News archive
News published September 2013
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Warning to avoid loan scam telephone calls and websites
Published 3 Sep 2013Highland Council’s Trading Standards Team and Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau are warning Highland consumers to look out for scam operators offering loans online and through direct marketing phone call
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Council urges dumpers to pull the plug on flytipping.
Published 2 Sep 2013Highland Councillors are reminding people that there is no need to dump electrical items and break the law flytipping as disused electrical items can be recycled at local Recycling Centres.
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Eilean a’ Cheò Ward Civic Awards
Published 2 Sep 2013Community groups and individuals living on the Isle of Skye received Civic Awards from The Highland Council at a special awards ceremony held in Portree on Monday (2 September 2013). The awards were p
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Final phase of new council houses at Assynt Road, Inverness
Published 2 Sep 2013More photos
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Do you know where your contractor’s waste has gone?
Published 2 Sep 2013Members of the public who engage contractors to carry out driveway, garden, or house improvements should ensure that the contractor will dispose of their waste in a lawful and safe way and not fly-tip
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Public invited to respond to proposals for liquor licensing overprovision statement
Published 2 Sep 2013The public is being invited to have its say on whether there is an overprovision of licensed premises in any locality within the area of Highland Licensing Board. The deadline for responses is Friday
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Twinned town delegation to take part in Kirking of the Council.
Published 2 Sep 2013View photo gallery
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Council to press for exemption from "bedroom tax" provisions
Published 2 Sep 2013The Highland Council is to write to Highland MPs to seek their support for a change to the spare room subsidy ("bedroom tax") which would see all communities with a population of 3,000 or less exclud
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New Chief Executive takes up job.
Published 2 Sep 2013The Highland Council’s new Chief Executive, Steve Barron, took over at the helm of the organisation today (Monday 2 September 2013). He replaces Alistair Dodds, who has retired after 22 years wit