Exploratory works at the site of what would be the UK’s first large-scale pumped storage scheme to be developed in 30 years have commenced at Loch Lochy in the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands. SSE Renewables selected Strabag UK, a world leader in mining and tunnelling projects, to undertake the work earlier this year. […]
The Tomatin Distillery Co Ltd is delighted to announce that the company was named ‘Sustainable Distillery of the Year’ at the Whisky Magazine’s Icons of Whisky Awards 2023, announced at the prestigious awards ceremony in Edinburgh on Thursday the 8th of December, 2022. Tomatin Distillery is located in the Scottish Highlands (near Inverness) and is
The award-winning garden centre, based in Inverness, recently purchased the lifesaving device which was donated to raise funds for the Highland Hospice, with the defibrillator being handed over to the Simpsons team at the beginning of December. The device was donated by Invergordon based company LIFEAid, who’s founder Adrian Dryburgh was supported by the Hospice
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Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is reflecting on its involvement with Sutherland Spaceport as the project moves into its next phase, after advising landowners Melness Crofters’ Estate on the historic deal. WJM’s team of Inverness-based advisers, led by Partners John Smart and Paul Adams, has worked with the organisation, which is
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Partnership brings together dominant forces in law and wealth management AN EXPANDING team of financial advisers has acquired the wealth management arm of the biggest local legal firm in the Highlands. The tie-up means Macleod & MacCallum Wealth Management will become part of Tweed Wealth Management consolidating the latter’s position as the dominant financial advisory
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GrowBiz, Scotland’s rural enterprise agency, has warned that rural and island communities are increasingly vulnerable as local businesses struggle to cope with the ‘cost of business crisis’. The survey has revealed that businesses and social enterprises in rural Scotland are experiencing a crisis of confidence in their futures. Business owners are struggling with a ‘perfect
Harper Macleod, the largest law firm in the Highlands and Islands, has strengthened its position in the UK’s two most highly-respected legal rankings. The firm, which opened its Inverness office almost 20 years ago, has been recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers UK 2023 rankings as being specialists in 42 different specialist areas, with
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Britain’s biggest bus operator to increase number of e-buses from 184 to 343 in next 12 months UK’s first all-electric bus city networks set to go live in Inverness and Perth in 2023 32% reduction in carbon emissions per passenger journey in 2021-22 Stagecoach greener public transport services help customers avoid 20,000 tonnes of CO2e
Eden Court has today announced a range of measures to support audiences, artists and residents of Inverness to access the arts, while also laying out measures to protect the organisation for the long-term. A series of measures designed to help as many people in the Highlands as possible to continue enjoying the arts this winter
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UHI, as the Regional Strategic Body, seeks to recruit an independent Chair of its Transition Board, the governing body charged with overseeing the merger of UHI North Highland, UHI Outer Hebrides, and UHI West Highland. The merger is an exciting strategic partnership which will create a more sustainable, anchor institution within UHI, ideally placed to
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