Bus contracts plan stalls amid fears over service cuts
In an embarrassing about-face the council has been forced to abandon its plans to award 288 new bus contracts for school and public services. Instead,
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Mareel’s cinema figures continue to surpass all expectations
The popularity of Mareel’s two cinema screens is showing no sign of letting up. Attendances have passed the 80,000 mark in the ten months since
READ FULL STORYSmall step to address housing shortage as tenants move into Burnbank homes
The first tenants are to move into new council houses at Burnbank in the north end of Lerwick on Tuesday.
READ FULL STORYHousing debt: London and Edinburgh treating isles ‘like a ping-pong ball’ as petition reaches 2,000 mark
Two thousand people have now signed this newspaper’s petition urging the UK and Scottish Governments to write off the SIC’s crippling £40 million housing debt.
READ FULL STORYJoint care committee opposed by councillors has to happen: NHS chairman
The proposed creation of an integrated health and social care board “has to happen”, according to NHS Shetland chairman Ian Kinniburgh.
READ FULL STORYInfrastructure chief Crossland heads for home
One of the SIC’s most senior managers, Phil Crossland, is leaving Shetland later this summer to take up a director’s post at Leicestershire Council, in
READ FULL STORYGray: big savings if SIC ditches fund manager and changes investment policy
The SIC can save £300,000-a-year by changing the way its oil reserves are invested on UK and world money markets, according to its finance chief.
READ FULL STORYSIC hits out as isles excluded from EU regional aid guidelines
Despite being one of the remotest parts of the European Union, Shetland will be excluded from automatic classification as an assisted area under recently adopted
READ FULL STORYTreat voluntary sector like Shetland Arts: Duncan
The struggling voluntary sector should be given the same kind of “free lease” deal that Shetland Arts has been given for cinema and music venue
READ FULL STORYIsland groups demand greater decision-making powers
The leaders of Scotland’s three island councils today agreed that in the run-up to next year’s independence referendum they must ask for greater powers in
READ FULL STORYSIC frustrated by continued government inaction on housing debt
Shetland Islands Council is urging the UK and Scottish Governments to recognise the “critical” urgency of arranging talks to resolve its outstanding £40 million housing
READ FULL STORYMareel’s future guaranteed as SIC agrees 99-year lease for £1.1m
Mareel’s future as a cinema and music venue is safe after the SIC agreed to purchase a 99-year “long lease” on the building for £1.1
READ FULL STORYCare partnership plans voted down
Councillors have today thrown out a recommendation to form a shadow health and social care partnership board, together with NHS Shetland.
READ FULL STORYHotel plan for Leog House approved despite concern over parking
The path has been cleared for Leog House to find a new lease of life as a hotel, hostel or bed and breakfast.
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