Following a successful on-line briefing session, The Highland Council is reminding businesses that there is still time to apply for funding to develop their green skills. At the start of September The Highland Council, with support from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, launched the Highland Skills Challenge Fund to support businesses with the costs of green skills training for their workforce.
The deal is set to boost pandemic preparedness against influenza. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has agreed a deal for millions of life-saving vaccines to be produced in the UK if a future influenza pandemic is ever declared.
How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland?. Reductions in poverty - particularly among children - and inequalities in incomes and opportunities across people and places are key aims of the Scottish Government's National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
Town Centre everywhere are suffering decline. This article look sat what is happening in American cities but it all to easy to see the parallels with us in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
With so many of us running on empty, it has never been more important to put the brakes on excessive stress and restore some balance into our lives. Melissa Day, Talking Therapist & Suicide First Aid Tutor at Niroshini 360, outlines eight steps to take if you feel that you're on the verge of an emotional or mental break down.
More than 38,000 payments have been paid to families to help with the costs of early learning and starting school. Families who qualify for Scottish Child Payment are now automatically awarded Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment and School Age Payment when their child becomes eligible, without them having to apply separately.
The UK and the US state of Washington signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade and investment on 25th September 2023. Washington State, home to major businesses like Boeing and Amazon, becomes latest US state to agree trade Memorandum of Understanding with the UK.
Prime minister Rishi Sunaks changes to the environmental plans for the UK look more and more like a cynical election ploy. This article from The Institute for Fiscal Studies sets out the case.
6,277 deaths caused by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias were registered in 2022, this is an increase of 231 from 2021, according to figures published today by National Records of Scotland. Over 80% of deaths caused by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias occurred amongst people aged over 80.
Sometimes referred to as the "crack cocaine of gambling", electronic gaming machines (EGMs) such as slot machines allow bets to be placed as quickly as once every 2.5 seconds, delivering a rapid and immersive gambling experience. Similar features are now being used to transform online sports betting, significantly increasing the risk of problem gambling.
In what many have deemed a disaster, the UK government's latest auction for renewable power - an annual attempt to incentivise private sector investment in a range of power sources - has failed to bring forward any new offshore wind projects. Consequently, the government's own target of achieving 50 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030 is hanging by a thread, and investor confidence has hit a new low.
A number of groups in Caithness were on a long list of Scottish awards from the lottery. Caithness KLICS (SCIO) Medium Grants Scotland: Improving Lives £76,763 Highland The group will use the funding to offer a range of activities for young carers, including weekly group sessions and after school sessions to reduce stress and provide respite bringing some normality into their lives.
Dingwall, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September 23rd) sold 373 rams at the annual sale. Texel Shearlings (109) sold to £2,000 gross from Kennachy, Forss.
Dingwall, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September 23rd), sold 58 Cheviot rams at the annual sale. Cheviot shearlings (58) sold to £1,800 gross from Bardnaclavan Farm, Caithness.
Britain's productivity shortfall is its foundational economic problem. Debate about this gap and how to fix it typically focus on raising productivity of existing firms, via two routes.
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) today released the first in-depth study into the impact of ill-health on the UK's working population, "Understanding Recent Trends in Ill-Health Driven Fallout from the UK Job Market". Launched following Occupational Health Awareness Week (18-24th September), the report analyses data trends - providing a comprehensive picture of the current health challenges experienced by the UK workforce.
The expansion of the Youth Offer to inactive claimants, for the first time, will begin immediately to help young people into work and improve wellbeing. Department for Work and Pensions' Youth Offer to expand, providing tens of thousands more young people support to find work.
Get ready to be mesmerized by the incredible talent of Maryna Krutь, a renowned artist known for her soulful performances. The modern bandura player and singer-songwriter, better known as KRUTЬ Through her enchanting music, she aims to raise awareness and support for the people of Ukraine.
We hear the phrase Net Zero almost all the time now. But is your business getting involved to save money, help profits, help people and the planet all at the same time.
The Royal Engineers are delivering world-leading training to Ukraine's combat engineers in Poland, with 1,500 mine detectors having been provided to Ukraine by the UK. Royal Engineers sappers have delivered crucial explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) training to Ukrainian soldiers to disable mines, munitions and other explosive devices that are being used in Ukraine and are currently one of the biggest threats to the safety of civilians in the country.
