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  • Covid-19 contingency arrangements

    In accordance with today’s advice from the First Minister our offices are closed.  Measures to restrict transmission rates mean that our staff are now home-based. This does impact on our service delivery and our ability to respond to enquiries as quickly as we would wish. You can continue to access our services via email at […]

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  • Majority of Revaluation 2017 appeals now resolved

    The rateable values of 10,101 non-domestic subjects in Grampian were subject to appeal following the 2017 Revaluation. The independent Valuation Appeal Committees in Grampian have until 31 December 2020 to dispose of all Revaluation 2017 appeals. As at 31 December 2019, over 74 % of subjects have now had their appeals resolved. Any outstanding Revaluation […]

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  • Emergency proxy voting in the General Election

    If you fall ill or are called away on business, you can apply to vote on Thursday by appointing someone you trust as an emergency proxy to go to your polling station and vote on your behalf on Thursday. Emergency proxies can be appointed if you become disabled due to ill health or are unable […]

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  • UK General Election on 12 December 2019

    We anticipate that the General Election approved by MPs yesterday will go ahead. If it does, all British, Irish, qualifying Commonwealth and British overseas electors aged 18 or over on 12 December will need to make sure that they can cast their vote on 12 December. If you have recently changed address and not updated […]

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  • Are you election ready? 12,000 Grampian citizens added to electoral register.

    We are delighted with the response to our household canvass and the subsequent 12,000 new electors who successfully applied to be registered to vote in the Grampian area this autumn. If you recently changed your address or personal details, or turned 15, make sure that you are registered to vote.  We try to contact everyone […]

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  • National Democracy Week – are you one of the 23,000 Grampian citizens who cannot vote?

    NDW is a week-long celebration of democracy that is been promoted by the UK Government – more information and useful background information is available here. To be able to vote in elections and referendums you must be registered. We have been canvassing households for the last two months and so far 23,000 citizens in Grampian […]

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  • Vacancy

    We currently have a vacancy for a Valuer in our Elgin office – further details of the post are on our Vacancies page here https://www.grampian-vjb.gov.uk/vacancies/ The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 1 November 2019

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  • Holidays over? Clear your post in record time and save public money.

    With school holidays over many households are returning to normal routine. If you have not yet responded to the annual household canvass, do it today and avoid a reminder being posted to your home. You will need the security codes that are on the household enquiry form that we posted to your home at the […]

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  • Help save more than £100,000 of local government funds in NE Scotland

    We have just issued household enquiry forms to 280,000 households.  We can save over £100,000 of funds if every household responds online, by text or by phone by 26 August  2019. To do this now you will need the security codes that are on the household enquiry form that we have just posted to your […]

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  • Elgin office telephone numer

    Please note that the telephone number for our Elgin office has changed to 01343 619819

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