News archive
News published June 2010
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Young people asked their opinions on Highland Council’s budget
Published 28 Jun 2010Highland Youth Voice, the elected youth parliament for the Highlands recently met for their summer conference and was invited to take part in the Highland Council’s discussions on the budget.
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Council acknowledges business support for education
Published 28 Jun 2010Businesses in the Lochaber area are being invited to attend an award ceremony to receive acknowledgment from The Highland Council for the ongoing and valuable contributions that employers make in supp
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Council welcomes external audit of performance
Published 28 Jun 2010Highland Councillors have welcomed a “very positive” external audit of its performance in demonstrating best value and community planning.
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Review of Licensing Committees and Licensing Boards
Published 28 Jun 2010The Highland Council has agreed to create one Licensing Committee and one Licensing Board for the Highlands in a bid to achieve savings, make the system more efficient and enable decision-making to be
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School upgradings given priority in Council capital programme
Published 28 Jun 2010School projects are given priority in the spending plans agreed by The Highland Council for the next five years and beyond. More than £150 million has been set aside for school improvements or new sc
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Council confirms decision not to go ahead with care home replacements
Published 24 Jun 2010The Highland Council confirmed today (Thursday) that it will not be proceeding with plans to build five new care homes – at Fort William, Grantown, Inverness, Muir of Ord and Tain.
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Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards presented
Published 24 Jun 2010Six young people from the Highlands were presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award earlier today (Thursday 24 June) at a meeting of The Highland Council
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Budget Blog closes with discussion on pay
Published 24 Jun 2010In the final week of its Budget Blog, The Highland Council is asking the public if the Council is right to want a pay freeze for staff, which could realise savings of £9.9 million over two years.
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Lochbroom House to reopen after major facelift
Published 24 Jun 2010Lochbroom House, a care home for 11 older people in Ullapool, will be officially reopened on Tuesday 6 July following a £1.4 million refurbishment. Guests will join residents at an open day to cele
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Inverness pupils investigate motivations for health and wellbeing
Published 23 Jun 2010Pupils at an Inverness Primary School have been quizzing people this week as to how they stay fit and healthy and what motivates them to do their jobs.