Business

Traders and others are being reminded that there is less than two weeks left to submit online tax returns and pay any tax owed to HMRC.

The owner of a Wick hotel has shared a petition by the Highland Hotels Association against a ‘damaging’ Visitor Levy Tax proposal.

Applications are now open for Caithness residents to apply for special educational trust funds to help further their careers.

Coastal communities in Ross-shire could benefit from a share of a multimillion-pound fund.

The march through the city was launched after a meeting between hospitality businesses and the council at Eden Court.

Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.

A Bower-based business says it is delighted to announce a partnership with a leading manufacturer of bespoke aluminium doors and windows in the UK.

Employers across Caithness are being encouraged to mark their calendars for the far north’s largest jobs, training and recruitment event.

The Highland Shortbread Showdown is back for its third edition in 2025, with businesses encouraged to enter their best bakes.

The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.

A Thurso businessman held his keys in the air and said Highland Council can take his company if controversial parking plans go ahead in the town.

Highland Council’s latest moves to regulate parking in Thurso town centre have stirred up a hornet’s nest.

Scammers are targeting Highland rail passengers with fake unlimited travel deals, ScotRail has warned.

Quoybrae, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 1449 sheep on Monday, January 6.

A Wick-based financial services firm has expanded its team with a new appointment to kick-start the new year.

The chairman of the North Coast 500 had to spend time sheltering in an air-raid shelter in Lviv during a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine.

A new wedding fayre aimed at far north couples is set to take place in Wick and Thurso, while raising money for local groups.

A meeting to discuss controversial parking proposals in Thurso is expected to be packed to the rafters next week as the plans have come under fire.

The damage caused by Monday’s fire at the popular Falls of Shin cafe is being assessed.

Radical new approaches need to be adopted to avoid the Scottish fishing industry being crushed, a fishermen’s organisation has warned.