The historic Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness, is set to host a landmark charity fundraising evening to celebrate having raised over one million pounds for charities across the Highlands. The special evening will further those fundraising efforts, with all proceeds going directly to charities in attendance. To date, Kingsmills Hotel have raised £1,073,895.90 for Highland charities, with […]
Simpsons Garden Centre is celebrating an outstanding performance at the Garden Centre Association (GCA) North Area Awards 2026, with its Inverness and Mintlaw teams securing recognition across a wide range of categories. The awards bring together leading destination garden centres from across Scotland, Northern Ireland, North West England and North East England, making the achievements
Perth-based electricity networks company SSEN Transmission has welcomed its 3,000th employee, marking another significant milestone in the company’s continued growth as it delivers the critical electricity network infrastructure needed to support Scotland and the UK’s transition to clean power. The milestone team member, John Ataarem, joins the business as the Offshore Planning Manager based at
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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Kane Winton takes charge of 400-strong division in new managing director role Aurora Energy Services (Aurora) has appointed Kane Winton to the newly created role of Managing Director of Integrated Services as the Inverness-headquartered company restructures its operations to meet growing demand across energy and infrastructure sectors. The move brings a number of Aurora’s core
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
The Bee The Change Intergenerational Choir shared the stage with headline act Callum Beattie at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival last week, marking a memorable milestone for the project and those involved through the High Life Highland Leadership Programme. A unique moment on the Belladrum stageThe youngest and teenage members of Bee The Change took to
Highland Broadband has launched a major recruitment drive as the company accelerates its full-fibre network expansion across the Highlands, with the company’s workforce in Inverness set to double to almost 50. The only full-fibre provider building exclusively in Scotland, the company already connects more than 50 per cent of rural communities in the Highlands and,
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A long-serving Stagecoach colleague returned home to Inverness from a holiday in Tunisia with more than just a suntan after discovering she had been named the bus operator’s Employee of the Year. Dede McTaggart, Administration Manager for Stagecoach in Inverness, was on holiday when the national awards ceremony took place in London, meaning she was unable
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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
