News archive
News published March 2020
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Council appeals for employees to volunteer
Published 19 Mar 2020Today, Highland Council issued an appeal for employees who are fit and healthy to apply to volunteer their skills and experience to help in the delivery of priority and statutory services.
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Highland Schools will close at end of school day on Friday 20 March
Published 19 Mar 2020s communicated by the First Minister yesterday, we can confirm that all schools in The Highland Council region will close at the end of the school day on Friday 20th March.
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COVID-19 – Outpatients and Diagnostic Testing
Published 19 Mar 2020As part of our preparation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS Highland has cancelled all non-urgent outpatient reviews and diagnostic tests which will enable staff to ...
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High Life Highland Focusing on Supporting Communities
Published 19 Mar 2020High Life Highland today confirmed that the Charity has reached the difficult decision to close all archive centres, libraries, leisure centres, museums and swimming pools across the Highlands.
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Resilience Partners are working together across the Highlands and Islands
Published 18 Mar 2020At today’s meeting of the Highlands and Islands Local Resilience Partnership (HILRP) (Coronavirus/COVID-19,) members reviewed the emerging guidance from the Scottish Government.
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Highland Council focuses on delivering statutory services
Published 18 Mar 2020The Highland Council is planning for greatly increased staff absence levels over the coming days and weeks.
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Business Gateway Highland continues to provide support
Published 18 Mar 2020Business Gateway Highland have confirmed that they are continuing to provide a service to small and medium enterprises across the Highlands by offering adviser support by phone or video and webinars i
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Highland Council Trading Standards issues advice on COVID-19 Scams
Published 18 Mar 2020In the wake of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Highland Council Trading Standards are issuing a warning to the public about a series of new scams related to the virus.
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Schools in Scotland to close
Published 18 Mar 2020The First Minster has just made an announcement closing schools after Friday this week.
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High Life Highland COVID-19
Published 18 Mar 2020Steve Walsh, Chief Executive of High Life Highland today confirmed that his teams were working hard to ensure that the Charity was closely following the recommendations made by the Scottish and UK Gov