Does your business have a strategy in place to comply with compulsory provision of pensions for all employees? Do you know by what date you will have to comply? Are your employee benefits fit for purpose and providing value for money? Does your business have a strategy in place to comply with compulsory provision of pensions for all employees? Do you know by what date you will have to comply? Are your employee benefits fit for purpose and providing value for money? Caithness Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Chamber members, NFU Mutual, invite you to a presentation on employee benefits and the impact that auto-enrolment and NEST (National Employment Savings Trust) may have on your business. This free event is being held on Monday 9th July in Caithness Horizons from 19:00 to 21:00.
Council targeting holiday homes that are avoiding payment for their waste collection services. Back in February this year, The Highland Council wrote to the owners of around 1,650 non-domestic rated (NDR) holiday home properties advising them of their legal obligations under the Environmental Protection Act and associated Duty of Care Regulations to have in place a waste collection contract for dealing with the waste generated from their businesses.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 19th) sold 58 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (48) averaged 206.1p (+1.5p) and sold to 226p per kg and £1,455.90 gross.
Scottish biomass plant breathes new life into Wick district heating scheme. Ignis Biomass Limited (Ignis Biomass) is pleased to announce that it is now the owner-operator of the district heating scheme in Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
Come and see our new office at Stevenson House, Harbour Street, Wick Tuesday 19th June 2012 "To build the kind of society that we all want, we need to pay more attention to the way that we relate to our youngest children. Science is helping us to understand why it is that the way we love our children matters so much." Dr.
Dementia Awareness Week (18-24 June) - 'Creative Minds': Dementia in Scotland 2012 Dementia Awareness Week will run from 18-24 June 2012 and this year Alzheimer Scotland will be focusing on creativity and dementia: in policy, practice, activities and attitudes. There will be events happening all over Scotland, from Shetland to the Borders, raising awareness about dementia and the challenges faced by the 84,000 people with the illness and their families.
The Registrar General for Scotland today published provisional figures for births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered during the first quarter of 2012. The figures show 14,218 deaths were registered in Scotland between January and the end of March 2012 - the lowest number of deaths recorded during the first quarter of the year for at least 100 years.
EDF Energy has been awarded the national electricity contract to supply Scotland's public sector, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment Alex Neil confirmed today. The company will deliver electricity supplied from 100 per cent renewable sources and the three-year contract is expected to save taxpayers at least £40m, which is £10 million more than the initial 3 year period of the previous contract.
Used nappies could be turned into garden furniture or roof tiles under an imaginative recycling scheme being trialled in Scotland. Each year around 160 million nappies are sent to rubbish dumps in Scotland but a pilot scheme in four Scottish councils could put an end to that.
The number of households in Scotland continues to increase despite a slowdown in the rate of growth since 2007. These increases are projected to continue over the coming 25 years.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Poverty and income inequality in Scotland 2010/11. This publication presents annual estimates of the proportion and number of children, working age adults and pensioners living in low income households in Scotland and the distribution of household income across Scotland.
Highlands & Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, and Catherine Stihler MEP have welcomed the news of a possible breakthrough on the matter of subsidy payments for heather grazed animals. Present EU proposals would mean that only animals fed on grass and other herbaceous plants are eligible for EU subsidies however many sheep in the Highlands & Islands are heather grazed.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise invites you to attend a Public Consultation on "The Thurso Cinema" being brought back into operation. A prospective operator will present options to bring the cinema back into operation and is seeking comments and views from the community.
The Highland Council continues to run its 'zero tolerance' campaign on litter and Officers will again be making a targeted effort over the next fortnight. During the two week campaign people caught dropping litter will be issued with Fixed Penalty Notices throughout the Highland Area.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (June, 14th) sold 535 sheep of all classes. Lambs (61) sold to £76 gross for a Suffolk cross from Fassock, Kiltarlity.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today refused planning consent for a proposed wind farm at Spittal Hill, Caithness. The Energy Minister found that the impact of the proposed wind farm on the occupants of nearby properties was too high, and that the cumulative impact of the wind farm on views when considered together with existing and consented wind farms nearby, was too high.
Energy secretary Ed Davey, today at the Global Offshore Wind Power conference defended the wind industry in a hard hitting speech. "I believe truly cost-competitive offshore wind is less than a decade away," he said.
Scotland's beef industry must be supported to overcome current challenges and capitalise on the many opportunities there are for future growth. That was the message from Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead today as a report was published looking at market conditions for Scotch Beef, an internationally recognised premium product.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 13th) sold 74 store cattle & 1 breeding bull. Bullocks (35) averaged 208.1p and sold to 247.6p per kg for a 210kg Simmental cross from 3 Tockavaig, Isle of Skye, and £890 gross for a 495kg Limousin cross from Brucefield, Portmahomack.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (June, 12th) sold 63 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (34) averaged 204.6p (+1.2p) and sold to 224p per kg and £1,420.80 gross.
