North care provider Parklands Care Homes is in the running for seven national awards. The care firm, which has 12 homes in the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire, is competing in the Care Home Awards, The Stars of Social Care Awards and the Proud Scotland Awards. The nominations span a wide range of topics including care […]
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Local Garden Centre of Excellence, Simpsons, is celebrating National Gardening Week! This year’s National Gardening Week is all about demystifying gardening, and the north’s leading destination garden centre, Simpsons, wants to remind everyone how great being out in our garden can be and how easy and enjoyable it is…even for beginners. Marketing Manager Siobhan MacBean
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Leading renewable energy developer Vattenfall hosted 120 representatives of local and regional businesses at their ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in Huntly, earlier this month (April) ahead of the construction of the 14-turbine Clashindarroch II wind farm. To maximise the benefit of the wind farm to the local economy, this event saw lead contractors meet with
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Duncan Fraser, owner of Beauly Laundrette, tells us their story of resilience, from a devastating fire to a thriving local business. At the end of August 21 our laundry burnt down, it was devastating , we had just put up that building 3 years before and the business was still growing. It took 4 months
Highlands & Islands MSP Edward Mountain has visited the site of a new care home in Inverness as the countdown to its opening begins. Parklands Care Homes is investing £11 million on a new flagship care home at Milton of Leys on the outskirts of the Highland capital. The care home is expected to create
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The buzz is on as Highland BlindCraft Beds gears up for the glitz and glamour of the Go Awards. Nominated for the Social Value Award, these bed-making wizards aren’t just in it for the zzz’s – they’re all about spreading smiles and snuggles! Since the early 1800s, Highland BlindCraft Beds has been turning bedrooms into
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The village of Lairg has welcomed the first new social housing in the village since the 1990s. Albyn Housing Society, one of the largest social housing providers in the Highlands, has completed the construction of a £2.3m development of eight new specialist dwellings. The new housing comprises four two-bedroom wheelchair accessible bungalows and four one-bedroom
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Young people of the Highlands are being invited to put themselves forward as the recruitment search begins for the unique, representative role of Highlands’ next Youth Convener. Created in 2007 by The Highland Council, the 12-month full-time position of Highland Youth Convener continues to be instrumental in championing the causes of young people across the
IT company and social enterprise, The Apprentice Store, based in Inverness, is celebrating increased social impact in the Highlands thanks to a record year of support from its clients all over the UK. The company has issued its Supporters Awards for the fourth year running, designed to demonstrate the social impact of choosing IT services
The Port of Cromarty Firth is presented with an International Safety Award for protecting its employees from the risk of injury and ill health at work. Gold Chamber Partner, Port of Cromarty Firth, has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces
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