Business

Food and drink businesses across the Highlands are being encouraged to apply for a top industry event before the deadline closes on Friday.

The Highland Council is working in partnership with key sectors to improve and manage visitor pressures experienced across the area.

Business confidence has "taken a hit" but it remains comparatively strong in the Highlands and Islands, according to Martin Johnson from HIE.

Thirteen turbines up to 149.9 metres tall are being proposed close to the north coast on a site near Melvich as part of a "wind energy hub".

Don't forget to secure your place at the virtual Scottish Highlands and Islands Renewable Energy Conference (SHREC) and energy awards.

Inverness Airport and Inverness Airport Business Park join the Opportunity Cromarty Firth consortium bidding for a Green Freeport.

A global wind farm developer has joined forces with a local business networking organisation to help support firms in the far north.

Almost 700 jobs could be created over the next three years, according to the quango charged with helping to replace roles going at Dounreay.

Direct flights connecting Inverness Airport and Dublin Airport took flight yesterday – the first time since before the pandemic.

You can’t help to have noticed the high profile court case involving Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

Renewable energy awards will celebrate outstanding achievement in the Highlands and Islands' sector

Rail disruption has seen more than half the services in the north Highlands cancelled.

Highland Council’s new leader, Raymond Bremner, has welcomed the claim that thousands of jobs would be created by Cromarty Firth Green Freeport.

A survey highlighting areas of the UK that benefit most from council tax shows that residents in Highland rank near the bottom.

The firm won the UK self-employed/sole trader of the year award at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Awards.

Tourism and hospitality leaders gathered at Lairg Community Centre to discuss development and delivery of destination recovery plans for the region.

Plans unveiled for a new wind farm near Watten have been slammed by opponents who say it is one of the "largest proposed in the UK".

Business Comment by David Richardson, Highlands and Islands development manager, Federation of Small Businesses

As a much reduced temporary rail timetable comes into force, a rail campaign group thinks that train drivers may receive little public support.

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