Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Shetland-based wellbeing business Shetland Resolve, headed by founder and owner Diane Taylor, has been selected as one of just five finalists for Rural Business of the Year, in the Women’s Enterprise Scotland Awards 2026.

As the European Union bans Brazilian beef imports, because of concerns over anti-microbial resistance in Brazilian farming, Alistair Carmichael, as chair of the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee, brought to the attention of the prime minister concerns that this could lead to discounted Brazilian beef being diverted in greater volumes to the UK if the government does not impose similar restrictions.

The Unite union is balloting offshore workers employed by operator Apache on strike action, including on the Beryl platforms 80 nautical miles east-south-east of Sumburgh.

As he set out the Scottish government’s programme for government in parliament yesterday, First Minister John Swinney announced his commitment to the pre-development phase of a new subsea digital communications cable connecting Shetland to the Scottish mainland.

Hannah Mary Goodlad, welcomed the announcement saying that she was utterly convinced that this was what Shetland needed and, as a result, had made it a key commitment in her manifesto.

Orkney’s member of the Scottish parliament Liam McArthur, has referred to all the islands’ NHS boards - NHS Shetland, NHS Orkney and NHS Western Isles - in his response to Scottish government plans to reduce 14 regional health boards to two, one for the north of Scotland and one for the south.

The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation is presenting a bid to renew local control of inshore shellfish fisheries for another 15 years.

EnergyCloud Scotland has launched a new partnership with the Hjaltland Housing Association which aims to enable local families to benefit from surplus renewable electricity that would otherwise go unused.