Cost of Living

Grant Campbell, Highland SCDI regional manager, argues that the UK Government's Energy Bill Relief scheme must run throughout 2023 and into 2024.

Soaring electricity costs are prompting a Black Isle business to seriously consider whether to temporarily close its doors during part of the winter.

You may not have noticed, but summer ended on Friday and the autumnal equinox heralds a new season, with cooler weather approaching.

The cost-of-living crisis is already impacting the health of young people, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

Our trainee reporter Lachlan Jack interviewed locals around Inverness today about the cost-of-living crisis.

The possibility of opening up the college for older people and those in highest need this winter is being considered as energy costs rise.

They include opening council facilities to provide food and heat hubs but will have to be costed before being fully adopted

The measures include a one-off £145 payment to the worst off households and an extension of free school meals

A footwear business based in Inverness has awarded pay rises exceeding the new Real Living Wage rate to help protect living standards for staff.

Providers say they are already short-changed to the tune of 24 per cent while the local authority says it simply cannot up the hourly rate

The UK’s new support scheme for business energy bills may be “inadequate” without reform of the energy market, says John Swinney.

Measures announced by the UK Government to help protect businesses from rising energy costs will be welcomed in the Highlands.

Highland Labour MSP Rhoda Grant is seeking answers from the UK Government on financial support for those off the gas grid.

The council says that while it's facing its own cost crisis problems, it's keen to help its most vulnerable households.

Despite government help, millions still face fuel poverty with people in the Highlands at great risk

As soon as the doors open at Inverness Foodstuff, the lunchtime diners begin to drift in.

Tracy Morris is celebrating one year in business by holding a raffle for pensioners. This will support one lucky winner with the cost of living.

People living with cancer are more anxious about money than their diagnosis, a Highland charity has warned.

The local authority's eye-watering debt rose to £1.1 billion

There will be a sigh of relief among worried businesses following today's announcement by the Prime Minister about support for energy bills.