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10/10/2024
Improved Support For Crime Victims - New Victim Contact Team To Be Set Up
Victims of crime will receive improved support, advice and information as part of planned reforms to the Victim Notification Scheme (VNS). Under proposed changes to the scheme - which entitles victims or close relatives of victims to certain information about the person responsible for the crime - a new Victim Contact Team will be set up to give personalised support to victims, based on their individual needs.10/10/2024
Trading Standards - AA Scam Emails
The AA has warned customers to be wary of emails that appear to be from them and say they have won a 'free' emergency car kit. Several people have reported these scams in the last week.
10/10/2024
Pinewood Group Announces a New Indie Film Hub at Pinewood Studios
The new film hub will incorporate sound stages, as well as production offices and ancillary areas such as workshop space. The facility will have support services and packages designed to meet the unique needs of lower budget, independent films - while having access to the Pinewood Studios ecosystem from camera hire to drone photography to post production.
10/10/2024
Culture Secretary Sets Out Plans To Turbocharge The Economic Impact Of British Filmmaking
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has today laid legislation in Parliament introducing a new tax relief for independent British films to boost the growth of the UK's world class film sector. Culture Secretary tells Parliament new indy film tax relief will boost jobs, growth and investment in the UK's regions and nations Move comes as Pinewood Studios announces a new Indie Production Hub.
10/10/2024
Trading Standards - Gift Card Scams
Several people have recently received emails or social media messages from a friend or relative whose account has been hacked, asking them to purchase gift cards. The message often says that the sender needs the gift card urgently but cannot buy it themselves, usually because they or a family member is ill.
9/10/2024
Environmental Standards Scotland: Scotland's Soils Should Be Protected In Law
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) is recommending the Scottish Government bring forward legislative proposals to protect Scotland's soils. A report published today by ESS, The Risks to Scotland's Soils: A Scoping Report, highlights the need for action to safeguard this valuable resource, which provides a habitat for over half of the world's species, helps to reduce climate change and its impacts and underpins the vast majority of Scotland's food.
8/10/2024
Self Assessment - Online Help Is Just A Click Or A Swipe Away
Self Assessment customers urged to use online guidance as top 5 calls to helpline revealed. HMRC reveals the most common calls to its Self Assessment helpline, all of which can be answered quickly online.
7/10/2024
Ten North Highlands Communities Benefit From Projects To Rebalance Tourism
A series of workshop-based projects are helping ten local areas across the North Highlands pioneer a community-first visitor-second approach to tourism. Following the success of the pilot, the organisers are keen to hear from other communities across the North Highlands who want to use this tailored approach to make tourism work better for them.
26/9/2024
Improving The Lives Of Scotland's Gypsy Travellers
Voices of communities at the heart of plan to tackle discrimination and social exclusion. Improved access to housing, education and health services and tackling discrimination are at the heart of a new Gypsy/Traveller Action Plan agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA.14/9/2024
Flow Country Importance - Overhead Line (ohl) Between Spittal And Beauly, Connecting Via Loch Buidhe
Specialist teams at SSEN Transmission have been working with communities and public bodies to minimise the impact of infrastructure works on the Flow Country - now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this blog, Senior Consents and Environment Manager Tara Cowley explains that environmental protection is at the heart of our project development process.14/9/2024
Who Is In Fuel Poverty? The Government Has No Idea As It Moves To Cut Winter Fuel Payments
Energy is an unusual commodity as it imposes running costs and capital expenditure. The main way to permanently reduce running costs is to spend money on more efficient use of energy: better insulated homes, more modern boilers, new appliances.13/9/2024
Drivers and Others Beware - Parking Penalty Charge Notice Scam Warning
The Highland Council Trading Standards service is urging motorists to be aware of a recent trend in scam texts aimed at tricking people into thinking they have to act quickly to pay a parking penalty charge notice (PCN). The text asks you to pay the PCN which has been issued by "a local Council".12/9/2024
Bank Of Scotland Golspie Closing 4 February 2025
A MAJOR high street banking giant will close 55 more branches for good. Lloyds Banking Group will shut down a number of branches across its Halifax, Bank of Scotland (BoS) and Lloyds brands.
12/9/2024
Growing Scotland's Net Zero Economy - Green Industrial Strategy Unveiled
A focused strategy has been launched to place Scotland at the forefront of the net zero economy, with targeted actions to secure growth and investment. Delivered as part of the Programme for Government, the Green Industrial Strategy sets out five priority areas where efforts and resources will be concentrated.
11/9/2024
Tourist Taxes On Cruise Ships And Motor Homes
The Highland Council in Scotland is starting a consultation process to look into the impact a tourist tax would have on the region. More than six million people visit the picturesque Highlands every year and under new Vistor Levy legislation passed by SMPs at Holyrood earlier this year, the council has the power to introduce a tourist tax to visitors who stay overnight in the area.11/9/2024
Four Chief Officers Appointed To Corporate Service
Highland Council has appointed four chief officers in the latest phase of its new senior management restructuring. As previously intimated in Highland Council's budget plan, a new senior management structure is being implemented following approval by the Council on 14 March 2024.10/9/2024
Community Benefits From Procurement Sought Through New Council Policy
Highland communities will gain from a policy which seeks to secure meaningful environmental, social, and economic benefits through the Council's procurement activities. The newly agreed Highland Community Benefit Policy will ensure that community benefits are routinely considered during procurement.9/9/2024
Tackling Population Challenges In The Highlands
The Highland Council has received a boost to its work in addressing the challenges of depopulation in the Highlands. The Scottish Government has awarded the council £60,000 for 2024/25 from the Addressing Depopulation Fund, as part of a wide-ranging plan to strengthen communities facing population decline, including funding for local-led research, initiatives, and community support.
9/9/2024
Business Crime Advice - From Police Scotland
Advice for professionals - Organised criminal groups operate in Scotland. They make money through illegal activity and use innocent people to help them.5/9/2024
Calculating A Living Pension - The 2024 Update
This report sets out the method through which the Living Pension standard - a voluntary savings target that aims to help workers build up a pension pot that will provide enough income to meet basic everyday needs in retirement. This is calculated by the Resolution Foundation, and overseen by the Living Wage Commission on behalf of the Living Wage Foundation.
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