Tribute to Spall
TRIBUTE was paid this week to SIC infrastructure executive director Graham Spall who is taking early retirement today after 37 years with the local authority….
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‘Historic’ deal aims to free SIC’s hands
By NEIL RIDDELL FINANCE minister John Swinney was in Shetland this week to sign a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) between the SIC and the Scottish…
READ FULL STORYTalks over council pay after 1,200 strike
By RYAN TAYLOR HOPES of a breakthrough in the council pay dispute rose after an estimated 1,200 workers staged a 24 hour strike on Wednesday….
READ FULL STORYSIC may have to shoulder transport costs
By RYAN TAYLOR SHETLAND Islands Council must provide improvements to its transport infrastructure without actually having the money to pay for them. Members of the…
READ FULL STORYStrike hits majority of schools
MOST schools in Shetland will stay closed on Wednesday as council workers stage a 24 hour strike over pay. The schools remaining open for the…
READ FULL STORYSIC strikes set to paralyse isles
By RYAN TAYLOR RESIDENTS and businesses in Shetland will find themselves stranded next week when a planned 24-hour strike brings inter-island ferries to a halt….
READ FULL STORYAmbitious St Olaf plan thwarted
By JOHN ROBERTSON A GROUP of local businessmen have had their plan to renovate St Olaf’s Hall in Lerwick thrown out by councillors, despite planners…
READ FULL STORYCouncil money is snapped up by well-heeled firms
By JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLAND public funds are handed out every year to some of the islands’ most prosperous businesses without the community being told where…
READ FULL STORYHomeless will be winners from law change – Medley
By RYAN TAYLOR CHANGES in legislation could lead to the island’s stretched housing service catering entirely for homeless people. Shetland Islands Council’s head of housing…
READ FULL STORYFears voiced over schools’ future
By RYAN TAYLOR SHETLAND Islands Council may attempt to close schools in rural areas ahead of a new government policy aimed at saving them, according…
READ FULL STORYCouncils do have right to give cash backing for venues – government
BY NEIL RIDDELL LOCAL authorities are permitted to assist in the development of new leisure venues without falling foul of state aid rules, according to…
READ FULL STORYOil funds make SIC vulnerable to complaints
State aid is a European Commission term which refers to forms of assistance from a public body, or publicly-funded body, given to businesses on a…
READ FULL STORYSIC orders survey into impact of Tesco on isles stores
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER A SIX-WEEK survey is to be carried out into the impact that the new Tesco store could have on retail and wholesale…
READ FULL STORYCunning plan by SIC is cheap solution to problem with ‘dangerous’ Sullom quarry
By JOHN ROBERTSON THE SIC has been forced to act to reinstate a quarry at Sullom left in a dangerous state after the company working…
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