Friday, November 15, 2013

Liz reacts quickly to UK Worst places list that includes Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey area

Earlier this morning we mentioned a survey published in the Independent in a Gurn article here -"Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey - number 4 in top 10 worst places to live in UK"

Liz reacted swiftly to challenge the Survey and gave the following comment to the Gurn:

"It is a very narrow survey and includes Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey with Inverness which has a couple of areas of high deprivation which will affect our position significantly.

It is based on life expectancy and salary and I feel if smaller areas had been surveyed we would not have appeared anywhere on the negative list and may have even rocketed into the best areas based on our high levels of sunshine and mild climate, which were also used as criteria for this survey.

We cannot however be complacent and we must have a closer look at the study and see what is within our power to improve for the folk within our boundary. The Council working with NHS has a programme of preventative spend some of which is targeted to older people to try to ensure healthier, longer more active lives.

If Whiteness gets up and running as an energy base I would expect incomes to raise significantly in our patch.
No matter what this survey says I believe Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey along with the rest of Highlands is still the best place to stay in the UK and I'm sure a significant proportion of folk who have decided to stay, work and live their lives here agree with me."

10 comments:

AuldSkater said...

Your link is broken!

Graisg said...

thanks AuldSkater sorted :-)

For Sale said...

Looks like Nairn could get hundreds of new properties built here soon. Perhaps that will push up our standing in such polls. I'm sure potential developers much be unhappy with this one

Anonymous said...

Let them eat cake Liz

Anonymous said...

Aye that comments are not far wrong---this town has gone to the dogs over the last few years and it will only get worse.

Anonymous said...

"The Council working with NHS has a programme of preventative spend some of which is targeted to older people to try to ensure healthier, longer more active lives. "

Ha, when was the last time Liz tried to get an appointment with a GP? You could die (literally) waiting for one these days

Anonymous said...

' I believe Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey along with the rest of Highlands is still the best place to stay in the UK'

Well if you're going to build 80 houses Liz lets hope so

Graisg said...

@Anon 8.15. Liz is not going to build any houses. What the situation is is that her land is in the Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan as a potential preferred site for development for 90 houses.
The plan is out to public consultation and after that perhaps a public inquiry. So a long way to go before that and other sites are determined and even after that economic factors will dictate the pace of Nairn's development too.

At present there are not many houses getting built in Nairn at all.

Graisg said...

@Liz the builder - very interesting use of a name to press your point. We have decided not to publish your comment however.

Anonymous said...

What a load of rubbish i grew up in Bradford that is a cesspool compared with Nairn and the Highlands inspite of their problems they are a paradise