alert consumers, Highland Council trading standards officers seized the opportunity to be featured in a primetime slot for BBC One's How safe is your house? programme.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 8th) sold 42 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (24) averaged 199.3p (+4.3p) and sold to 212p per kg and £1,479.80 gross.
Clachmore to Latheron. Safety improvement works worth around £200,000 have begun on the A9 between Clashmore to Latheron, north of Inverness.
Queen's Baton Relay Route in Highland 9th - 12th July 2014 Wednesday 9th July Ullapool Ferry in at 9am Baton Bearing starts 0925 Route follows from pier, along Shore St and Mill St to Morefield. Visits Macphail Centre - Ullapool High School Short welcome and photo opp at Pier.
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has today issued a report on the 2013-14 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs. The report describes how HMRC deploys its compliance resources and measures and reports the impact of its compliance work.
Overnight works start Sunday 13th July for 2 weeks. The A9 trunk road south of Slochd Summit is set to benefit from improvements worth £384,000.
Deloitte is now inviting applications for 1,750 entry level positions at the firm, including more than 1,000 roles for graduates. The firm offers a variety of entry level positions that include jobs for school leavers after A-levels, positions for students during their university course and graduates.
Week commencing 30th June 2014 Energy & Business services: As our discussions on renewables sector investment opportunities into the area continue to firm up, it is good to see evidence of further enabling work taking place in the area. Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has begun streaming data on wave conditions at its proposed site at Farr Point in north Sutherland.
Live wave measurements captured off the north coast of Scotland are now accessible to public via the Pelamis Wave Power website. Pelamis Wave Power manages the development of commercial scale wave power projects around Scotland, in parallel with other Pelamis wave farms being developed directly by customers and joint venture partners.
- Post Office current account will be available in 239 branches across the UK by the end of September - Customers can service their accounts in over 11,500 branches, online or at one of the 40 mobile Post Office vans - Accounts can be opened with a minimum balance of £20 - Customers will receive a £100 One4All gift card when they switch to a Post Office current account The Post Office announces the next stage of extending the current account pilot to further branches across the UK as it continues to position itself as a challenger to the high street banks. From today, the Post Office current account, in partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, will be made available in an additional 76 branches bringing the total to 239 by the end of September through a phased introduction.
- Drivers actively shopping around for best deal benefit as average car insurance premiums now £406 a year - June saw first monthly fall in premiums since February 2014 British motorists continue to benefit from declining car insurance premiums, according to today's pricing data from MoneySuperMarket. www.moneysupermarket.com/car-insurance/ Analysis of 42.5 million car insurance quotes run on Britain's number one comparison site between January 2011 and June 2014 reveals that the average cost of car insurance fell last month, to £406 - down from £411 in May.
Londoners have proved that although the Scots may be canny with their cash, when it comes to money matters the nation's financial centre is the UK's savviest city. Comparison website Gocompare.com compiled ten questions to test consumer's attitudes to managing their money together with their financial general knowledge in order to create the first 'Savvy Cities Index'.
Leading energy provider, Co-operative Energy is today announcing that it will sponsor 2014's Community Energy Fortnight, as part of the world's biggest community energy campaign. Organised by the Community Energy Coalition (CEC) - a group of 36 civil society organisations led by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Community Energy Fortnight will run from 13th to 28th September and will be the highlight of the community energy calendar.
