Eilidh Alexander

Meet Cuillin, Flora’s Faithful Friend at The Inverness Castle Experience

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The team at The Inverness Castle Experience is thrilled to reveal the name of Flora’s adorable four-legged companion in the castle: ‘Cuillin’, as chosen by Lucy, a Primary 5 pupil from Muirtown Primary School in Inverness.  Over 180 entries were received from primary school children across the Highlands, with several creative variations on the name

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Inverness Castle Experience Whisky ‘Seanchaidh’ Shortlisted for Scottish Design Awards 2025

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The Inverness Castle Experience is proud to announce that its bespoke whisky, Seanchaidh, has been shortlisted in the Packaging category at the Scottish Design Awards.  In a year that saw a record number of entries from across Scotland’s design sector, making it through to the final is a remarkable achievement and a testament to the

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SSEN Transmission Submits Spittal to Peterhead Marine Cable Licence Application to Help Deliver National Clean Power Targets 

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SSEN Transmission has submitted a marine licence application to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate for the Spittal to Peterhead high voltage direct current (HVDC) project – a strategic development connecting the Banniskirk Hub in Caithness (near Spittal) and the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire (near Peterhead) by subsea cable – with the capacity to transmit power

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The Archie Foundation Takes Fundraising to New Heights

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Charity seeks daredevils for Dunrobin Castle abseil  The Archie Foundation is looking for thrill seekers to leap into action and sign up for its Highlands abseil challenge at the iconic Dunrobin Castle, in Golspie.    Daredevil fundraisers will descend from the castle’s tallest tower – a vertigo-inducing drop from one of Scotland’s most dramatic and historic

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New Start Highland Brings New Shop and Job Opportunities to Dingwall

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Dingwall’s High Street is set to welcome a fresh addition this summer as New Start Highland opens a second shop in the town, bringing new retail and employment opportunities to the area. The new retail space, which will occupy the former M&Co premises, marks the charity’s sixth location across the Highlands. It will offer an

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Mike Alexander Joins Muckle Media To Help Shape What’s Next For The Agency

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Creative communications agency Muckle Media has appointed Mike Alexander as Account Director to lead new business development and support the agency’s continued growth.   Mike brings a wealth of experience to the newly created role, having previously worked at one of the UK’s leading business development consultancies, Future Factory (part of The Ingenuity Group).  With expertise

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Simpsons Garden Centre expands into Moray with Christies acquisition

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One of Scotland’s leading garden centres is expanding into Moray. Inverness-based Simpsons has acquired Christies Garden Centre in Fochabers, Moray. The new acquisition establishes a group of Simpsons centres across the North-East corridor from Inverness to Aberdeenshire. The site will become the third centre in the Simpsons portfolio following the acquisition of Happy Plant in

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Highland Council approves critical substation replacement projects and raises no objection to Melgarve cluster overhead line 

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SSEN Transmission has welcomed the decisions of Highland Council’s South Planning Committee this week to grant consent for three replacement substations at Deanie and Culligran in Glen Strathfarrar, and at Kilmorack. The existing substations were built in the 1960s to connect the associated hydroelectric generation assets to the electricity transmission network and have long supported

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