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Visit Inverness Loch Ness is delighted to announce it is seeking to recruit two new Destination Development Manager roles. We are asking for your assistance to circulate the advert, and by doing so to help to find candidates who can support the recovery of our destination. A full job description is attached, and applications are invited from suitable candidates before midday on the 22^nd of September. Our thanks to Highlands and Islands Enterprise for their support.

Applications may be submitted through:

• Indeed
• LinkedIn
• HIJOBS

If you have any questions please feel welcome to get in touch.

Kind regards,

Defibrillator refresher course on Zoom Monday the 6th of Sept at 7pm. Anybody interested just needs to register name.
Information at  (info@luck2behere.com )

On behalf of Councillors Margaret Davidson & David Fraser we just want to say we share the community anger and frustration with MOWI and their failure to move the fish cages.

MOWI applied for permission to move the cages to make way for the future Red John pumped storage scheme. They were granted permission for an alternative site close to the shore. We are not aware of any time pressure on MOWI to move the cages at the start of this summer, however and despite low Loch levels, they chose to do so. When  MOWI tried to move to the approved area they found that the water levels were too low, so moored the cages in the current position. At that time it would have been easy to seek guidance on the suitability of  this location, or simply moved the cages back to the original location. They did neither and despite an immediate outcry about the location MOWI filled the cages with fish and started to claim they could not be moved as a consequence of the fish being in the cage. 

Highland Council planning department have taken enforcement action against MOWI and were in dialogue with them very soon after the cages were moved. This will result in the cages getting moved. Just not in the timescale that the community, or us, would wish. This is not due to any omission by the planners but a consequence of the way the planning regulations work.

As Councillors we do not accept that MOWI cannot move the cages before January, it may be expensive but we are sure it must be technically possible and without damage to the environment or fish welfare. The current location is totally unacceptable but MOWI must ensure that in arriving at a solution there is no escape of fish into Loch Ness.

We have been in contact with the Chief Executive of MOWI regarding the Dores fish farm and we are writing again this week demanding urgent action to resolve the situation”

Councillor David Fraser

Aird and Loch Ness

Mobile 077 913 90792

As a valued stakeholder, we’re getting in touch to make you aware of our brand-new Transmission Network Use of System charges (TNUoS) stakeholder advocacy hub, which brings together all of our stakeholder led TNUoS analysis, feedback and resources into one accessible place for the first time. Click here to view our new TNUoS stakeholder advocacy hub.

On the hub you will find further information on what TNUoS is and why over 90% of stakeholders tell us that the current methodology is a barrier to net zero, presented through FAQ’s, videos and feedback from wider industry voices. The hub also brings together all of our stakeholder-led analysis to date, with links to our TNUoS Discussion Paper, Stakeholder Feedback Paper, blogs, press coverage and online webinar. 

As a stakeholder-led business, driven by a stakeholder-led strategy, we’re motivated to act on the feedback we receive from customers and we will continue to advocate for reform of the current TNUoS regime as the best way forward to support the UK’s ambitious net zero targets and green recovery goals. As part of this, we hope you find the TNUoS stakeholder advocacy hub to be a useful and informative resource which supports the case for reform in the context of the climate emergency.

If you’d like to share feedback with us on the TNUoS Hub, or if you would like to discuss our analysis to date please contact David.Boyland@sse.com

https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/information-centre/tnuos/

You may be aware of the Scottish Government’s R100 project which aims to deliver superfast broadband to all within the next couple of years. Where properties are not included in the full fibre roll-out, the scheme provides for vouchers to  be available for alternative provisions such as fixed wireless, mobile or satellite broadband. Full details and postcode based eligibility checker are available on www.scotlandsuperfast.com.
The Community Council has been following this scheme for some time now and has been lobbying for the Scaniport, Cullaird, Kinchyle and Darris  areas to be included in the scheme (you may be aware that Dores already has fibre broadband). We are pleased to report that a number of properties in those areas are now ‘in scope’.   However, the final scope and programme for this next roll-out have yet to be confirmed (currently stated to be  ‘after 2021’) so in the meantime it is recommended that you go online to the website noted above and check the status of your property and what options may be available. 
The Community Council will continue to track progress.
If you have any queries please contact Colin McPherson at c.a.mcpherson@btinternet.com.