News archive
News published February 2014
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Business Adviser bows out after bumper year
Published 26 Feb 2014Highland Opportunity’s Business Adviser, Iain Boyd, has retired after a bumper year that saw the organisation grant £557,500 of loans to 39 Highland businesses to help them start-up and grow.
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Skye schools review
Published 26 Feb 2014The Highland Council has launched an online survey as part of the Sustainable School Estates Review (SSER) in North West Skye.
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Action plan underway to improve drainage at A9 Golspie
Published 26 Feb 2014BEAR Scotland has announced it is to implement a regime of weekly inspections of drainage outfalls along the A9 at Golspie.
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Forthcoming works on A87 Trunk Road at Breakish
Published 26 Feb 2014Road safety improvements along the verges of the A87 within Breakish, Skye, will get underway next week.
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New hard hitting campaign from Scotland’s Councils and Police Scotland aims to firmly shut the door on rogue traders
Published 25 Feb 2014Councils and Police Scotland have today (Tuesday 25 February) joined forces to launch a new campaign designed to rid Scotland of the blight that is rogue traders who prey on the elderly.
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Thousands of businesses in Scotland may be hit by rip-off delivery charges
Published 25 Feb 2014Issued by Citizens Advice Scotland Businesses in Scotland are being hit hard by the 'postcode penalty' of high delivery charges – with a new project to assess the scale of the problem announced today
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Ceremony marks start of work at new Wick primary school
Published 25 Feb 2014A turf cutting ceremony was held today (Tuesday 25 February 2014) to mark a start to work on a new £15 million primary school which will serve communities to the north of the River Wick.
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The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland commences its Fifth Reviews of Electoral Arrangements
Published 25 Feb 2014Issued by Scottish Government on behalf of The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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Buses diverted to take account of Badenoch road closure
Published 25 Feb 2014Motorists and bus passengers are reminded that from Wednesday until Sunday 16 March urgent maintenance works will be carried out to Baddengorm Railway Bridge, near Carrbridge by Network Rail which will require a temporary road closure on a short length of the A938 Blackmount - Dulnain Bridge Road below the bridge.
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New approach to Gaelic teaching in Highland Primary Schools
Published 25 Feb 2014Pupils at two ends of the Highlands are being given the opportunity to begin learning Gaelic through two new Fèisgoil pilot projects delivered in schools by Fèisean nan Gàidheal in partnership with us