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Residents and businesses in Thurso are being given a chance to have their say on what parking restrictions should apply in the town centre.

Free Climate Springboard online programme is now available to tourism businesses across the Highlands & Islands

It’s long been suspected that Caithness is on the receiving end of some poor connectivity. Now research from Broadband Genie has backed up that idea.

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Local authority officials have pledged to "get to the bottom" of flash flooding problems which have plagued some shopkeepers in the centre of Thurso.

The loss of the ferry service from John O'Groats would be "a great blow to the area", the chairman of the local community council has said.

Caithness has only one entry in the newly released Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide 2024 – the John O'Groats Brewery and Tap Room.

Jobs at Dounreay are not at risk from a restructuring of its parent body, the site's community liaison group has been told.

A Halkirk woman says she can help people turn their lives around with her new business called Charmed Life Therapy.

The Communication Workers' Union's Highland chair issued the warning after an MP highlighted NHS patients who'd missed appointments due to late mail.

A young Highland journalist has won a national award for highlighting the plight of displaced care home residents in her home town of Ullapool.

Dounreay's operators have still to decide what to do with the remaining 140 tonne stockpile of sodium on site.

Business Comment by David Richardson, regional development manager at the Federation of Small Businesses

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A prominent Scottish business leader has called for passenger services from Wick airport to be guaranteed for at least 10 years.

Dounreay management has sought to assure unions and workers that concerns they have about health and safety are not being swept under the carpet.

Two businesses were recognised for their contribution to the north Highlands at the Caithness Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual dinner.

Nine jobs have been created at a new hardware store in Wick and the company aims to support local charities, announced Screwfix this week.

Denchi Group staff based at Thurso can recharge their batteries thanks to a corporate deal allowing them discounted access to leisure facilities.

Dounreay spent more than £600,000 on local projects to benefit the region between 2020 and 2021, a new report shows.