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
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 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
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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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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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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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
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
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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New store brings ILM Highland’s commitment to People, Place and Planet into the heart of Inverness ILM Highland has officially opened its first Inverness retail store, bringing its appliance service to the city for the first time. The new store, based at New Start Highland’s Training & Reuse Village in Carsegate, was formally opened on
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