DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 6th) sold 5,237 store lambs. Cheviot wedder lambs (1,310) averaged £44.60 and sold to £63 gross from 2 Dounie, Edderton.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 5th) sold 12,367 store lambs. Cheviot lambs (12,367) averaged £46.32 and sold to £69 gross for a pen of ewe lambs from the Ardchronie, Ardgay.
Caithness Chamber of Commerce has put is support behind a campaign to reduce taxes on passengers flying in the UK and has sent out this message to members to boost the online petition. As you may know, the UK levies the highest air passenger tax of any country in the world - a departure tax on all flights costing up to £188 per person on some journeys.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 3rd) sold 40 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (18) averaged 238.3p (+0.9p) and sold to 251p per kg and £1,642.20 gross.
How do you make a social enterprise sustainable? UHI Management School interview..
UHI Management School interviews Donnie MacLean, Managing Director of MacLean Electrical Group. How to take a Highland business to the world.
University of the Highlands and Islands business video. Interview with Susan Hoyle, Partner at Wright, Johnson and Mackenzie LLP..
Interview with Natalie Agnew, Director of Muckle Media. For business interviews organised by University of highland and Islands go to - http://www.youtube.com/user/thinkuhi?feature=watch.
The Highland Council’s new Chief Executive, Steve Barron, took over at the helm of the organisation on Monday 2nd September 2013. He replaces Alistair Dodds, who has retired after 22 years with the Council, the last six as Chief Executive.
The Highland Council is to write to Highland MPs to seek their support for a change to the spare room subsidy which would see all communities with a population of 3,000 or less excluded from the provisions in recognition of the absence of the appropriate housing stock to accommodate tenants who wish to move to a smaller house. Councillors have been encouraged by concessions being made by the UK Government on Welfare Reform in the wake of strong representations highlighting flaws in the legislation and are seeking the continuing support of Highland MPs to press the case on the spare room subsidy in Westminster with Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform.
Adam Beeley, IT Engagement at Highlands & Islands Enterprises discusses the support available to businesses across the region to make the most of the digital age.
Rene Looper, TuMinds talks at the Interface Digital Tourist event about current customer expectations in the digital age..
Free Event for People In Tourism Businesses In Moray and Highland 25th September 2013 Register at http://digitaltouristmoray.eventbrite.com/ BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! The Digital Tourist: Meeting the needs of the modern visitor Join Interface - The knowledge connection for business at this FREE event to look at how tourism businesses can meet and exceed the needs of the modern tourist and how we can help. The event will look at a 'modern' visitor to the Highlands and Islands and their expectations and needs in the digital age.
Kathryn Fraser from Interface - The knowledge connection for businesses discusses how businesses operating in the tourism industry can innovate through collaboration with Scotland's universities and research institutes.
Chris Moule from Robert Gordon University shows tourism businesses what they can do now to embrace the digital technology and meet the expectations of their customers..
Professor Aaron Quigley, St Andrews University talks about what the future holds for digital technology and the tourism sector..
Twenty-one ambitious students who have been bringing fresh knowledge and ideas to companies across the Highlands and Islands gathered in Inverness on Friday 30th August 2013 to present their summer placement project findings to a panel of business experts in a dragons' den style competition. The winner of finals day was Robert Anderson, of Shetland who is studying at Glasgow University.
FROM SSE Project information We are carrying out a number of upgrades to the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland. This work will reinforce the network and provide extra capacity for new generators of electricity wishing to connect.
Scotland mired in housing crisis say builders as completions fall by 25 per cent and starts slump to lowest on record. Responding to official statistics for the latest quarter showing that housing completions across all sectors fell by 25 per cent and that starts had slumped to their lowest figure on record1, the trade body representing the Scottish home building industry said it was extremely disappointed but not surprised by the news.
Figures show Scottish universities delivering for students. Figures released during Make Young People Your Business week show Scottish graduates are more likely than those from the rest of the UK to be in employment or training.