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Highland Business Awards 2025 Celebrate the Best of the Highlands

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The winners of the Highland Business Awards 2025 were announced at a packed ceremony on Friday 26 September, celebrating the innovation, resilience and success of businesses across the region.  The event, organised by Inverness Chamber of Commerce, brought together more than 250 guests from across the Highland business community to recognise outstanding achievements in leadership, […]

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Douglas Alexander MP addresses the Highland Business Awards 2025

Douglas Alexander MP Highlights Highland Business Potential at Highland Business Awards 2025

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The Highland Business Awards 2025 were given an extra highlight this year with a special keynote from Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, who addressed a packed audience at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness, on Friday 26 September. Speaking at one of the region’s most prestigious business events, Mr Alexander celebrated the entrepreneurial drive,

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Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport reaches historic final milestone to usher in new era of prosperity for the Highlands

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Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) will today (26 September 2025) reach a historic milestone in establishing the Highlands a major international hub for the offshore wind and renewable energy sector. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) creating a formal framework for co-operation and responsibilities will be signed between ICFGF, the UK and Scottish governments,

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Business Breakfast with HIAL Highlights Opportunities for Growth and Connectivity

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Inverness Chamber of Commerce members enjoyed an insightful Business Breakfast this week with guest speakers Paul Kelsall, Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), and Graeme Bell, General Manager of Inverness Airport. Held at the Kingsmills Hotel, the event attracted over 50 delegates and offered a unique opportunity to hear directly from the

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Chambers Endorse Call from Council Convener for Amendments to Visitor Levy Act

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Cairngorms Business Partnership, Caithness Chamber of Commerce, Inverness Chamber of Commerce, and West Highland Chamber of Commerce have written today to Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, requesting an amendment to the Visitor Levy (Scotland Act) 2024 (Tourist Tax). They are calling for local authorities to have the option of setting a flat or banded

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Inverness Chamber of Commerce CEO, Colin Marr in conversation with Alastair Campbell

‘In Conversation with Alastair Campbell’: The Full Interview

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This year’s Inverness Chamber of Commerce Highland Business Dinner (17 May 2024) event proved to be one of the hottest tickets in the Highland business calendar after the pioneering political strategist and podcaster, Alastair Campbell, was announced as the keynote speaker. Before the event, and before the snap general election was called, Inverness Chamber CEO,

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