Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Funds invested globally by the Shetland Charitable Trust are back to the value they were three years ago after falling by over £100 million pounds.

With the imminent retiral of the current directors of Hunter & Morrisons, DITT Construction has announced that it has agreed to transfer the Hunter and Morrisons work-force to DITT employment.

The SNP candidate Hannah Mary Goodlad has said that defeatism has no place when it came to the industrialisation of the home islands and that with a little bit of creativity, and stubborn ambition, much more could be done.

The members of the Shetland Islands Council’s policy and resources committee have formally decided against adopting a visitor levy in Shetland. [LDRS]

The Shetland Islands Council has released images prepared by Macduff Ship Design for a £11.76 million, 33 metre by 10.8 metre, drive-through relief ferry, with room for 15 cars.

White fish box landings: 1 boat landed 104 boxes.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 253 metre Aidasol at anchor.

Alistair Carmichael has criticised the recent decision by Crown Estate Scotland to raise marina and other mooring fees from £2 to £55 per year.