WIE News archive

HIE Innse Gall news archive from July 2007
John Sinclair and Contains No NutsSummer Rock Schools 2007

Young people from the Highlands and Islands are being given the opportunity to rock and roll with John Sinclair - a keyboard supremo who played in the Ozzy Osbourne band for 17 years.


17 July 2007


Carnegie UK TrustHIE welcomes influential report on rural community development

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been praised as a model of UK excellence for many of its rural community development initiatives. A national report launched in Scotland by the Carnegie Trust's Commission for Rural Community Development cites a number of Highlands and Islands initiatives supported by HIE as examples of best practice.
11 July 2007


Sea rescue volunteers, Findhorn, MorayVolunteering will get by with a little more help from its friends

The voluntary sector is an integral part of the mix needed to renew, sustain and grow Highlands and Islands communities and the economy of the Highlands and Islands, according to a new report commissioned by HIE.
10 July 2007


Garenin black house village, LewisTourism in the Outer Hebrides rockets

The results of recent research into the facts and figures of Outer Hebrides tourism have revealed a large increase in the volume and value of visitors to the islands.
03 July 2007