http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/ Business news stories for the county of Caithness, Scotland en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PHP Business Index by Niall Fernie Copyright 1998-2012 Caithness.Org Niall Fernie 720 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2783 Scotland's Chief Medical Officer today reiterated advice for people to guard against the risk of vitamin D deficiency. Sir Harry Burns and Chief Medical Officers from across the UK have sent a joint letter to health professionals, reminding them of the importance of making people at risk of deficiency aware of the importance of getting enough vitamin D and how they can access daily supplements where necessary. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2783 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2784 Legislation to complete a programme of property law reform in Scotland was published earlier this month (Jn 2012 The Long Leases (Scotland) Bill will bring an end to ultra-long leases (let for more than 175 years and with more than 100 years to run) by converting them to ownership. The Bill forms part of a programme of property law reform put forward by the Scottish Law Commission. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2784 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2785 The Scottish retail sector grew in the fourth quarter of 2011 and outperformed the sector in Great Britain over the year according to figures released today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. The figures show that the volume of retail sales in Scotland grew by 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 and by 0.7 per cent annually. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2785 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2786 Seabed-to-surface engineering firm Subsea 7 announced its £63m contract from BP Exploration Operating Company today, safeguarding 100 jobs at the company. The deal is part of the second phase of the Clair Ridge Project, 75km west of Shetland, which is undergoing £4.5bn investment from BP. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2786 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2787 2012 marks the 10th Caithness International Science Festival - to celebrate this milesstone, over the weekend of 10 & 11 March 2012, Science O3 will be hosting a Science Fair, comprising talks, demonstrations, displays and workshops. There will be talks by Stuart Munro, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth Edinburgh, Alison McLure of the Institute of Physics and Ian Rae from the Scottish Association for Marine Science. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2787 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Sat, 4 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2779 The Highland Council is being recommended to freeze the Council Tax for a fifth successive year and confirm a budget of £602 million for 2012-13 when it meets on Thursday 9 February 2012. Through its three-year budget setting process, the Council has already identified savings of £18.6 million for 2012-13. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2779 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Fri, 3 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2780 The Highland Council will be asked to agree an additional £2m for road repairs when it meets next Thursday (9 February 2012). Councillor John Laing, the Chair of TECS Services, said that the extra funding, recommended by the Administration for 2012-13, would be used to address the additional damage to the road network following successive winters when we experienced prolonged periods of very low temperatures, which resulted in damage to roads throughout Scotland. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2780 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Fri, 3 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2782 In a first for the UK, a new map detailing Scotland's wild areas is being published today by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Some of the country's wildest landscapes are already identified and protected if they fall within national parks or national scenic areas. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2782 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Fri, 3 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2778 The Highland Council will be asked next week at its budget setting meeting to inject an additional £650,000 into classroom support in primary schools. The recommendation to the full council on Thursday 9 February comes from a Cross-Party Working Group, which has been reviewing the role of classroom assistants in primary schools over the past year. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2778 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Thu, 2 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2772 Income from farming in Scotland in 2011 has risen by £23 million compared with 2010, according to the latest statistics. Scotland's Chief Statistician has today published Scottish Farm Income Estimates 2011 which gives a national estimate of total income across agricultural holdings, alongside a breakdown of farm outputs, costs and subsidies. ... http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2772 http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/rss.php Wed, 1 Feb 2012 0:0:0 GMT