DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (August, 7th) sold 6617 store lambs at their annual district sale to average £52.65 (-£0.25 on the year). Cheviot wedder lambs (3,551) averaged £51.79 (-£0.92) and sold to £68.00 gross from Knockglass, Dornoch.
Fuel retailers in rural areas asked to let the government know how much they charge for petrol and diesel. A fuel pump Fuel retailers in remote areas of the UK are being asked to let the government know how much they charge for petrol and diesel as the government prepares to seek permission from the European Commission to extend the island fuel rebate scheme, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.
Highland fishing communities still have time to benefit from the European Fisheries Fund Axis 4 programme. Now entering into the latter stages of the programme the Highland Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) would like to highlight there is still financial support available to assist local projects.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (August, 6th) sold 36 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (11) averaged 232.9p (+0.3p) and sold to 250p per kg and £1,545.75 gross.
Reporter - Bill Mowat Big 'push' by France into tidal-stream electricity developments, spearheaded by a major Pentland Firth participant, is welcomed by the chairman of Scotland's most Northerly mainland port. Community-owned Gills Harbour Ltd lies adjacent to the Firth's 'tide-fields', while upgrade works at the Gills Bay site continue throughout this summer (2013).
Sign of ‘increasing consumer confidence’ Scottish retail sales figures have increased for the second time this year, official figures published today show. The amount of goods purchased in shops increased by 2.4 per cent when compared to the same quarter last year, and 0.5 per cent when compared to the previous quarter.
Police in Wick are investigating two incidents of housebreaking. One of the incidents occurred at a premises on the High Street and one in the Whitehouse Park area.
Scottish tourism businesses are being encouraged to adapt their products and services to tap into ancestral tourism opportunities in the run up to 2014, when Scotland welcomes the world for Homecoming, the Ryder Cup and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Companies are being urged to take advantage of this market through a new Ancestral Tourism in Scotland guide published by Tourism Intelligence Scotland (TIS), as part of its Opportunities for Growth series, aimed at helping businesses to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities in the sector.
Overall spending per person on benefits (including tax credits and the state pension) is only slightly higher in Scotland than in Great Britain as a whole. Within this, higher spending on old-age benefits and significantly higher spending on disability benefits is almost entirely offset by lower spending on housing benefit and the fact that there are fewer children per adult in Scotland, which leads to lower spending on child benefit and tax credits.
Following the news from BT that through its commercial rollout fibre broadband is now available in Inverness, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) says it expects the first exchanges of a multi million pound publicly funded next generation broadband project to go live by April 2014. The community and economic development agency signed a contract with BT in March which, alongside the telecoms company’s commercial rollout, will bring fibre broadband services to around 84% of the region’s homes.
The £600,000 project to reintroduce rail services at Conon Bridge for the first time in more than five decades has been praised at a top UK transport awards. Delivered by ScotRail and Network Rail, the station reopening earned Highly Commended in the Small Project categories at the Network Rail Partnership Awards in London.
A new average speed camera system, which will run from Dunblane to Inverness, is to be installed on the A9 to improve safety. Transport Minister Keith Brown visited Blackford along the route today (26 July) to see one of the areas that will benefit from the scheme.
POLICE are renewing their previous warnings about deception thefts targeting businesses across the Highlands. Police received a report of a "ringing the changes" fraud at a restaurant/pub in the Inverness area yesterday, 25 July.
Expert group to begin considering applications for Scottish Government funding. Almost 1,000 applications have been received for Scottish Government funding to help farmers hit by extreme winter weather.
Figures released today show that personal and company insolvencies in Scotland have risen slightly in the first quarter of 2013-14, but continue to fall in comparison with the previous year. The Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS), continues to be seen as a viable alternative to bankruptcy.
Action plan for prawn and white fisheries. Fishermen will be offered help to deal with the current pressures facing the industry through an action plan unveiled today.
Food and drink sales up 3.3 per cent The volume of Scottish manufactured export sales grew by 2.5 per cent during the first quarter of 2013 (January to March). An expansion in exports of food and drink, which was up 3.3 per cent in the first quarter, has contributed to the overall increase in export sales.
FUNDING BOOST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES LOOKING TO TEST THE EUROPEAN MARKET. Highland Opportunity’s Business Gateway service has received Highland Council and Moray Council backing to launch a new grant scheme aimed at helping small businesses to explore new opportunities in Europe.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 23rd) sold 48 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (23) averaged 240.7p (-4.4p) and sold to 250p per kg and £1,614.70 gross.
Scotland’s regional airports handled more than 5,000 extra passengers last month according to new figures. Passenger numbers across the HIAL network, which includes 11 airports, increased in June to 126,453, a rise of 5,282 (+4.4%) on June 2012.