Accommodation licensing is a blow for business
• Small operators say letting rules are ‘double whammy’ after Covid Following an outcry last week by tourism body SkyeConnect, Highland Council has not ruled out varying the fees it…
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Over 80s still waiting for their vaccine
Local surgeries across Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross remained tight-lipped this week over the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine for those aged 80 and over. The Free Press contacted surgeries…
Small B and Bs now eligible for support as government repurposes hardship fund
A leading voice in Highland and Islands business has said that many B and B operators will be drawing a “huge sigh of relief” after the Scottish Government announced a…
New finance minister Kate Forbes hopes to “do the Highlands proud”
Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has said she hopes to do the “Highlands proud” after being appointed as the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance this week.…
Skye and Lochalsh patients face further wait for dialysis treatment closer to home
The recruitment crisis facing the health service in the Highlands was laid bare this week after it emerged that long-suffering kidney dialysis patients in Skye and Lochalsh will face a…
Keep Left campaigner “overwhelmed” by support shown in fundraising drive
A Skye woman said she was “overwhelmed” after more than £500 was donated towards the road safety campaign she started after being involved in a car accident. Sharon Anslow from…
Skye ‘Keep Left’ road safety campaigner delivers stark warning in meeting with Transport Scotland official
A prominent road safety campaigner from Skye recounted her own harrowing car crash experience to a leading roads official this week as part of a campaign to stop visiting motorists…
Kate Forbes MSP welcomes road safety work at “dangerous” Skye road
Transport Scotland are to undertake road safety improvements at the Sconser ferry junction on Skye, according to local MSP Kate Forbes. In a letter to the member for Skye, Lochaber…
Calls for a speed limit at the Skye – Raasay ferry junction “not considered necessary”
Calls for a lower speed limit on the A87 at the Sconser ferry junction have been backed by the local constituency MSP. In response to growing local concerns over road…
Tech giants urged to join ‘Keep Left’ road campaign
Tech giants are being urged to provide an additional safety feature to stop foreign motorists from driving on the wrong side of the road. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate…