The UK government looks set to legalise the use of the saltire on car registration plates. The department for transport hope the rules will be changed to allow UK motorists to show national flags by next year. It is currently illegal and drivers can be fined for displaying flags on their number plates. Scottish Secretary, [...]
In a delightfully Scottish twist on ‘charity begins at home’ the makers of the world famous “Grouse” whisky have released a new blend called “Black Grouse”, all in the name of charity and conservation. Money from every bottle of whisky sold will go to the RSPB campaign to protect the black grouse, native to the [...]
In a bid to establish a ‘worldwide online identity’ for Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond will be a guest of the Catalan Government next week and will learn first hand of the success of Catalonia’s ‘.cat’ domain. It is hoped that similar success would come to Scotland with the introduction of a ‘.scot’ domain. Preliminary [...]
The results of the first-ever comprehensive research on village halls, undertaken on behalf of the government by the Scottish Agricultural College, was published today. The database shows where they are, who uses them, who runs them and what state they are in.
A spokesman for the Scottish Government said that village halls play a central role [...]
If you do only one thing today you should go to the VisitScotland website and watch and listen to the excellent anthem produced for The Gathering next year. To celebrate the year of Homecoming a host of Scottish celebrities have joined together to sing the iconic Dougie Maclean song “Caledonia”, which has the perfect lyrics [...]
The Scottish Government and COSLA are asking local authorites in Scotland to apply for a share of £25million to start building council houses. Support will be made available to those authorites prepared to take action quickly to increase the availabilty of affordable housing. Legislation will also be introduced to end the “Right to Buy” for [...]
Today sees the launch of a £7.5million initiative to fight poverty and income inequality in Scotland.
“Achieving Our Potential” is a joint approach by the Scottish Government and COSLA in the fight against poverty. The programme highlights key actions needed in Scotland to improve income levels for employees, to raise awareness of statutory workers’ rights and [...]
The response to the Chancellors speech yesterday has been fairly muted in Scotland. A lot of mutterings about tax costs in the future but not much else. The SNP Finance Secretary is concerned over future efficiency savings, but happy about the continued support for building infrastructure programmes, allowing building works on schools and roads to [...]
To celebrate the feast day on the 30th November of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, two fifteen feet Saltire flags have been hoisted 500feet above the River Forth on the iconic bridge which leads in to the city of Edinburgh. The start of the Edinburgh Winter Festival this weekend will see a family-friendly [...]
First Minister Alex Salmond has officially opened the £120 million Clackmannanshire Bridge. The bridge was built to reduce traffic congestion around the existing bottleneck at Kincardine Bridge.
The bridge is three quarters of a mile ling, weighs more than 32,000 tons and around 20,000 vehicles a day are expected to use the bridge, which is named [...]
