Public views and concerns are being ignored and I was totally bemused as to why! Whilst I appreciate development must go ahead, I am equally concerned that Highland Council Planners and Councillors are not listening to the public. Care and thought must be given to good development which is appropriate and needed by the area. [...]
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Resignation hint for Highlands and Islands Enterprise agency chairman over contract row
MSP says enterprise boss should question his future as investigation begins By Jane Candlish – Press and Journal Willie Roe: embattled The chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is being asked to consider resigning following Press and Journal revelations that a major investigation is under way into contracts awarded to his private company. Willie [...]
Dunfermline Building Society backs Highland Housing Fair
So the Dunfermline Building Society emerges as probably the sole sponsor of this fiasco which is thought to have cost the tax payer some £3Million so far. The farce recently attracted headline TV and Press comment following the approach to MSP’s at Holyrood Parliament for funding guarantees off the back of a grossly misleading brochure [...]
Highland Housing Fair 2009 – Cancelled
The worst kept secret of 2008 is now receiving press attention following continuing investigation by Planning Watch UK members. At 9.05am Monday morning, Barrie Haycock, Planning Watch UK Chairman, contacted the Inverness Courier to make the newspaper aware of the latest turn of events following four years shambolic waste of tax payers money arising from [...]
Red Cross plugs service gaps in Inverness, claims ambulance union
RED Cross volunteers are being used to plug gaps in ambulance service provision in Inverness and have been sent to 23 emergency calls — including road accidents and drug overdoses — since January, union officials claim. By Hugh Ross – Inverness Courier Front line crews working for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) allege that the [...]
