A LOCAL renewable energy company has been awarded almost £900,000 of government funding for a Lerwick project that it is said could “revolutionise” the way energy can be stored.  Angus Grains, a director of North Fish, said the £2 million pilot project decarbonise a number of industrial energy users and has the potential to be

THE MAJORITY of restrictions introduced in response to the Omicron variant of Covid-19 will be lifted from Monday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. In an address to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon she confirmed most restrictions on hospitality would be removed following a decline in cases since the New Year. She said the

ONE in six Shetland households and businesses are still not receiving “decent” broadband speeds despite multimillion pound investments in the network. A report from economic development manager Tommy Coutts, presented to Monday’s meeting of the SIC’s development committee, starkly highlights the extent to which Shetland continues to lag behind the rest of the country when

SHETLAND Islands Council is still hopeful it can deliver nearly 400 new homes over the next five years despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, Brexit, inflation and the availability of contractors and building materials.  Housing manager Anita Jamieson told members of the development committee on Monday that, in seeking £26 million of Scottish Government funding,

COVID numbers in Shetland have dropped to their lowest level in quite some time with just four new (PCR tested) cases during the last 72 hours since Friday. Nationally, there were 2,910 new cases identified by PCR test, and 6,221 when combined with logged Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs). Ahead of Tuesday’s latest update by first