DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 10th) sold 70 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (41) averaged 168.7p (+3.4p) and sold to 180p per kg and £1,177.35 gross.
Members of The Highland Council's Inverness City Committee have given the final go ahead for a sponsorship scheme of the City's roundabouts. Five roundabouts within Inverness will soon be advertised by the Council and interested businesses can bid for the right to sponsor the landscaping on each roundabout.
Pupils at a Caithness primary school have been named as the winners of a competition to celebrate Healthy Highland Week in which they had to suggest healthy alternatives to sweets as rewards. Members of SNAG, the School's Nutrition Action Group, at South Primary School in Wick were presented with a cheque for the school on Wednesday (February 4) for coming up with the best ideas in the competition organised by NHS Highland.
Would like you help Highland BlindCraft? Easy - Just help boost their sales by checking out the high quality beds and other furniture. A difficult trading year by the company that manufactures and sells high quality beds and furniture has resulted in a loss last year.
Following The Highland Council's success at the Loo of the Year Awards, staff from the Education, Culture and Sport service who are responsible for looking after the award winning toilets were presented with their certificates at a special ceremony in Inverness held on Tuesday 3rd February 2009' Mike Burton, Managing Director of Albany Washroom Services who sponsor the Awards travelled to Inverness to make the presentation. He congratulated everyone involved for the superb results and said: "It is obvious that Highland Council has galvanised an enthusiastic team of motivated cleasing personnel and management that take tremendous pride in the standards of the toilets that they maintain.
A total of 63 schools in Highland were closed or partially closed today (Thursday 5 February 2009) as a result of the adverse weather. This involved 48 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, one school for pupils with additional support needs and four nursery units.
A freeze in the Council Tax is being recommended by the Independent/Liberal Democrat/Labour Administration of The Highland Council when the Council holds a special meeting on Thursday 12 February to confirm the 2009/10 Council Tax levels. The tax is set to remain at the 2008/9 level and deliver a revenue budget for 2009/10 of £598 million.
This training programme was commissioned by the Community Land Unit of Highlands and Islands Enterprise. This training programme will be delivered in Lybster.
The second budget of this Scottish Government has been passed by Parliament, securing vital public spending at a time when the economy needs it most. John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth said the vote in favour of the spending plans would ensure a massive investment programme across Scotland would go ahead, keeping the economy moving and supporting nearly 5,000 jobs.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 4th) sold 227 store cattle and 50 OTM cattle. Bullocks (110) averaged 172.6p and sold to 218.9p per kg and £935 gross.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 3rd) sold 74 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (33) averaged 165.3p (-1.3p) and sold to 173p per kg and £1,164.40 gross.
Mothers Day is on Sunday 22nd March in 2009 so there is plenty of time to think about how to give something different. Flowers and chocolates are great but is there something she has always wanted to do but never had the time or just never got round to it.
Scotland's Chief Statistician has published the Aggregate Estimates for Total Income from Farming (TIFF) for 2008 and the Estimates of Average Net Farm Income (NFI) for 2007-08. The statistics show that total income from farming decreased by £11.9 million in 2008 to £629.6 million, a fall of 1.8 per cent over the previous year before inflation is taken into account.
The massive economic potential of marine renewable energy in the North of Scotland will be mapped out for the first time. The Scottish Government has commissioned a Marine Spatial Plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.
Long serving Highland Councillor for Inverness, Jimmy MacDonald, has died after a long illness at the age of 60. A native Gaelic speaker from Baleshare in North Uist, Councillor MacDonald joined local government in 1986 when he was elected to the former Highland Regional Council.
The Highland Council has agreed to accelerate its spending on the facelift of Thurso pedestrian precinct to complete the £300,000 project by Easter. The six-week first phase of the reconstruction of the pedestrian-friendly area was completed at the end of last year.
In recognition of the valuable work Social Enterprise companies in the Highlands do in diverting waste from landfill sites, The Highland Council has confirmed its continued support by allocating over £1.1 million of grant funding for the next two years. In Highland currently 7 groups receive grant funding based on an agreed amount for every tonne recycled plus the equivalent waste disposal cost for every tonne recycled.
Communities and developers are being invited to have their say in shaping future policy aimed at improving open space in new residential developments in the Highlands. A consultation, organised by The Highland Council's Planning and Development Service, runs until Friday 20 March.
A free event advising on renewable energy for businesses is to be held in Inverness on Tuesday, February 3 2009. The focus of the event is on-site renewable energy for business.
The Centre for Rural Health in Inverness, and Distance Lab, a digital media research institute based at Horizon Scotland in Forres, are to work together to develop a new communication system that will enable suffers of chronic lung disease to participate in group rehabilitation exercises in the comfort of their own homes. The research has been funded by a £63,000 grant from Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS).
