Windfarm plagued by indecision
By NEIL RIDDELL The future direction of the controversial Viking Energy windfarm project is shrouded in doubt after councillor-trustees again deferred a decision on sanctioning…
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New marketing body to be established to promote isles as tourism destination
By LOUISE THOMASON The council took control of marketing Shetland as a tourism destination this week amid grave concerns about the centralised approach of the…
READ FULL STORYTrustees approve ‘fantasy’ budget
By NEIL RIDDELL Trustees of Shetland Charitable Trust are “living in a world of fantasy” having approved a budget of £12.36 million and rejected two…
READ FULL STORYCouncil under pressure after livestock co-op says it will have to cease trading
By JOHN ROBERTSON The SIC is under pressure to reverse decisions made this week which may sink Shetland’s cash-strapped livestock marketing co-operative. The islands face…
READ FULL STORYAnger and bitterness in debate over future of organisation
This week’s stinging attack on the Shetland Livestock Marketing Group (SLMG) was about as ferocious as debating gets in the Town Hall and illustrated the…
READ FULL STORYArchives reveal 70s fear over breakaway
By PAUL RIDDELL Whitehall civil servants believed Shetland and Orkney might split off from an independent Scotland in the mid-1970s and take 53 per cent…
READ FULL STORYSullom Voe to be hub for all west of Shetland gas under Total plan
By JOHN ROBERTSON Sullom Voe is to become the hub for all gas discovered west of Shetland after Total confirmed its planned new pipeline would…
READ FULL STORYAfter two years, oil firms agree to meet council
Oil companies at Sullom Voe have indicated a new willingness to enter talks with the SIC on the future of the terminal after the local…
READ FULL STORYTesco rethink ploy fails
A last-gasp bid to stop Tesco getting a big extension to its Lerwick supermarket failed this week when only three councillors backed the call. Councillor…
READ FULL STORYGroup to look at budget shortfall in capital spend
By NEIL RIDDELL Councillors have agreed to establish a working group charged with the ominous task of squeezing a projected capital spend of £36.5 million…
READ FULL STORYFinance chief warns of ‘big challenge’ in meeting single status agreement costs
By NEIL RIDDELL Shetland Islands Council has agreed to freeze council tax rates and has set a projected revenue spend of £104.3 million for the…
READ FULL STORYHunt gets going for new council chief
The hunt is under way for a new £97,000-a-year SIC chief executive to replace Morgan Goodlad who leaves at the end of May. The use…
READ FULL STORYShort shrift for Wills’ attempt to halt school plan
A second attempt in six days by councillor Jonathan Wills to halt the submission of a planning application for the £49 million new Anderson High…
READ FULL STORYCouncil’s £20m capital programme agreed
Councillors have agreed to establish a working group charged with squeezing a projected capital spend of £36.5 million into an allocated budget of just £15…
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