Five-year intervention launched at Birmingham City Council to fix serious problems. Five-year intervention launched at Birmingham City Council to fix serious problems, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove confirms Commissioners appointed to help return council to sustainable financial footing along with new political advisors.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October 6th) sold 184 rams at its Annual Show and Sale of Blackface Rams kindly sponsored by HBS Ring Limited and PK Nutrition ably judged by Mr D. Walton, Wamwood Hill.
Highland Council has been investigating ways in which it can harness external funding to help meet its statutory obligations around energy efficient social housing and at the same time tackle fuel poverty. Members at yesterday's (5 October 2023) Climate Change Committee were asked to note opportunities to expand Energy Company Obligation funding to Council housing stock.
Highland Council is working on a new and defined policy/guidance for the provision of heating within schools, offices, leisure facilities and other types of non-domestic buildings. Although many buildings already operate within normal parameters, there are known instances where temperature setpoints and operational hours have been found to be out with expected parameters, to the detriment of good energy performance, budget management and comfort.
Housing in the UK has become seriously unaffordable; the problem is likely to get worse; and younger people are being hit the hardest. Reforms that could be effective in solving the crisis are considered politically infeasible - while popular policies are ineffective or, worse, counterproductive.
Almost 250,000 Self Assessment customers filed their tax return for 2022 to 2023 tax year between 6 and 12 April 2023. Almost 250,000 Self Assessment customers filed their 2022 to 2023 tax return during the first week of the tax year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed.
New technology with capability to detect, identify and monitor the presence of toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents to be operational by 2028. UK Armed Forces personnel will be better protected on the battlefield through world-leading chemical detection sensors, under an £88 million contract announced today.
The election day is scheduled for Monday, 27 November 2023 and voting is by means of a postal vote. The maximum membership of each of the Highland Community Councils is determined by the population it serves and varies from 7 to 13 members.
Scammer was due a large financial compensation award but Official Receiver worked with partners to ensure funds were used to repay his victims. John Gerard Metcalfe, from Essex, was declared bankrupt in 2013 following legal action after he defrauded several individuals and at least one company as part of an investment scam he had run, which saw the victims lose over £2 million.
From 1 October 2023 you must have a licence before you offer short-term lets. You must have a licence before you can take bookings or receive guests Operating without a short-term let licence is a criminal offence.
Highland Council's Net Zero Strategy was launched at today's (5 October 2023) meeting of the local authority's Climate Change Committee. The Strategy sets out the Council's approach to addressing the climate emergency and contributes towards Scotland's national legally binding target to become Net Zero by 2045. Highland Council has adopted the Scottish Government's Net Zero by 2045 target, aiming to achieve this sooner.
The UK has joined a global coalition to enhance communication network resilience and is investing £70 million in advancing domestic next-gen telecom technology through the UKRI Technology Missions Fund. UK joins global coalition for telecoms innovation with countries including Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States of America.
The UK will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang. The UK will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.
A joint study at the Joint European Torus, investigating the impact of neutrons on electronics, will be a vital step for future fusion facilities. A joint study by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), CERN, EUROfusion, CEA-IRFM, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), CNRS and University of Rennes, at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Culham, Oxfordshire, will investigate the impact of neutrons on the performance of electronics exposed to fusion energy conditions.
This annual publication provides summary statistics for 2022 of assets owned by community groups in Scotland. It is usually published in the autumn of the following year the statistics refer to.
One difference between men and women has been well documented by economists, psychologists and biologists - that women are tend to be more cautious and take fewer risks. Evidence has also been gathered about how this difference affects women's lives, particularly with regard to careers and earnings.
Stock falls by 25% in early trading as high street lender seeks to raise £350m to shore up its balance sheet. Metro Bank shares have plunged after news that the high street lender is seeking to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to shore up its balance sheet.
A funding boost of nearly £1million of revenue investment is set to benefit rural areas across Highland. The Highland Strategic Local Action Group who met during September, considered, and agreed funding for revenue projects submitted to the first round of the 2023/24 Community Regeneration Fund.
The new short term letting regulations have some into force. Highland council have a list of what is required.
A state-of-the-art skills centre for the UK nuclear industry has been officially opened at Sellafield. The Glove Box Training Facility upskills operators in one of nuclear's most important disciplines.
