The Highland Council has launched a public consultation for the Highland-wide 20mph roll-out project and is looking for feedback from communities. 125 Highland settlements are part of the project which equates to around 610km of roads across the Highlands, 590km of which are on Local Authority Roads.
Suppliers working in the wedding market are being invited by Highland Registrars to a newly established Wedding Fair. The Highland Wedding Fair will take place on Sunday 4 February 2024 with public access from 11.00am - 3.00pm (suppliers will have access from 8:30am).
Ahead of the UK government's latest economic statement, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and the secretary of state for work and pensions, Mel Stride, unveiled a new employment support package dubbed the back to work plan. The government's aim is to support more than 1 million people who are either long-term unemployed or have long-term health conditions to (re)enter the workforce or remain in employment.
With Christmas and the New Year approaching, you may have received an influx of invitations to festive events. If you're feeling irritable or disengaged or experience a sense dread at the prospect of a month of socialising ahead of you, you may be suffering from social burnout says psychologist at People Business Psychology, Jan P.
Before having our first baby last year, we wondered whether we had the money, time and necessary skills to raise a child. Perhaps you find yourself contemplating the same? Many people certainly have, as birth rates have been declining across the world for the past 200 years.
First Minister confirms clean energy investments for Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda. New funding to provide clean and reliable energy in three African countries has been announced by First Minister Humza Yousaf at COP28.
Our web sites may be offline for a period of time any time this evening until tomorrow morning Scheduled maintenance is being performed on our servers this evening, 4th December, between 19:00 to 5th December 2023 07:00. This could be anything up to an hour although we plan to keep downtime to much less if possible..
Consider carefully what you are putting on social media, especially if you are staying away to visit friends and relatives this Christmas. Be wary of posting photographs of Christmas parties that contain images of high value jewellery.
NHS has reminded everyone of the holidays for GP surgeries and to make sure to get repeat prescriptions in plenty of time. Stock up on cold and flu remedies to treat yourself..
T'was the first of December, and all through this house, the creatures are stirring because someone forgot to buy advent calendars. As well as the start of the countdown to Christmas though, in the FAI we also have our exciting countdown to our annual Scotland's Budget Report! This is being released in a fortnight, on 15th December, and will set out the context for the Scottish Budget which will be presented to Parliament on 19th December.
NRS is delighted to announce that we are recruiting over 30 level 2 - 6 engineering and business apprentices to deliver our decommissioning mission. John Vickerman, Chief People Officer, commented: "NRS is an exciting place to be.
It was announced on Friday 1 December 2023 that Workhaus Projects has been awarded the contract to carry out the interpretation for the interior of the Inverness Castle Experience. Workhaus Projects will combine creativity, design, technology and craftsmanship to create a world-class visitor experience within the transformed castle building, bringing the vision of content designers Mather & Co to fruition.
The West Highland Tea Company is improving the energy efficiency and footprint of its newly leased premises in Mallaig. A manufacturing company in Lochaber has embarked on a £113,300 project to reduce its carbon footprint while increasing production and creating jobs.
Highland Council's Playpark Strategy and Action Plan for 2023-2033 was agreed and adopted by members of the Communities and Place Committee on 29 November 2023. Resource - The service has limited revenue budget for maintenance of £176,900 for all sites.
For the first time, The Highland Council's Employability Service is offering Paid Third Sector Placements to unemployed Highland residents. Funded by the Scottish Government through the No One Left Behind policy, this initiative proposes 6-month paid work experience placements hosted by charities and non-for-profit organisations.
France's Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK and is evaluating targeted local industrial sites in consultation with the UK Government's Department for Energy Security & Net-Zero (DESNZ) and EDF. The current assessment of selected existing and former nuclear generation sites precedes detailed site justification and pre-licensing studies expected to be engaged in 2024 under the guidance of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).
The King was pleased to approve government appointments. The King was pleased to approve government appointments.
Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake urges everyone to support their local small businesses. Targeted government intervention is addressing gaps in accessing finance from traditional lenders to help them scale up and grow Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake has urged everyone to go out and support their local small businesses this Small Business Saturday [02/12/2023].
A new landmark radar initiative will increase UK security by being able to better detect, track and identify objects in deep space. New space capability programme to improve global security.
English devolution deals in the 2023 Autumn Statement. The Government has published devolution deals for four new areas in England, including the first ‘level 2' deals, as well as a framework for ‘level 4' devolution.