Sandie Gordon, Rising Stars Participant from 2023 tells us about her experience of taking part in Rising Stars @ Highland Spotlight last year and why young entrepreneurs might want to take part this year. What is your business? Candles from the Croft is a small business based on a working Croft of five generations that […]
Today (10 July 2024), Colin Marr, Chief Executive of the Inverness Chamber of Commerce, together with: Derek Brown, Chief Executive, Highland Council; Stuart Black, Chief Executive, Highlands and Islands Enterprise; Alison Wilson, Director of Economic Development and Advancement, UHI; and Calum MacPherson, Chief Executive, Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, have written to the Secretary
The premier week in the Highland business calendar will return this September and we want your businesses to be a part of the festivities. Launched in June, Highland Business Week 2024 is your opportunity to network, showcase and celebrate, whatever the scale of your business or organisation. Organised by Inverness Chamber of Commerce, and supported by
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Inverness Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is running an in-person trade mission to Ireland in November 2024. This is a great way for companies who want to explore trade opportunities with Ireland. As part of our upcoming trade mission, in partnership with Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce, ICC hosted a pre-mission workshop this week (26 June). This
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Ahead of the General Election taking place on Friday 4 July 2024, Inverness Chamber of Commerce outlines its vision for a thriving Highland business community. Highlighting some of the priorities it believes our next Westminster representative and the UK Government must tackle, working in partnership with business, Inverness Chamber of Commerce lays out its manifesto
“If we get this right, I believe it’s going to make a fundamental difference to this region for generations to come.” – Inverness & Cromarty Firth Green Freeport’s CEO Calum MacPherson Ever since it was announced on 13 January 2023 that the consortium had been successful in its bid and awarded Green Freeport status by
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Thousands of retail businesses, cafés, pubs, takeaways, hairdressers, wholesale, and distribution centres lease their premises. What happens as the lease comes to an end? Can it be renewed? If not, how much time should the tenant have to find suitable alternative premises? In its Discussion Paper on Aspects of Leases: Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act
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This year’s Inverness Chamber of Commerce Highland Business Dinner (17 May 2024) event proved to be one of the hottest tickets in the Highland business calendar after the pioneering political strategist and podcaster, Alastair Campbell, was announced as the keynote speaker. Before the event, and before the snap general election was called, Inverness Chamber CEO,
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Inverness Chamber of Commerce has announced it will hold an Election Hustings on Thursday 20 June with the five candidates for the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency already declared confirmed to attend. Focusing on issues that are key to the Highland business community, Inverness Chamber CEO, Colin Marr will moderate the session which will
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On Friday 17 May, we celebrated all that is great about our Highland business community as we held our 2024 Highland Business Dinner at The Drumossie Hotel. This year’s flag-ship event was attended by 352 guests all excited for an evening that did not disappoint in terms of atmosphere, entertainment, and conversation. They were also
