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Are there any internal reports on the expenditure of European funding which relate to the EU objective 1 funding between 1994 to 1999?
Can I access copies of correspondence between HIE Moray and Moray Council in respect to Mains of Buckie?
Can I access information relating to the feasibility study into improving the airstrip on Colonsay?
Can I access information relating to the funding package for the Cairngorm Funicular Railway, set up costs and projections for the project, all correspondence between HIE and the Scottish Executive, HIE and the First Minister and HIE and Peter Peacock (Highland Council)?
Can I get copies of the sucessful bids for the Get Ready for Work tender in Skye and Wester Ross, Lochaber and Dingwall/Black Isle.
Can I have a copy of the winning tender for the Marketing and Communications materials for the International Trade and Investment Team?
Can I have copies of all the eBaTT tenders that made it to the interview phase of the evaluations
Can I have copies of documents relating to Pairc Trust funding application 2006/07?
Can I obtain the winning tender, pricing schedule, presentation questions and presentation for the Skills for Work tender
Can you provide an itemised list of all travel undertaken by your Chief Executive since January 2006, including destination, mode of transport, total cost, and class. Who paid for the travel. Who approves the Chief Executives travel. What process of accountability is there within your organisation to audit travel by the Chief Executive.
Could we please obtain a copy of the report titled "Cairngorm Mountain Ltd - an economic impact appraisal" which was produced for HIE Inverness and East Highland in July 2006
HIE voluntary severance scheme
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) received a request for information relating to the number of jobs created and retained by the network over the past five years.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) was recently invited by the Competition Commission to submit its views on the proposed acquisition of Marine Harvest by Pan Fish. HIE's response to the Competition Commission is attached below.
How much does HIE spend on translating and interpreting into Gaelic/Foreign languages each year?
How much financial assistance has the network approved to the proposed container transhipment port in Scapa Flow?
How much financial assistance has the network approved to the underwater training centre in Fort William?
I should be most grateful if you could provide me with a copy of the other tenders and scoring details in respect of the tender process for the Get Ready for Work Programme as awarded in summer 2007
I wish to obtain copies of any tenders submitted in relation to the last Parliamentary Monitoring Tender
Lochaber Enterprise has recently assisted NBH Holdings in their management buy-out of Nevisprint and Highland Printers Limited. The network has produced the following briefing note, which provides an explanation of the rationale behind the assistance.
Please can I have copies of documents relating to Pairc Trust mapping exercise funding application.
Please can I have copies of winning tenders for the recent eBaTT tender process.
Please could you provide me with any/all costs that HIE paid to the Highland Shellfish Management Order (HSMO) form its inception to its winding up later this year. This will include, staff time, travel, accomodation, grants, european funding and lottery funding. If consultants were used please provide all payments, names and credentials of firms involved and how these firms were chosen
Please provide a copy of the director resignations from the board of Sealladh na Beinne Moire which were copied to Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Please provide details on the network’s expenditure on premises and associated costs such as telephones, IT, websites and electricity in 2005/2006.
Please send me 1. Details of the funds paid to Ross and Cromarty Sports Council during 2006 and 2007 for distribution under their Sports Grant Aid programme. 2. Advise me of any conditions attached to those payments in particular any guidelines on how the funds were to be released to grant aid applicants. 3. Can you confirm whether Ross and Cromarty Sports Council act as administrators on behalf of HIE as regards use of the funds HIE pay them.
Please would you provide me with copies of all correspondence relating to Pairc Trust Ltd held by HIE.
What financial assistance has been approved by the HIE network to support jazz music in the Highlands and Islands?
What information is held by HIE relating to the National Distance Learning College?
What new information is HIE making available as part of its publication scheme?
What was HIE's response to the EC Audit into Objective 1 funding between 1994 and 1999?
What were the details of the financial package which HIE arranged for the Arnish oil yard?
What were the terms and conditions of the lease and the amount of financial assistance awarded to Contact 4U Ltd by AIE when they successfully applied to start up?
Where can I access information relating to the lease between HIE and Cairngorm Mountain Ltd?
Where can I find a report HIE commissioned about 10 years ago called "Identification and development of markets for products of plant origin from the Highlands"?
Where can I find information relating to the acquisition of Orbost Estate?
Where can I find out more about the HIE and LEC publication schemes?
Where can I find out more about the HIE board membership?
