ScotRail is warning customers of significant disruption to services, following the Met Office red and amber weather warnings for heavy rain and high winds. Storm Babet is forecast to bring exceptionally wet conditions across parts of eastern Scotland on Thursday and Friday (19 and 20 October 2023), with very strong winds in the northern half of the country.
Planning is underway ahead of another challenging few days of severe weather across much of Scotland. Heavy downpours and severe winds are forecast for much of central and northern Scotland from Thursday morning through to Saturday night.
This year has seen electric truck manufacturers struggle, with Volta going bankrupt and Arrival laying off 800 UK workers. The home delivery expert ParcelHero says Volta's fate shouldn't be a shock.
The UK Housing Market CRASH is set to continue with house prices predicted to make a SHOCKING move that is going to catch out a LOT of unsuspecting BUYERS and SELLERS! The UK house price crash started just over a year ago and house prices in the UK have fallen by over £15,000 so far. Things are expected to get worse with many house price forecasts predicting further falls for the remainder of 2023 and throughout 2024.
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Buying or Selling a house on Rightmove? Watch out for these RED FLAGS! If you are a BUYING A HOUSE this is how to spot misleading listings, and if you are a SELLING A HOUSE you need to know how your Rightmove listing could scare off potential buyers. If you are buying a house in 2023 then you will also certainly be using the Rightmove property portal website to find a property.
The UK Housing Market is grinding to a halt as SELLERS REFUSE to DROP their house prices, even though a UK house price CRASH is looking increasingly likely. House prices in the UK have been falling for over a year, yet there are still a large number of sellers continuing to incorrectly price their properties.
Pressures on both revenue and spending are skewed to add to borrowing over the next few years, and threaten the ‘centrality' of official forecasts. 1 Under the March 2023 Budget forecast, debt was forecast to stabilise at the end of the forecast horizon, leaving no scope for additional borrowing under the government's current set of fiscal rules.
A report from The Institute for Fiscal Studies. The fight against inflation continues to dominate the global economic policy agenda.
Carl Emerson, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the for Fiscal Studies Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee. In the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.
The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.
Community projects benefit from the latest round of Scottish Land Fund (SLF) approvals. Nine community projects in the Highlands and Islands are among eleven in Scotland to benefit from the latest round of Scottish Land Fund (SLF) approvals.
There have been recent reports of scammers visiting properties and telling householders that their boilers are faulty. They say it will cost £500 to fix the boiler, but that this can be claimed back from the council at a later date.
HMRC is reminding customers to be wary of scam emails, texts and phone calls in the run up to the Self Assessment deadline. HMRC received over 130,000 reports about tax scams in the 12 months to September 2023, of which 58,000 were offering fake tax rebates.
The Met Office have updated the warning to say that the heavy rain will hit on Thursday with the wind gusting through Thursday and Friday. But it looks like the gusts have already started today Wednesday The Met Office has advised that Storm Babet will bring a period of very strong southeasterly winds to much of central and northern Scotland.
The Scottish Government will take steps to issue its first ever bond to finance key infrastructure in Scotland, the First Minister has announced. First Minister Humza Yousaf has commissioned initial work including due diligence assessments with the aim of making the bonds available to the market by the end of the current parliamentary session.
The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) rose by 6.3% in the 12 months to September 2023, the same rate as in August. On a monthly basis, CPIH rose by 0.5% in September 2023, compared with a rise of 0.4% in September 2022.
The First Minister Humza Yousaf also said his government would spend an additional £300m on tackling NHS waiting lists in the next three years and raise arts and culture funding by £100m over the next five years. Other key announcements included plans to issue the first ever Scottish government bonds on the international bond market to raise funds for infrastructure projects, and plans to "anchor a new offshore wind supply chain" in Scotland with up to £500m in funding over five years - with the government aiming to ensure vital parts such as turbines are made at home instead of being imported from abroad.
First Minister announces measure to protect household finances. Council tax rates will be frozen in the next financial year to support people struggling with the effects of high inflation, the First Minister has announced.
Council tax in Scotland will be frozen next year, Humza Yousaf has announced in his speech to the SNP conference. The Scottish Government had opened a consultation which could see council tax on the highest bands increased by between 7.5% and 22.5%.
