Hospitality sector on its knees
Visitor numbers in the Highlands have been high since Covid. However, summer's busy roads and crowded cafés disguise a major problem within the hospitality industry.
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Visitor numbers in the Highlands have been high since Covid. However, summer's busy roads and crowded cafés disguise a major problem within the hospitality industry.
Local entrepreneur sets out his vision to help keep youngsters in the Highlands from moving away for better employment opportunities. Article from The Herald, Tuesday 30th January.
Last week, campaign group Round Our Way took advantage of National Potholes day to inform us that the number of potholes in Scotland had risen by nearly 50% over the last year to a five year high.
Question Time at Lochaber Ideas Week had a star-studded panel who tackled issues such as the shortage of affordable housing, poor infrastructure to support our buoyant tourism sector, and the shortage of skills.
Renewables have long been hailed as the saviour of the Highland economy, with one SNP Minister declaring that Scotland would become the Saudi Arabia of renewables.
The healthcare sector in the Highlands is suffering from inflationary pressures, especially in medicines and staff costs, an ageing population and a lack of younger healthcare professionals in more rural areas.
Local authorities are being forced to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on hotels for homeless people according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats, with Glasgow spending more than £114m in just three years.
Scottish Liberal Democrat lead candidate for the South of Scotland region Duncan Dunlop has today launched a tractor and trailer poster campaign in the Scottish Borders, urging voters to back the party on the peach regional ballot paper.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that his party would hand rental incomes from ScotWind offshore wind projects to local councils to enable them to support their communities and invest in long term projects - a move which
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson and candidate for Inverclyde Jamie Greene has today said that only his party have set out a realistic plan to help EV drivers, fix roads, cut fuel duty and get Scotland moving again.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to Inverness to set out his plans for creating new housing for key workers and say that Scottish Liberal Democrats are on the brink of a series of election wins that will make them
Scottish Liberal Democrats have pledged to fight any attempt by Nigel Farage, Lord Malcolm Offord and Reform UK to start fracking in Scotland, warning that the proposals could damage the countryside and would be opposed by local communities.
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Families who remortgaged in 2023 are facing a mortgage bombshell of almost £9bn this year, with commuter belt areas in the Blue Wall hardest hit, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.