Eilidh Alexander

From the Highlands to Sydney: Scottish tutoring takes an international stage

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A new professional organisation founded in the Highlands is taking the Scottish tutoring sector onto the international stage this month, with Tutors Alliance Scotland (TAS) Founder and President Karen Simpson travelling to Sydney as an invited guest to represent tutors from across Scotland. Karen will attend the Australian Tutors Association’s Annual Conference in Sydney on […]

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SSEN Transmission launches landmark Strategic Investment Fund in £12m community funding commitment

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SSEN Transmission is launching a new fund to support large-scale strategic projects that will boost skills and employability and help tackle fuel poverty across the north of Scotland. The new Strategic Investment Fund will invest up to £10m over the next two years and forms part of SSEN Transmission’s existing Regional Community Benefit Fund, which

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Retro Afternoon Tea raises thousands for Inverness charity

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Local charity The Oxygen Works held its annual afternoon tea event at the Kingsmills Hotel last month, bringing together 130 guests for an afternoon of fundraising, entertainment and community spirit. Following previous themes of Perfectly Pink and Completely Country, this year’s Dancing Through The Decades theme saw most guests embrace the occasion by dressing up

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NatureProsperity aims to raise £26m to tackle climate, biodiversity and housing challenges

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NatureProsperity Ltd is currently fundraising for a family of four companies equipped to offer resilience and profit-for-purpose in the face of the existential threats that will drive huge new nature-based markets: climate meltdown, biodiversity collapse, and the national housing emergency. Two of the four are existing companies: Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR. The two entirely new

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Member of the Week: United Infrastructure – Part 2

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This week, we’re delighted to hand the blog over to United Infrastructure, a UK-based infrastructure services company that recently opened its new office in Alness, a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to supporting SSEN Transmission’s major investment in the north of Scotland’s electricity network. Find out more in part 2 of the blog. One of our

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Member of the Week: United Infrastructure – Part 1

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This week, we’re delighted to hand the blog over to United Infrastructure, a UK-based infrastructure services company delivering critical energy, power, water, telecoms and social infrastructure projects. Find out more about the organisation’s recent expansion into the Highlands in this two part blog. United Infrastructure has developed over time into a nationwide infrastructure solutions provider,

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Highland tourism boost as US investors unveil plans for Carbisdale Castle

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A landmark Highlands castle is set to become a key tourist destination after it was acquired by a US couple who previously restored the famous African Queen for boat trips. Suzanne and Lance Holmquist, who operate a charter boat business in Florida, have bought Carbisdale Castle, near Culrain in Sutherland, for just under £3.9 million,

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Encomara’s first Squid connection system set to undergo inshore trials at  Ardersier Energy Transition Facility

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Around 130 Scottish jobs to be created as floating wind scales. Encomara, the Aberdeen floating wind and subsea engineering specialist, has begun preparations for inshore trials of its first Squid™ connection system for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) at the Ardersier Energy Transition Facility. The completion of the trials will be a significant milestone for

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United Infrastructure expands Scottish operations with new Alness office to support SSEN Transmission and local communities

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United Infrastructure has officially opened its new office in Alness, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to supporting SSEN Transmission’s major investment in the north of Scotland’s electricity network. The new Highlands base establishes a permanent presence in the region as part of United Infrastructure’s continued growth and expansion into Scotland’s power transmission

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Scotland’s rarest mountain woodlands get £108k lifeline in Lochaber

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One of Scotland’s rarest habitats is set for recovery thanks to a funding award granted this month to landscape-scale nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, convened by rewilding charity, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. The £108,000 award from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, will go towards ‘Wee Trees Lochaber’, a project that will

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