Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Scottish Household Survey on Satisfaction with Schools 2025, published today, shows that adult satisfaction with local schools increased from 69 per cent in 2024 to 72 per cent last year.

It is almost ten years since Ardent Maritime Netherlands was awarded the contract for what is now the longest serving of the coastguard emergency towing vessels.

In Scotland, cash accounts for 12 to 17 per cent of transactions, but the percentage of people using cash is much higher than that, especially for small purchases, and only 4 per cent never use cash. The figures are the background to what is happing at the Co-op in Lerwick, which has been cash only since an internet failure triggered by last Tuesday’s power cut.

Unite union members of Loganair cabin crew are being balloted on industrial action after rejecting a final wage offer from the company, with Unite claiming that this was before pay negotiations had even taken place.

The shortlist of nominees has been announced for the 2026 Shetland Sports Awards.

Serica Energy, which, earlier this year, completed the purchase of the agreement that Prax Upstream had with Total Energies for the Shetland Gas Plant, therefore becoming owner of the gas plant, has now completed a 33 million deal for the offshore assets of Spirit Energy.

Saltire Energy, the Aberdeen-based oil drilling equipment rental firm, has posted a decrease in revenue of 21 per cent and a decrease in profit of 35 per cent in newly-posted annual accounts for the year ended in June.