The rate of adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in western countries continues to wane. In the UK, EVs' market share of all new cars for 2024 will barely hit 20%, somewhat below the government goal of 22%.
The Bank of England's vast sale of government bonds is causing a shortage of cash in corners of the money markets and may need to end, investors have warned. Over the past two years, the BoE has shrunk its balance sheet from nearly £1tn to about £760bn largely by reducing its holdings of government debt it bought under numerous rounds of quantitative easing stimulus.
Given the disasters for the public of private ownership of some of the country's important infrastructure like water and energy should we care about the possible take-over Royal Mail. New Křetínský bid creates headache for UK government amid growing scrutiny on foreign takeovers of critical infrastructure.
Much money and time has been spent recently persuading people not to be so reliant on cars. And there are certainly good reasons - for our health and the environment - to move about more on foot, by bike or on trains.
The most recent UK inflation figures, released towards the end of May 2024, saw a drop in the official rate of price rises to 2.3%, not that far off the Bank of England's target level of 2%. Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor of the exchequer, said the figures were encouraging.
Access to technologies which will transform the lives of those living with Type 1 Diabetes is set to be expanded. Up to £8.8 million will be used to rollout of loop systems this year to support all children living with Type 1 Diabetes access Closed Loop System technology and increase the provision of these life changing technologies for adults with this condition.
There has been a recent increase in reports of scam emails offering grants or funding for solar panels. Some say that having the panels installed will increase your property value and decrease your energy bills, while others mention 'free electricity'.
Scotland's onshore GDP grew by 0.4% in March 2024, according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician. This follows growth of 0.1% in February 2024.
There has been a recent increase in scam letters and leaflets which say that a property's 'energy performance rating' is highly inefficient and offer a free energy assessment. They say that energy efficiency measures such as insulation, solar panels, heat pumps and heating upgrades are available for free to local residents through government grants if they suffer from a range of medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, mobility issues, cancer, cardiac conditions or even high cholesterol.
hose hoping to attend popular events this summer, such as the Euros, the Olympics, music festivals and concerts including Taylor Swift's Eras tour, are being warned to be wary of ticket fraud. According to recent figures from UK Finance, there was a 28% increase in cases of purchase fraud in the UK last year, where consumers paid for goods or services online - such as event tickets - which were never received.
DINGWALL, Dingwall, Highland Marts Ltd., (May 28th) sold 467 Prime Sheep. New Season Lambs (14) averaged 403.6p per kg and sold to 416.0p per kg and £214 gross.
Is Labour ready for government?. This question is being asked regularly of the public by pollsters YouGov, especially as the UK approaches the general election on July 4.
If ever there was a case of trying to bribe some voters it is the Tory latest called Triple Lock Plus attempting to get the pensioner votes. Will it work? Well pensioner are mostly not stupid ad can see the damage to their younger relatives incomes recently with cost of living and vastly increasing mortgage and rent payments.
A lot of eyes will be on the most northerly mainland seat in the general election on 4 July as its one of the top marginals. Can Jamie Stone hang on in the face of a new SNP candidate and rising Labour showings in the polls.
An updated UK timetable starts Sunday 2nd June 2024. You can check it all out on Trainline for any changes to your journey before you travel.
Politics should be about ideas. Instead, it's become about brands.
Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation sets out some home truths as we head for the general election on 4 July. It pulls together some startling facts that will make you think.
On Thursday 30 May 2024 the Education committee of Highland Council will be updated on the 15-year School Roll Forecasts (SRFs) that were published in April 2024 and the recent work undertaken to support the roll forecasting and school capacity modelling processes. There will be a presentation at the Committee meeting that will provide more information, including graphics to illustrate current statistics and future trends.
Grant funding from The Highland Council for business start-ups has helped the area register a record number of new businesses in the last year. Highland Council's Business Gateway service has supported over 2000 businesses with start-up and growth support in the last year and assisted 358 to successfully start to trade.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today released the main findings of the 2023/24 Health and Care Experience survey. Experience of General Practice and Out of Hours healthcare: 69% of people rated their overall experience of their General Practice as good or excellent: this is a slight increase since the last survey in 2021/22 (67%), but it is lower than the survey prior to that in 2019/20 (79%).
