Work begins this week on a £950,000 extension to the Seater Landfill Site, near Bower, Caithness. Rok Construction have been commissioned by The Highland Council to construct a ninth cell at the site, which opened in 1990 and has capacity to continue in operation until 2040.
Highland waste mascot, Compost the Cow, is getting creative and encouraging all primary schools to do the same. Along with the Highland Council's Waste Awareness team, Compost is inviting primary schools to use their imagination and artistic flair to help them design some new murals for the Council's network of Recycling Centres.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 25th) sold 340 adult head of breeding cattle. Heifer with male calf (11) sold to £1,700 gross for a Simmental cross cow from Aberchalder, Invergarry.
With the clocks going back (30th Oct), Scottish Water is advising customers throughout the Highlands and Islands to use the 3 C's to beat bogus callers who try to take advantage of the shorter daylight hours. All too often these callous conmen prey on the vulnerable and elderly.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October 22nd) sold 191 rams at its second continental ram sale of the year. Beltex (13) sold to £250 gross on three occasions for shearlings from Upper Auchenlay, Dunblane, (twice), and Mariain, Evanton.
Shake Up Family Meal Times with New Colman's Season and Shake Fuss-free family feasts are in the bag as Colman's launches a new, fool-proof way to cook chicken. Brand new Colman's Season and Shake combines delicious seasoning with a revolutionary baking bag that allows you to cook an entire meal while sealing in the flavours of the herbs and spices to create an instant family hit.
Business Roadshows Entrepreneurs gained invaluable advice and networked with like minded people at an event at Dornoch run by Business Gateway and Enterprise Europe Scotland. The Connect, Inspire and Grow road show in the Burghfield Hotel in Dornoch, attracted over 50 existing, new and potential business owners who were all keen to take advantage of the networking opportunity.
Over the past few weeks we have been contacted a couple of times by people to tell us properties have been sold even though the ad is still in the property section for sale. This is due to a number of reasons and we have tightened up on dealing with contacts to remove ads.
Mackays Hotel asks - 'What are you celebrating?' Everyone has something to celebrate. You could have an important birthday coming up, a special anniversary, a graduation or a wedding.
Highland Councillors are being asked next week to consider potential future governance and operations for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, should the agency be disbanded following a review of enterprise networks in Scotland. The Council would prefer the status quo with HIE retaining its current status and budget of £84 million.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 21st) sold 6,463 breeding ewes and lambs. Gimmers (665) averaged £83.49 and sold to £135 gross twice for Cheviots from the dispersal of the Aberchalder flock, Invergarry, and for Texel crosses from the Castle of Mey Trust, Longoe, Mey.
The Chairman of The Highland Council's TEC Services Councillor John Laing has said that today's grounding of the HMS Astute off Skye highlighted the importance of the emergency tug cover that is provided from Stornoway. The MCA tug from Stornoway has been called in to help free the nuclear submarine from the seabed near the Skye Bridge.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 19th) sold 37 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (11) averaged 164.8p (+3.4) and sold to 175p per kg and £1,192.50 gross.
PORTREE, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (October, 18th) sold 308 rams at its annual sale of rams. Rams (308) sold to £400 gross thrice for Blackface shearlings from 13 Peinchorran, Braes, Portree.
The finalists in Skills Development Scotland's Modern Apprenticeship Awards include a rugby coach, a plumber, a joiner, two welders and a hotel housekeeper. Also in the running for this year's Awards are employers from Shetland and Dumfries, two Lanarkshire colleges, national companies BT and Scottish Gas, local authorities and housing associations.
Moray Task Force quizzes Secretary of State for Scotland over RAF base closures and calls for PM to face communities. The Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore met with members of the new Moray Task Force in Elgin today to hear of the concerns for the area's future.
Government announces successful bid for superfast broadband for Highlands and Islands Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) today [Wednesday, 20 October, 2010] welcomed the news that its bid for UK Government funding to deliver superfast broadband in some of Scotland's most rural areas had met with success. HIE Chief Executive Alex Paterson said he was delighted that the strengths of the Highlands and Islands' case for funding had been recognised.
Scottish Government welcomes success for Highlands and Islands superfast broadband bid The Scottish Government has expressed its ambitions for Scotland's digital future, aiming for availability of superfast broadband throughout the whole of Scotland by 2020. Published today, the Government's position paper - 'A Digital Ambition for Scotland' - also sets out an ambition that the rate of broadband uptake in Scotland should at least match the UK average by 2013, and should be the highest among the UK nations by 2015.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 20th) sold 634 weaned calves and store cattle and 76 OTM cattle. Stot calves (295) averaged 174.4p and sold to 216.4p per kg for a 305kg Limousin cross from Kildun, Dingwall.
Those intent on dropping litter and fly tipping are being given advance notice that enforcement teams will be in Dingwall, Fort William and Inverness over the next two weeks beginning on Monday 25 October - and they will be adopting a zero tolerance approach. Anyone found dropping litter or fly-tipping will be presented with an on-the-spot fixed penalty notice of £50.