A new official tartan has been revealed by the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service revealed its new official tartan on the eve of Burns’ Night.
It was commissioned to celebrate more than a century of links between the submarine service and Scotland, Faslane becoming the UK’s single integrated submarine operating base from 2020.
Submariner Warrant Officer 1 Stephen Thomson (pictured) said: “The colour scheme of the new tartan has been designed to represent submarines’ environment: the dark green represents the sea; navy blue, red and white to represent the colours of the Royal Navy; and yellow to represent the coveted golden ‘Dolphins’ badge worn with pride by all qualified submariners.”
The tartan has been designed and woven by House of Edgar in Perth, and is available to all submariners, both serving and retired.
The Loch Lomond Rescue Boat is one of the charities across the UK sharing
£913,000 worth of funding announced by Maritime Minister John Hayes today.
It will receive £4,254.40 from the project which aims to help charities running local lifeboat and rescue services, helping those in danger on and around inland and inshore waterways, including during flooding and other incidents.
The money can be used to buy new lifeboats and other equipment such as lifejackets and safety gear.
Argyll and Bute Council’s Trading Standards team is warning local business about a VAT letter scam.
The people behind a previous UK data control scam are now sending out debt collection letters asking for payments. These letters have a German address and are headed ‘UK – DATA CONTROL – Missing information on your VAT Registration Number’.
The letter says that the sender is looking to update VAT registration numbers. If a business replies to the letter they then receive an invoice asking for £790 per year for three years for inclusion on the UK data control portal.
David Kinniburgh, policy lead for regulatory services, said: “We are concerned that local businesses might think this letter is an official communication, and that they may sign and return the form, leading to demands for payments. The letter is not an official communication – it is a scam.
“We would like to remind local businesses that they should make sure they read any letter like this in full before replying. Payments should only be made when you knowingly enter a binding contract.
“If anyone receives a letter like this and would like advice on what to do please call us on 01546 605519.”
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