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
One of Scotland’s rarest habitats is set for recovery thanks to a funding award granted this month to landscape-scale nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, convened by rewilding charity, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture. The £108,000 award from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, will go towards ‘Wee Trees Lochaber’, a project that will
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New store brings ILM Highland’s commitment to People, Place and Planet into the heart of Inverness ILM Highland has officially opened its first Inverness retail store, bringing its appliance service to the city for the first time. The new store, based at New Start Highland’s Training & Reuse Village in Carsegate, was formally opened on
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The Highlands and Islands is fast becoming one of the most exciting places in the UK to live and work. Major investment in the region is expected to create up to 16,000 new jobs per year, with opportunities across a wide range of sectors. Over the next 10 to 15 years, the Highlands and Islands
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UK top 50 law firm Brodies LLP has recorded its sixteenth consecutive year of growth, reporting revenue of £138.8 million for the financial year ending 30 April 2026, up 11% from £125.3 million the previous year. All the firm’s core practice areas: banking and finance, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution and risk, personal and family,
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Parklands Care Homes has become the first organisation to receive Highland Pride’s Community Ally Award in recognition of its ongoing commitment to inclusion and diversity. The award recognises Parklands’ support for Highland Pride since 2023, together with its efforts to promote inclusion through Parklands Pride, a programme of live music and community events held across
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