From the First Ministers Speech. Following consultation, I can confirm we will also enable councils to apply a premium on council tax rates for second homes - a demonstration of our desire to empower local government to tackle the challenges they face..
Dounreay has welcomed the 2023 instrument, electrical, mechanical, scaffolding, joinery, design and business apprentice intake. These young people will now take part in development programmes, which will see them have the skills and qualifications to make them the future of our workforce.
PORTREE, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd (September 4th) sold 3,092 store lambs and feeding sheep. Lambs (2,812) averaged £47.95 and sold to £107 gross for a pen of Texel Crosses from 44 Borneskitaig, Kilmuir.
Derek Brown takes up the post of The Highland Council's Chief Executive from today, 4th September 2023. Derek comes to the Highlands with extensive experience in his previous roles as Deputy Chief Executive of North Lanarkshire Local Authority, a Professional Advisor on the National Improvement Framework, Derek started his career in teaching.
From Monday 4 September, nominations are invited from people seeking election to all Community Councils. This is your chance to help represent the views of your community to The Highland Council and other public agencies.
The Castle Street Energy Centre, a key city centre regeneration project, featured in a visit to the area by UK Government Minister for Scotland, Malcolm Offord. (Friday 1 September 2023).
A clampdown on fake reviews and hidden fees has been announced by the Government which will help customers cut the costs of living. Series of new business measures proposed to boost transparency and help consumers with cost of living as they shop.
New tool uses artificial intelligence to assess hospital data and help predict patients at risk of becoming long stayers, with resulting negative implications. The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) supported the NHS AI Lab to develop a proof of concept (PoC) which could help identify patients at risk of unnecessary long hospital stays and the associated negative outcomes.
The AI Safety Summit will bring together key countries, technology organisations, academia and civil society. Five objectives of the AI Safety Summit to be progressed shared by UK Government UK will work closely with global partners to make frontier AI safe, and to ensure nations and citizens globally can realise its benefits AI Safety Summit will bring together key countries, leading technology organisations, academia and civil society together.
A report was presented to members of the Communities and Place Committee yesterday (Thursday, 31 August) outlining a number of Bereavement Services projects currently being progressed to maintain burial ground capacity and crematorium services within the Highlands. The update focused on matters around the progress of burial ground extensions and also on work which has been commissioned to review the options for a cremator replacement at Inverness Crematorium.
the government in England have pressed ahead with the doctors pay increase despite strikes still coming. Junior doctors will join the strike on 20 September, also with "Christmas Day" levels of cover.
Members of the Communities and Place Committee of Highland council were briefed on an imminent legislative change being brought forward by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), concerning the collection, storage and treatment of Upholstered Domestic Seating at Council facilities throughout the region. Currently the Council directs all Upholstered Furniture to landfill, however, yesterday's update outlined the operational and financial implications to the Council in adopting this legislative change and diverting Upholstered Furniture from landfill.
An article from the Fraser of Allander Institute published 31 August 2023 This morning the Scottish Government released the first statistics on applications and granting of licences for short-term lets by councils. The licensing scheme came into force in October 2022 for new operators, and existing operators must apply for a licence before 1 October 2023.
People and businesses are invited to share their views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer as thousands complain of ‘botched' procedures. Government to seek views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer for consumers.
Libraries across Scotland can apply to the Public Library Improvement Fund to help finance creative projects and sustainable services. Projects that could be supported under the £450,000 Scottish Government fund include tackling the cost of living crisis, bridging the digital divide, tackling the attainment gap for children and young people, or addressing sustainable development goals.
DINGWALL., Dingwall and Highlands Marts Ltd., (August 31st) sold 2,026 breeding sheep also all classes of lambs and Lewis Livestock at its annual sale sponsored by Gow Transport. Gimmers 1st - H.V & W.
DINGWALL., Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (August 31st) sold 723 Lambs from Lewis livestock producers. Lewis Livestock Producers lambs (723) averaged £53.38 and sold to £98 for a pen of Cheviot Mules from 22 North Shawbost.
The First Minister has encouraged every school in Scotland to join Reading Schools, a Scottish Government-funded programme that supports attainment and benefits pupils' health and wellbeing. So far, 371 schools have been awarded Reading Schools accreditation and 511 more have joined the programme - which independent evaluation has shown leads to more pupils reading for pleasure and can help to reduce the poverty-related attainment gap.
An evaporator cell in the Fuel Cycle Area that has been shut off for 25 years has given up its secrets to ‘Spot'. ‘Spot' is a robotic quadruped from Boston Dynamics described as a ‘mobile agile robot’.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Naturally Acquired Immunity versus Vaccine-induced Immunity. Reinfections versus Breakthrough Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
