Expansion will help unlock over £800 million for communities across the UK. Expansion will help unlock over £800 million for communities across the UK.
Vaccination email scams seen as biggest emerging threat Help and advice to avoid becoming a victim. Royal Bank of Scotland has issued an urgent scam alert following the new lockdown.
The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in 2020, millions were unemployed or furloughed, and governments pumped trillions of dollars into their economies to prevent greater damage.
During the week of 24 to 30 December, 684,747 people who had tested positive, and their contacts, were reached and told to self-isolate. More people than ever before reached and told to isolate over festive period.
A temporary ban on eviction orders will be extended until the end of March 2021. Regulations will be laid in the Scottish Parliament on 14 January to extend the current ban, which is in place at present until 22 January.
At today's (7th January 2021) meeting of The Highland Council the focus was on the Covid pandemic response and the many actions the Council are taking to support communities during the current lockdown. The Leader of the Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson said: "At Council today elected members raised many important issues that we will follow up.
The Highland Council today launched the Temporary Business Closure Grant. This grant is available for businesses who have had to close due to the COVID-19 protective measures introduced on Boxing Day.
From 4am Saturday 9 January, people arriving in England from Botswana, Israel (and Jerusalem), Mauritius or Seychelles will need to self-isolate. travel restrictions extended to southern African countries from 4am Saturday 9 January (2021) to protect against the spread of a new COVID-19 variant initially detected in South Africa.
The Highland Council met today (7 January 2021) and took the opportunity to discuss Brexit. A number of issues arising from the UK's exit from the EU were discussed and the complexity of the situation was recognised particularly since there are a number of other concurrent issues such as COVID.
A decade of UK Government support leads to more than 13,000 new businesses launched by jobseekers in Scotland. New figures published today show between April 2011 and June 2020 more than 13,000 jobseekers in Scotland used support from their local Jobcentre and the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme, to launch their own business.
The Highland Council has issued a letter to all parents providing an update regarding the reopening of schools and early learning and childcare settings following the announcement made yesterday by the First Minister that the country is now in a national lockdown. All Highland schools will remain open but the only pupils who should attend are those identified as vulnerable and the children of Key Workers when no other arrangements can be made.
From HMRC - 7 January 2021. Upcoming deadline for Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims, and to answer some questions you might have, too.
Post-transition border controls faced their first test yesterday (4 January) on the first working day of the year, but the flow of freight moving across the Dover-Calais strait remained slower than usual. France's new €50m smart border infrastructure was largely unused with traffic flowing at around a fifth of its normal level.
Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000, the Chancellor has announced. Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring £594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businesses [b]comes in addition to £1.1 billion further discretionary grant funding for Local Authorities, Local Restriction Support Grants worth up to £3,000 a month and extension of furlough scheme[b] This follows the Prime Minister's announcement last night that these business will be closed until at least February half-term in order to help control the virus, and, together with the wide range of existing support, provides them with certainty through the Spring period.
Around 55% of Self Assessment customers have already filed their return, and HMRC is urging others to do so by 31 January. Around 5.4 million Self Assessment customers have less than a month to complete their tax return, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced today (5 January 2021), ahead of the deadline on 31 January.
The Highland Council has notified its service users and customers of its opening hours and service arrangements over the festive period. The Service Centre will close at 4pm on 24 December.
The Highland Council and NHS Highland are reminding Highland residents of the importance of reaching out for help if this is needed over the festive period. The current time of year can be difficult for many people anyway, and others may have found that their plans for the festive season have changed at the last minute and the chance to see friends or family is now not possible.
The Leader of The Highland Council is encouraging all businesses to apply for a new support grant. The Council has paid out Business Restriction Grants of over £740,000 to 461 businesses impacted by the current Tier 1 restrictions Businesses required to close due to the Tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, will be able to apply for further Scottish Government grants early in the New Year.
Legal aid solicitors will benefit from a 10% uplift in legal aid fees and have access to a £9 million fund to help those experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19. Following meetings with the Law Society of Scotland, the Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed a package of further support made up of: a 10% uplift in fees to be delivered over the next two financial years.
This article was first published at The Conversation web site on 21st December 2020. Authors Tony Heron, Professor of International Political Economy, University of York and Bob Doherty,Professor of Marketing and Chair of Agrifood, University of York With just a few days until the end of the transition period, and with British freight hauliers temporarily banned from travelling to France, we still don't know if a free trade deal will be struck between the UK and EU.
