Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The Shetland Islands Council was one of a few Scottish local authorities that completely avoided the long-term debt trap of Private Finance Initiative, or Public-Private Partnership contracts,

Scotland’s Rural Voice, the Scotland-wide survey of more than 2,000 rural and island residents, is launching a new wave of the survey this year.

This year’s upcoming survey comes at a time when a report is being prepared into, what is developing into twin economies in areas like Shetland, with that last seen in Shetland at the hight of the construction of the Sullom Voe Terminal from the late 70s into the early 80s.

Shetland Analytical Services is to cease trading due to declining revenue with a loss of seven jobs.

Hannah Mary Goodlad made her first speech in the Scottish parliament on Thursday when, on behalf of the Scottish government as minister for public finance, she closed the debate on wealth taxation for public services.

Despite wind farm developer Ocean Winds handing back, to Crown Estate Scotland, the lease-option for the 500 Megawatt Arven South floating offshore wind farm, which would have been as near as 15 nautical miles east of Nesting, a study led by Heriot-Watt University has projected that 11 per cent of the North Sea would fall within wind farm boundaries by 2050, a rise from the current 1 per cent.

This is the weekend of the 21st biennial Shetland Classic Motor Show.