Business

Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country will unlock a raft of economic, environmental and social opportunities, it has been predicted.

The Highlands is set to miss out on the chance of becoming home to a new UK public energy company, according to reports.

Wick-based firm SHORE’s seaweed chips are now available in more than 200 supermarkets across Scotland, announced the company today.

A far north distillery is raising a glass to 10 years in business by releasing a limited edition Caithness gin.

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.

A new partnership between Focus North and Net Zero Nation will support organisations in Caithness and Sutherland to achieve climate change goals.

Orbex will be the first UK rocket manufacturer to establish a base in London.

More than 10 flights have been impacted so far.

A rural Caithness post office that has been in the same family for more than 110 years is marking another milestone.

Highland MSP Rhoda Grant has backed calls for GB Energy to be based in the Highlands.

Residents and staff at two care homes in Wick and Thurso are celebrating after a successful fundraising drive by one of their employees.

Business Focus by David Richardson

A planning application for an all-weather forest centre at Rumster has been successful despite an objection by a disability group over toilet access.

Over the coming weeks, each category will be revealed – with an array of cutting-edge businesses and leaders making it to the finals.

Wick John O'Groats Airport has not been impacted by the current worldwide IT outage.

A Highland Business Award is a highly coveted recognition of achievement.

MP Jamie Stone says ‘the Highlands is the biggest generator of clean, green energy in Scotland, and yet we suffer from a lack of job opportunities’.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed a new director of area operations.

A lack of flexibility over childcare rules in rural areas is hampering efforts to get people into work and reduce depopulation, it has been claimed.

Fishing captains and owners across Scotland have been encouraged to complete a survey detailing their business has fared across the last 12 months.