In November 2014, ICIJ and dozens of media partners published a groundbreaking expose of corporate tax avoidance in the heart of Europe. A decade later, the impacts are still being felt.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - speech. The UK highlights the appalling human cost of Russia's illegal, unprovoked war against Ukraine with Russian forces suffering their heaviest losses of the conflict so far in October 2024.
Legislation has today been introduced to allow government, for the first time, to permanently cut business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties. To fund this sustainably, the top one percent of high-value properties, such as large warehouses used by online giants will be asked to pay more to support the high-street.
Biggest pension reforms in decades will merge Local Government Pension Scheme assets and consolidate defined contribution schemes into megafunds. Changes could unlock around £80 billion of investment for infrastructure projects and businesses of the future.
Communities which are most at risk from the impacts of climate change will benefit from Scottish Government funding which will support them to prepare for climate changes ahead. The Scottish Government will provide £40,000 to Regions4 to deliver a project focused on the emerging area of ‘just resilience'.
The review will help restore passengers' confidence in the system. rail regulator asked to review how train operators tackle suspected fare evasion.
Her work started in electronics and instrumenting explosive events and later identifying ways to protect troops in Afghanistan from rocket-propelled grenades. She is one of the leading experts in her field in the country.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November 12th) sold 9 Prime Cattle. Prime Heifers (7) averaged 311.5p per kg and sold to 319.0p per kg and £1,891.00 gross ------------------------------------------------------ DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (November 12th) sold 9 Prime Cattle.
As at March 2023, an estimated 340,760 private sector businesses were operating in Scotland. Between March 2022 and March 2023, the estimated number of businesses decreased by 5.6%.
The Vice Chair of the Caithness Committee, Councillor Struan Mackie has expressed his delight at the number of worthwhile local projects that have benefitted from Ward Discretionary Funding in this financial year. All Council Wards receive a discretionary budget, and it is for Ward Councillors to consider what they wish to commit funds to, in line with Highland Council objectives and outcomes.
Three in five parents would prefer their children to receive cash as birthday gifts. Despite this, only 41 per cent of children receive monetary gifts from party attendees.
This edition of the Scottish Economic Bulletin pubished on 12 November 2024 covers latest economic conditions as we move into final quarter of 2024. Economic indicators continue to show sustained improvements relative to 2023, although business and consumer survey evidence indicates that the pace of activity has eased slightly from earlier in the year.
Sellafield's legacy waste store, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, leaked radioactive liquor into the ground in the 1970s and in 2019 a new leak was discovered. Our experts are pioneering new ways to help understand and manage what's going on in the ground below it.
More than 329,000 children receive vital support from Scottish Child Payment . Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which shows that it made £1.9 billion in payments to people in Scotland from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
The Caithness Committee have agreed to adopt the modified Core Path Plans for Caithness. At their meeting yesterday members had the opportunity to discuss a report that summarised the review of The Highland Council Core Paths Plan in Caithness.
A new Highland partnership to proactively support people into work has launched its website today to coincide with the start of Scottish Careers Week 2024. Work.
Thousands of post-graduate students will be backed by Government to study biological, engineering and environmental sciences at 45 universities across the UK. New funding will support thousands of students and universities to reap the benefits of talent and expertise for UK's people and economy.
A £15 million funding boost to the Help to Claim scheme will support thousands of people moving from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit, the Department for Work and Pensions was announced on Tuesday 12 November 2024. £15 million funding boost to support Government's acceleration of Move to Universal Credit programme, before it ends in March 2026.
The Scottish Health Survey 2023 results, published today, provide information on the health, and factors relating to health, of adults and children in Scotland. Almost a third of adults (32%) were living with obesity, the highest level recorded and an increase from 24% in 2003.
The scam awareness van has been on the road since April, visiting locations in almost all local authorities across the country to engage directly with consumers, raising awareness of prevalent scams and how to avoid them. The van was recently featured on The One Show, with trading standards officers from the Scottish Borders providing information and advice on scams to their local community.