Forres Local 
Food and drink businesses in Moray are being urged to apply for funding to develop food tourism, bring benefits to the region and contribute to the sector’s recovery from Covid. The Scotland Food and Drink Partnership was launched to help the food and drink businesses with their recovery from Covid and prepare for Brexit, supported … Read more
Asymptomatic Covid-19 community testing will be available at Forres House Community Centre from Monday (1 March). It will operate till 12 March, Monday to Friday between 9am and 3.30pm. Tests are free and available to members of the public who have no symptoms associated with Covid-19 but who could be infectious and spreading the virus … Read more
The Mercat Cross is finally getting a makeover. The scaffolding is going up around it today and work will be carried out to fix the stonework which has been crumbling for a few years. The Category B listed structure was built in 1844 and modelled on the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh by Thomas Mackenzie. It … Read more
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has talked of her hopes that by summer, we will be living with much greater freedoms than we are today, as she issued an updated strategic framework to lift restrictions and move out of lockdown. Her announcement comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that he hoped England could be free … Read more
A funding pot of more than £500,000 has been distributed to local organisations to work collaboratively with communities to develop ways of responding to the impacts of the ongoing pandemic. Creative Scotland, the public body that supports the arts, screen, and creative industries across all parts of Scotland has distributed £6 million of Scottish Government funding to … Read more
Moray’s MSP has backed the Save Our Salons campaign which aims to help hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons stay in business when lockdown is lifted. Richard Lochhead written to UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of the UK Government’s budget on 3 March calling for a cut in VAT for hair and beauty salons. The campign … Read more
The Forres Covid-19 vaccine clinic will not be moving to the Town Hall on Monday (22 February) as previously stated, according to NHS Grampian. Following an announcement by the health board on 16 February that the clinic will move to larger premises, vaccinations have now been suspended from Monday and they will restart on Wednesday … Read more
The coronavirus vaccine clinic will move to a larger venue from Monday (22 February), following a review of venues by NHS Grampian. The facility, currently set up at Mosset Park (Forres Mechanics) will move to the Town Hall on the high street and will operate Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm. Above and beyond A … Read more
A phased return to school will go ahead as planned on Monday 22 February. Primaries one, two, and three will be able to go back to school full-time, and a limited number of senior pupils doing practical work towards national qualifications will go back part-time. A second phase will be announced in two weeks’ time … Read more
Shop windows up and down the high street and wider town centre have been showing their love this weekend. And not just for Valentine’s Day. Whether you drive or walk through Forres between Friday and Sunday, you won’t miss the big love going on in shop windows. Businesses have swapped their merchandise for hearts and … Read more