Where can I find out more information on the review into the delivery of advice services across the HIE network?
Where can I obtain a copy of AIE's appraisal paper into the infrastructure improvements at Hunter's quay?
Where can I obtain a copy of all HIE/SALE minutes which refer to Raasay House Trust and Raasay Heritage Trust?
Where can I obtain a copy of Development Partners’ successful tender submission to manage the supply of advice to organisations on behalf of the local enterprise companies?
Where can I obtain a copy of EMEC's report on Archimedes wave swing evaluation of test procedures and results from deployment in Portugal 2004?
Where can I obtain a copy of HIE's brief produced to commission consultants to appraise options for the future ownership of HIE Cairngorm Estate?
Where can I obtain a copy of HIE's risk register for March 2004, March 2005, June 2004 and July 2005?
Where can I obtain a copy of the brief and the interim feasibility study into the creation of an orbital recreational track in Glencoe?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Cairngorm estate options appraisal report commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise?
Where can I obtain a copy of the feasibility study HIE commissioned into Dunvegan Castle?
Where can I obtain a copy of the final report examining the economic impact of Inverness airport?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Findhorn Foundation economic impact assessment executive summary?
Where can I obtain a copy of the interim report from the European Commission Auditors into the projects which benefited from EU Objective One funding between 1994 and 1999?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Mod nan Eilean Siar 2001 report and financial details of the project?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Ness Foundation research review 1998-2004?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Oban airport study completed in 2000 by James Barr & Co and Alan Stratford Associates?
Where can I obtain a copy of the Orbost carbon sequestration agreement between HIE and Future Forests?
Where can I obtain a copy of the pre-construction report for the proposed hotel Lochmaddy?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report and valuation in respect of the South Uist Estate?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report examining Fort William’s retail sector commissioned by the Highland Council in 2005?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report examining the economic impact of the proposed golf course and hotel at Castle Stuart?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report reviewing ports and sites in the Inner Moray Firth?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report reviewing the Harris Tweed strategy?
Where can I obtain a copy of the report, commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise in April 1996, examining the economic impacts of hillwalking, mountaineering and associated activities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland?
Where can I obtain a copy of the scoping study, commissioned by AIE in May 2006, examining social economy organisations in Argyll and Islands?
Where can I obtain a copy of the second economics report on the Cairngorm funicular project that HIE commissioned in 1997?
Where can I obtain a copy of the successful tender submission to design and deliver the UK market development programme for the Scottish food and drink industry?
Where can I obtain a copy of the successful tender submission to supply, service and maintain photocopiers for the HIE network?
Where can I obtain a copy of the terms and conditions placed on the grant awarded to Urras Oighreachd Ghabsainn in March 2006?
Where can I obtain details of all consultancy assignments commissioned by HIE’s central office in 2007/2008 in the area of economic and social development?
Where can I obtain details of Highland 2007 projects assisted by the HIE network?
Where can I obtain information for the audit of the Ness Foundation?
Where can I obtain information on AIE's approval of financial assistance to Lochgoilhead Jetty Trust in 2004?
Where can I obtain information on all evaluations and research consultancies commissioned by HIE since 2005 over the value of £20,000?
Where can I obtain information on Board Members who have benefited financially whilst holding office with HIE, AIE, CASE, INBSE, OE, RACE, SE, SALE and WIE?
Where can I obtain information on non skiing visitor numbers and the total skier days for Cairngorm funicular railway?
Where can I obtain information on the tender bids submitted by companies to Highlands and Islands Enterprise to construct the Cairngorm Funicular Railway?
Where can I obtain information relating to Eilean Eisdeal trust's proposal to purchase Easdale harbour?
Where can I obtain information relating to Highlands and Islands Development Board?
Where can I obtain information relating to MBSE's approval to Aviemore Highland Resort Ltd?
Where can I obtain information relating to the acquisition of the site at Cromlet Part Development Invergordon?
Where can I obtain information relating to the Get Ready for Work programme piloted in Caithness and Sutherland, and Skye and Lochalsh?
Where can I obtain information relating to the lease of office units 3 and 4 at Kiln Corner?
Where can I obtain information relating to the used tyre industry within Scotland?
Where can I obtain more information on the proposed wood fuelled renewable energy facility in Tomintoul?
Where can I obtain the Arnish industrial site development plan produced in 2002?