News Archive
9/2/2013
Naver Business Centre Re-Opens
After four years as home to Training At Naver the Naver Business Centre in Thurso has re-opened it’s doors to the business community. On offer is a variety of furnished, serviced offices, to accommodate between one and six people per office, in a modern business environment, with the option of multiple occupancy for larger businesses.
9/2/2013
Find Out About Exporting To Nordics and Baltics
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Scottish Development International (SDI) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) invite companies to find out more about business opportunities that exist in the Nordics and Baltics at this free half day event in Inverness on Tuesday 5th March. This event is organised as part of Smart Exporter, a new international trade skills programme, designed to increase skills and knowledge amongst Scottish businesses.8/2/2013
Council Tax freeze for sixth year in a row
At a special meeting on Thursday 7th February 2013 The Highland Council has agreed to freeze the Council Tax for a sixth successive year and confirmed a budget of £548.436 million for 2013-14. The Council Tax bands will remain: Band A: £775.33; Band B: £904.56; Band C: £1,033.78; Band D: £1,163.00; Band E: £1,421.44; Band F: £1,679.89; Band G: £1,938.33; Band H: £2,326.00.8/2/2013
Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership - Update
Tourism, Food & Drink: The Institute of Design Innovation has been working with a small group of tourism businesses in Caithness & North Sutherland on a HIE-funded programme to stimulate innovation in creating high quality visitor experiences. The cluster of businesses meets regularly with facilitators from the Institute, and its progress can be seen at http://www.culturesofinnovation.co.uk/cns Tourism Intelligence Scotland is promoting a workshop run by Wild Scotland on "Wildlife Tourism" for tourism businesses.8/2/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts - Sale 7th February 2013
FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall & Highland Marts, (February, 7th) sold 668 sheep of all classes. Lambs (401) averaged £28.68 and sold to £59.50 gross for a pen of Suffolk crosses from Ardtornish Farms, Oban.8/2/2013
New station arrives on time for Conon Bridge
The Highland Council has warmly welcomed the opening on Friday 8th February 2013 of Conon Bridge railway station and the return of rail services to the community more than five decades after the original station closed. The £600,000 refurbishment has been delivered on-time and to budget.8/2/2013
Harbour Storm Damage - Emergency Funding
Fishing harbours affected by the recent storm damage are benefiting from an additional £1 million for emergency works. The storms, which were caused by an unusual combination of south easterly gales, low pressures and high tides, were described as the worst in decades and caused damage across Scotland.8/2/2013
B9006 Construction of Culloden Road widening and new access to the UHI campus
As part of the construction works currently taking place on the east side of the A9 at Beechwood, there is now new traffic management in place on the B9006. The right turn to the southbound slip road access to the A9 from the B9006 Culloden Road has been diverted and is restricted to residential access only.8/2/2013
Scotland set for tobacco bans
The ban on open display of tobacco products in large shops and sales from self-service tobacco vending machines will be introduced on 29 April. Two orders laid in Parliament today by Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson set the date for the display and vending machine bans to come into force in Scotland.6/2/2013
MSP Rhoda Grant Highlights Concerns About Highland Unemployment Figures
Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant is highlighting figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) “model-based “ unemployment estimates for local authorities which show an unemployment rate for the Highland council area of 4.7 per cent compared with the 2.8 per cent rate from the ONS’s monthly claimant count for Job Seekers Allowance. (JSA) .5/2/2013
A9 Kessock Bridge – Introduction of permanent route changes 
The commissioning process of the new traffic management arrangements to reduce delays as the result of the resurfacing of the Kessock Bridge from 11 February is now underway. The introduction of the traffic signals will be phased to reduce the immediate impact of the change on road users.
5/2/2013
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 5th February 2013
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 5th) sold 56 prime cattle. Prime bullocks (27) averaged 204.7p (-3.7p) and sold to 217p per kg and £1480.00 gross.5/2/2013
MILLIONS SPENT PUTTING SCOTS OUT OF WORK
£ 24,371,090.50 million spent in the Highlands & Islands region alone on redundancy. - 4,473 people pushed out the door.4/2/2013
Council warns Highland businesses – don’t be caught out by scammers
Highland Council’s Trading Standards are warning all Highland businesses to be on their guard against rogue ‘charity’ publishers and operatives that use deliberately misleading sales talk to sell advertising space over the phone or by email or text. Publications may include advertising space in charity leaflets, wall-planners, crime prevention diaries and the old favourite of business directories.
4/2/2013
Last chance to submit nominations for Scottish Education Awards 2013
People in the Highlands are being urged to enter local schools, nurseries or individuals into the Scottish Education Awards 2013 before the deadline for submissions on Friday 22 February 2013. The awards, which celebrate the achievements of schools and teachers across Scotland, have attracted hundreds of nominations so far but many more schools and individuals are worthy of acknowledgment.4/2/2013
Milestone reached in delivering advice to support major developments in Highland
A pioneering advice service from The Highland Council planners has proved to be popular with the developers in Highland. The Pre-Application Advice Service for Major Developments, a cross Council and public agency project led by the Planning and Development Service, continues to go from strength to strength and has reached the milestone of 100 pre-application advice packs issued to the development industry.4/2/2013
Capital spending boosts the economy
Investment by the Scottish Government in schools, hospitals, roads and other infrastructure is set to support 40,000 jobs across Scotland this year, Nicola Sturgeon said today. The Deputy First Minister was speaking as the Scottish Government published an update to its multi-billion Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP), first unveiled in December 2011.
2/2/2013
Ackergill Tower Getting More Than Five Star Reviews On Trip Adviser
isitors to Caithness who have recently stayed at Ackergill Tower are giving the hotel some of the best reviews any hotel could ever expect to receive. Visitors have enthusiastically endorsed the hotel as a top class and friendly place to go with many facilities and extras.
2/2/2013
Build your own Business Website
HiDigital Workshops - Thurso Caithness Horizon Centre 21st February 2013 and 22nd February 2013 (Choose your day) 9.30 to 13.00 - Build your own Business Website 13.00 to 14.00 - Lunch 14.00 to 17.00 - Getting started with Social Media Could your business grow if you knew more about working online? Whether you want to learn about the basics of social media, or tackle cloud computing, online marketing and cyber security, we have a workshop for you. Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Business Gateway want to help businesses and social enterprises take advantage of the latest digital technology.2/2/2013
