Inverness Chamber of Commerce

Guest Blog: How highland businesses can unlock growth with smarter software solutions

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by Ben Hosie, Commerical Director, sFG Software Ltd For many businesses, the biggest barriers to growth are not always big strategic challenges. Often, they are the small, everyday frustrations that build up over time. A spreadsheet that has become too complicated to manage. A manual process that takes hours every week. Different systems that hold […]

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Mikeysline scales new fundraising heights

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Mikeysline supporters and staff have successfully completed a gruelling challenge, raising more than £55,000 for the charity’s local mental health and suicide prevention services. The Icelandic Lava & Light Trek saw 15 fundraisers walk 58km over three days through challenging volcanic terrain, taking in waterfalls, lava fields, fjords and geysers. Their achievement highlights remarkable determination,

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Pentland Ferries MD Helen Inkster announced as keynote speaker for Highland Business Awards 2026

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Managing Director of Pentland Ferries and newly appointed Inverness Chamber Board Director Helen Inkster will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Highland Business Awards, sharing insights from her career journey and the remarkable 25-year story of the family-run ferry business. Helen will join more than 250 business leaders, finalists, sponsors and guests at the

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Inside Stories at MAKAR: Building a different future for Highland housing

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Chamber members went behind the scenes at MAKAR Ltd this week as part of our latest Inside Stories event, gaining a fascinating insight into the Highland business’s approach to housebuilding, sustainable construction and local manufacturing. Set amongst the Torbreck woodland just outside Inverness, MAKAR welcomed members into its workshop to see first-hand how its homes

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Carr’s Flour Mills named headline sponsor of High Life Highland’s inaugural World Shortbread Championships as spectator tickets go on sale

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High Life Highland has unveiled a Scottish baking institution as the headline sponsor of the first-ever World Shortbread Championships, as spectator tickets officially go on sale for the landmark event. Kirkcaldy-based Carr’s Flour Mills, whose milling heritage stretches back almost 200 years, has signed on as headline sponsor of the inaugural Championships, which will take

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Guest Blog: When solving today’s cashflow challenge creates tomorrow’s problem

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by Alex Russon, Regional Director, Ultimate Finance Businesses across Inverness and the rest of Scotland have faced a relentless run of challenges in recent years. From the pandemic and supply chain disruption to inflation, rising interest rates and wider uncertainty, many owners have had to make decisions fast. In that environment, borrowing can quickly become

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Double award triumph for Highland walk-in mental health service

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The Discovery College, the Highlands’ pioneering walk-in mental health, addiction and wellbeing peer led recovery college, is celebrating a double success at the 2026 Highland Third Sector Interface Awards. The community-led initiative which provides free, face-to-face mental health and addiction peer support in Inverness and Wick, won the Community Initiative Award, while Discovery College Manager

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Employment continues to increase across Scotland’s private sector in August

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The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Growth Tracker indicated that business conditions across Scotland’s private sector moved closer to stabilisation in August. The headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of Scotland’s manufacturing and service sectors – rose to 48.9

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Celebrating Our Trophy Sponsor, Dynam

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We’re delighted to have Dynam supporting the Highland Business Awards 2026 as our Trophy Sponsor, helping celebrate the achievement and ambition that each award represents.  Based in Inverness and Glasgow, Dynam is a branding and marketing agency that collaborates with organisations across Scotland and beyond, delivering creative solutions in branding, marketing strategy, content creation, design, digital marketing and web development.  Thank you to the

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