Police express frustration over the number of speeding drivers who continue to ignore warnings. Northern Constabulary's Head of Road Policing has expressed frustration that many motorists are continuing to speed and put other road users lives at risk, despite repeated warnings.
Europe's leading car hire provider Europcar is to open Wick Airport's first car hire location, offering improved service for passengers. Airport Station Manager William Sutherland said the new car hire location would improve the airport's appeal to business users and inbound visitors.
Sightings of whales and dolphins have been coming fast and furious this summer in the north as many more are being reported than usual. the Se Watch Foundation has been highlighting the sightings ahead of their annual whale watch that runs on 27th, 28th and 29th July at many points in the UK.
With more graduates than ever finding it tough to get into the workplace a new scheme to help them get a foothold into business, whilst at the same time helping Highland companies get the right kind of help to grow, launches this month. The Highland Council Graduate Placement Programme is a work placement scheme being delivered by Business Gateway Highlands' Recruitment Service.
Highland Councillors who are members of the Planning Review body rejected the application to extend the Forss wind farm with anther five turbines. Councillors on the review body visited the site on Thursday 19th July 2012 and decided that the planners had previously made the correct decision based on the intrusion to the views in the area.
Police seize commercial cannabis cultivation at a house at Gollanfield, between Nairn and Inverness, A96. Police have seized a cannabis cultivation with an estimated street value of £100,000 from a property just off the A96 at Gollanfield, between Inverness and Nairn.
Enabling Activities: Enabling those who are currently out of work to find employment, helping school students to identify paths towards employment and supporting those seeking transition opportunities within the current workforce were the three drivers for a meeting I convened this week with colleagues from North Highland College, Skills Development Scotland, Caithness Chamber of Commerce and Highland Council's Employability team. The discussion was to progress plans for an event that promotes access to skills opportunities in new and emerging sectors with relevance to the area.
Far North MP John Thurso has been appointed to the UK Parliamentary commission on standards in banking established to investigate the unfolding LIBOR interest rate fixing scandal and the culture behind it. John Thurso, who sits on the influential Select Committee, is one of five MPs from all the major parties who will be looking into standards in the banking industry.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (July, 18th) sold 1,308 store cattle at the Anniversary show and sale. The Judge, Mr D.
Council to run sessions highlighting changes to the welfare benefit system. The Highland Council will be running a number of awareness raising sessions in Skye and Lochalsh, Ullapool and Dingwall over the next few weeks advising people on how changes to the new Welfare Reform may affect them.
9,000 employment boost does not disguise need for UK policy change. The First Minister today called on the UK Government to urgently stimulate economic growth and jobs following the publication of new Scottish GDP and labour market figures.
Applications are being invited for a new £75,000 fund, launched today by Zero Waste Scotland, to help transform local areas blighted by illegal flytipping. Grants of between £500 and £10,000 will be available to community groups, landowners and land managers in the Highland area, who are consistently battling the problem of unlawfully dumped waste, such as furniture, TVs, white goods and garden and commercial waste.
Northern Constabulary enforcement campaign to target speeding motorists on roads in Highlands and Islands. Northern Constabulary joins Scotland's other forces this weekend in an enforcement campaign against those who drive at excessive or inappropriate speeds.
The decision to refuse planning permission for five further turbines at Forss, Caithness will be reviewed on Thursday 19th July 2012. RES the company behind the bid say the six turbines already on the site supply power to more than 3,700 homes RES says it wants to add five turbines to the six it has at Forss in Caithness.
Highlands and Islands companies confirm academic partnerships boost business. Interface providing vital support to businesses.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July, 17th) sold 41 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (7) averaged 210.4p (+2.7p) and sold to 234p per kg and £1,661.65 gross.
This is a short message to update you on activities relating to the Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership. Update 9th July 2012 Tourism: Natural Retreats, the operators of the new development at John O'Groats, confirmed in this week's local press the good news that the high-quality self-catering lodges at its site should be completed by early August, with already encouraging levels of interest.
Over £9bn investment in the railways is to be announced by the Coalition, in a demonstration of unity following Tory rebellion over House of Lords reform. Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg are to outline a series of investments to take place between 2014 and 2019, with £5bn to complete current schemes such as Crossrail and Thameslink.
Extremely cold weather for prolonged periods of 2010 has had a major impact on Scotland's emissions, Environment and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson said today. Some of the coldest temperatures experienced in 91 years resulted in households across Scotland being forced to keep the heating on and resulted in a significant rise in both residential and power station emissions.