Tag: councils

£244 million paid to Scottish businesses through January

News

guest_deadline - February 10, 2021

LOCAL councils funding doubled during extended lockdown among other financial help. Payments to support businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic increased following the tightening of...

Scottish councils’ electric cars doing as little as 1,600 miles a year

Scottish News

Peter Laing - July 22, 2015

ELECTRIC cars bought by “green” Scots councils are covering as little as 1,600 miles a year. Despite price tags in the region of £25,000 per...

Potholes cost Scottish Government over £220 million to fix

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - October 14, 2014

THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT has spent a staggering £220m on repairing potholes in the last financial year. The costs are £53 million more than the previous...

£1.5 million compensation paid to council workers

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 1, 2011

A SCOTTISH council has spent almost £1m in the past five years compensating staff who were injured at work. Fife Council has handed out just...

Millions spent on speed bumps for pothole-ridden roads

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 3, 2011

CASH-strapped Scots councils are spending millions on speed bumps while roads are littered with potholes. Councils are installing the traffic-calming measures across the country while...