The Insolvency Service has issued a warning to investors and its customers regarding a recent increase in fraudulent activity. The Insolvency Service has issued a warning to investors and its customers regarding a recent increase in fraudulent activity, including recovery room scams, and fraudsters impersonating genuine Insolvency Service employees, in the form of emails, phone calls and letters.
Improving the lives of people with dementia is at the heart of a new 10 year strategy. The strategy, Everyone's Story, outlines a vision for dementia policy over the next decade and identifies a number of priorities which would improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers.
The Bank of England accompanied its most recent UK interest rate hike - the 12th in a row - with a warning that UK price inflation is likely to be higher for longer than expected due to soaring food costs. The bank has been hiking rates since December 2021 to try to stop a sharp rise in the cost of living.
Hi-Scot credit union covers the Highland and Islands and is a not for profit organisation helping more and more people. Hi-Scot has been growing slowly over recent years and now holds significant savings.
The UK's trade deals with Australia and New Zealand come into effect today. Australia and New Zealand trade deals to enter into force at midnight on Wednesday.
Universal Credit's maximum childcare payments will rise nearly 50% - up to £1,630 per month - from 28 June. Additional support worth up to £522 a month for families Many parents will get help from DWP immediately with their first bill – instead of in arrears – to help them manage their budgets.
Households on prepayment meters told to claim Energy Bills Support vouchers by 30 June, in final push to help those yet to benefit from £400 off their bills. Charities, consumer groups and energy suppliers unite on Claim Your Energy Voucher Day to reach traditional prepayment meter customers yet to claim government support.
The Caithness committee of Highland council meeting on 29th May 2023 and on the agenda was a huge problem for councillors. What can be done about the Thurso High school problem of the condemned block.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Times that marketing vapes to children is unacceptable - they should only have a role in helping smokers quit. The key points about vaping (e-cigarettes) can be easily summarised.
Projects include genetic research to reduce methane emissions from cows and the use of drones to monitor animals. Up to £30 million has been awarded to cutting-edge farming projects that will boost food production, move towards net zero, and create a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector.
In a huge win for consumers, the government has unveiled new measures to protect free access to cash. Following the success of our longstanding Freedom to Pay campaign, the Financial Services and Markets Bill was introduced to Parliament last year.
Our chair, Lord Thurso, was at Scotland House Brussels recently. He hosted a stakeholder event: Scotland's Journey to Net Zero: Delivering Climate Action in Tourism.
The Scottish Child Payment is now being received by the families of more than 300,000 children and young people, according to official statistics. New figures published today show that 303,000 children were receiving the payment at the end of March.
At the meeting of the Caithness Area Committee of Highland council on 29 May 2023 it was agreed to transfer assets at cost of £1 each to two groups. Development in Caithness is no longer totally being left to the cash strapped Highland council as two groups show what potentially can be done on their own.
HMRC has issued a warning to tax credits customers, who are renewing their tax credits claims, to be alert to scammers trying to steal their information. Tax credit claimants should be on their guard against fraudsters, as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) warns of the latest tactics being employed by scammers.
Until an hour ago our charity fundraising attempt to circumnavigate Britain in 26 days was going swimmingly. We'd made it from Brighton to Wick, a few miles south of John o' Groats, in just 11 days but coming out of Wick harbour this morning, my Aquastar 38 April Rose came to a shuddering halt on a submerged rock.
Asda Group has said it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group's UK and Ireland business for £2.27bn. British supermarket Asda said it would buy the bulk of petrol station operator EG Group's UK and Ireland business to speed up its move into the convenience sector, creating a company with combined revenue of nearly 30 billion pounds ($38 billion).
Caithness Councillors have paid tribute to the work being done to ensure young people in the area are more prepared to enter a ‘positive destination' on leaving school such as higher education, further education, training, employment, and voluntary work. My Future, My Success (MFMS) is a partnership approach to empower young people across the Highlands to think about their future careers and aspirations by connecting them with a network of support, employability and enterprise learning, mentoring and personal skills building, ensuring that their future is determined by potential not by background, barriers, or the postcode that they come from.
Government takes steps to crack down on rogue firms targeting children with free samples. Increased education and dedicated school police liaison officers to keep illegal vapes out of schools.
Longer semi-trailers (LSTs) will be introduced to Great Britain's roads from the end of this month. New regulations will allow longer trailers on GB roads, which the Government estimates will save thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (CO2(e)) being released into the atmosphere every year.
