Highlands care providers have been urged to safeguard their services against risks that threaten their operations.
As the demand for residential and nursing care increases, providers are facing financial and workforce challenges.
At the same time there is pressure to uphold health and safety standards and remain fully compliant with a complex regulatory landscape.
A spokesperson for Ansvar Care Insurance said that, while the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill will have a positive impact, it will not be effective immediately.
Highland care providers should be aware of the growing risks and take proactive steps to mitigate them.
The public consultation on the next iteration of the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract (NIFS4) is open and will run for 12 weeks until 13 October.
Island communities, businesses and all those who use the service are invited to submit their views.
The Minister for Connectivity, Jim Fairlie, said that the government recognizes the importance of ferry routes.
The intention is that £530 million will be invested in the coming year to strengthen resilience of service on the west coast and northern isles.
Gairloch Aultbea Poolewe Litterbusters continue to provide sterling service with their community and beach clean-ups.
Dozens of volunteers have turned out over the past 3 months and collected over a hundred bags of rubbish.
The campaign was augmented in May by a group of students from the George Watson School in Edinburgh, who embarked on a 2 hour beach clean in Aultbea and collected an incredible 50kg litter.
If there’s a Litter busting GAP in your area and you’d like to help, contact Donna at volunteering@galeteam.co.uk
And in the football …..
Both Ross County and Inverness Caley Thistle play their final group matches in the Premier Sports Scottish League Cup, with the chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the tournament.
County has a home game against Partick Thistle, while Caley Thistle plays away against Raith Rovers.
Both matches kick off at 3 o'clock tomorrow with County's game being shown live on Premier Player.
