Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s surprise decision to cancel his autumn budget will not derail efforts to get the Tay Cities Deal signed off next month, the UK Treasury has confirmed. A provisional date for rubber-stamping the multi-million-pound package has been set for...
Read MoreThe Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has unveiled new measures to protect jobs as part of the government's 'winter economy plan'. Furlough, which comes to an end in October will be replaced with the Job Support Scheme from 1 November. Under the scheme, which...
Read MoreIn a statement to the Scottish Parliament the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon introduced a number of additional restrictions the Scottish Government believes are now necessary in order to reduce COVID rates as we approach the winter months and amidst a...
Read MoreMulti-million pound Angus early learning construction projects are back on track as contractors play Coronavirus catch-up with the Forfar and Carnoustie schemes. The new facilities on the site of the former Forfar Academy and at Pitskelly Park in Carnoustie are being...
Read MoreForfar has suffered a double jobs blow as two prominent business in the town are set to make people redundant just as the effects of Covid-19 again begin to tighten their grip with new regulations outlined by both the Scottish...
Read MoreAngus farmers are at the forefront of efforts to tackle the growing problem of potato cyst nematode (PCN) which is having a multi-million-pound impact on the Scottish industry every year. As chemical options are withdrawn from use, a group of producers...
Read MoreThe Angus Period Positive Campaign is about making products accessible to all, while removing the stigma associated with periods and menstrual health. In Angus we believe that it's okay to talk about periods, and the increased engagement around this has improved...
Read MoreThe Forfar Bridie’s bid to sit alongside the big names of European food is still in the mix. As the clock counts down to Brexit, local producers are still to be learn if the famed product will join the Protected Geographical...
Read MoreThe green light has been given for a 40 megawatt Angus solar farm which could provide power to one of the area’s biggest employers. The scheme will see 140,000 solar panels placed on sloping farmland north of Montrose and a cable...
Read MoreCaledonia Housing Association has set out plans to invest £75 million on building 500 new homes. The group intends to spend £40m on seven current housing projects in Scotland, including sites in Tayside. A further £35m is earmarked for another nine sites...
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