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Johnston Carmichael partners with Sage

Johnston Carmichael partners with Sage to offer powerful new technology that supports SME growth

Johnston Carmichael has partnered with Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, to offer new technology that delivers real-time, actionable, financial insight – helping scaling businesses to boost productivity and proactively manage growth. This partnership makes Johnston Carmichael the first firm in Scotland to provide and implement […]

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Green Freeport Supply Chain Businesses Strengthen Capabilities Through Shell's International Enterprise Development Programme

Green Freeport Supply Chain Businesses Strengthen Capabilities Through Shell’s International Enterprise Development Programme

Four Highland businesses that are playing a significant role in the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) supply chain have been selected to join the UK cohort of a globally recognised international enterprise development programme. The companies will join Shell LiveWire – a fully funded programme designed to help small and medium enterprises to

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BAM and SSEN Transmission Announce Jobs Boost With New Highland Hub for 200 People

Inverness base also strengthens partnership with University of the Highlands and Islands to develop local workforce of future At an event with SSEN Transmission, BAM has officially opened a new shared office space in Inverness, creating a dedicated Highland hub for its engineering and energy operations in the north of Scotland.The office will play a

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Futureproof Scottish Affordable Home is Rapidly Assembled in Just One Week

Futureproof Scottish Affordable Home is Rapidly Assembled in Just One Week

Despite snow, frost and rain, this pioneering two-bed prototype home in Inverness was rapidly assembled in just one week. MAKAR has set out to prove there is a better way to build affordable homes, one that keeps heating costs low, removes the risk of damp and mold, and uses homegrown Scottish timber. CEO Neil Edgar

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Bracewell and Orkney Builders Proposed 92-Bed Hotel Development at Junction Road, Kirkwall

Proposed 92-Bed Hotel Development at Junction Road, Kirkwall

Bracewell and Orkney Builders (Contractors) Ltd have submitted a planning application for a new 92-bed hotel at Junction Road, Kirkwall. Introducing high quality visitor accommodation alongside enhanced active travel routes and new public realm, the proposal is a substantial redevelopment of the former Jewsons yard – an underutilised brownfield site in the heart of the

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Workforce North Event Spotlights Highland Economy

Employers and educators from across the Highlands have gathered to hear how a new initiative is aiming to transform the region’s economy. Workforce North – A Call to Action brought together business leaders and teachers from primary and secondary schools from across the Highland Council area with a wide range of partners geared towards education,

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Planning consent has been granted for the Banniskirk Hub

Planning Consent Granted for the Banniskirk Hub – Delivering Major Boost to Clean Energy Ambitions

Planning consent has been granted for the Banniskirk Hub – a major clean energy project that will see the construction of a new 400kV substation and high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in the Spittal area. Today’s decision by Highland Council’s North Planning Applications Committee follows more than two years of development and extensive

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Johnston Carmichael tax experts count the cost of the UK’s Autumn Budget

Johnston Carmichael Tax Experts Count the Cost of the UK’s Autumn Budget

Johnston Carmichael’s tax experts have advised that everyone, from working people to pensioners, will contribute following the UK’s Autumn Budget – with businesses bearing the brunt. Following weeks of speculation, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her Budget amid further disarray after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its report early in error. The Budget is

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Tuminds and TSI Moray Support Local Third Sector with Practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skills Training

Tuminds and TSI Moray Support Local Third Sector with Practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skills Training

Tuminds and TSI Moray, recently conducted a three-part training series called AI for Impact, enabling third-sector and socially enterprising practitioners in Moray to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase productivity and impact. Over 30 people from local organisations, charities and community groups attended the workshops, led by Rene Looper, founder and managing director of Tuminds

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