Those who call Scotland home are welcome here

It was re-assuring to see then the Scottish Government publish its latest paper in the Building a New Scotland series, tackling this very issue. I was even more relieved to see it promote an approach which works for Scotland and all of us who live here. Those who remember 2014 and …

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Royal Mail launches fully electric drone deliveries in Orkney

Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. ‘) } // –> The operation is a daily inter-island mail distribution service between three islands on Orkney. The project …

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Royal Mail, Skyports begin first ‘permanent’ UK drone post delivery

The UK’s Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have launched what is being hailed as the nation’s first permanent UAV delivery operation conducted “under existing regulatory frameworks,” with the initiation of postal distribution flights between Scotland’s Orkney Islands.  Revealed last April as a projected plan, Royal Mail said Tuesday regular postal flights by Skyports had begun within the Orkney chain. Those …

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