Ewen Adamson News Today

WITH energy costs set to stay high for the foreseeable future, one way of combatting Shetland’s high levels of fuel poverty is to ‘build better’ houses, according to local architect Allen Duncan. And to prove the point, he has just moved into his newly built ‘Passivhaus...

THE SHETLAND Net Zero Energy Forum reached an “important milestone” in the organisation yesterday (Wednesday) by launching its website. The group follows on from the Shetland Renewable Energy Forum, which was formed in 2003 but went dormant in 2014. A website launch event...

SHETLAND Charitable Trust (SCT) has appointed two new voluntary trustees - solicitor Neil Risk and retired vet Jim Nicolson. It completes a recent recruitment process which also saw fisheries scientist Beth Mouat join in May. The new faces on the £380 million charity start in...

PROMINENT local scientist Beth Mouat is joining the board of trustees at Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT). The charity, which administers £380 million of community funds, is also looking to add another two new faces in the coming months to replace three trustees stepping down at...

PLANNING refusal for a house extension in Sandwick has been overturned by councillors. Shetland Islands Council’s planning committee was unanimous in its decision at a meeting on Wednesday. Planning permission had been sought for a single storey extension on the front of...

SHETLAND Charitable Trust (SCT) has welcomed four new trustees. The new intake brings extensive experience of finance and project management to the trusts, which has funds worth more than £400 million invested on world stock markets. Income from the investments helps pay for...

PEOPLE can now take a virtual 360 degrees tour of the Shetland Library building thanks to a series of detailed 3D photographs. Local company CASE Shetland used a Matterport Pro2 scanner to capture the images. The company was tasked with surveying the building at Lower Hillhead,...