Cost of Living

A STITCH in time saves nine – and a new repair workshop in an Inverness clothes shop is hoping to encourage Highlanders to take that adage to heart.

The new initiative aims to provide new school shoes for children.

People living in rural and remote parts of Scotland are being invited to give their experiences of the rising cost of living to a public inquiry.

In one corner of Cafe 1668 in Inverness, a family joins in a traditional game while at another table a youngster is engrossed in making a bracelet.

The housing crisis in Inverness and the Highlands is putting vulnerable at risk of being made homeless and forcing them in run-down buildings.

An Inverness mum has told her story after being left without a home.

The Inverness rental market is experiencing ‘unprecedented supply and demand issues' with record numbers of applications for properties.

A community organisation has teamed up with a Highland climate group to provide help with tackling the cost-of-living crisis.

The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 5 per cent, adding to the strain on households struggling with soaring mortgage costs.

PEOPLE in the Highlands could miss out on hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of support on energy bills, according to a Labour MSP.

The £106 payment is designed to help people in the wider Inverness area cope with the cost-of-living crisis and winter energy bills.

Slashing council rents and reinstating an NC500 bin collection scheme could cost up to £342,000.

Mileage was one of the biggest rises going from just under £17,000 to £79,000 while two years ago it was just £3551

A FALL in the headline rate of inflation is "cold comfort" for Highlanders struggling with rocketing food prices, a local MP has warned.

RENT arrears for council tenants in Nairn and Cawdor are on the rise according to a recent report.

The Kingsmills Hotel has seen its energy prices and interest rates soar as the Bank of England continues to raise the base rate.

Raising fees to rent venues like halls, pitches and school halls sparks domino effect impacting many groups and organisations

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The Department of Work and Pensions has outlined when those eligible can expect to be paid and how much.

The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust (SHECT) is open for funding support applications.