CASE news archive
HIE Caithness and Sutherland news archive from May 2005
| HIE network announces results for 2004-05 The economy of the Highlands and Islands is continuing to improve, with unemployment showing a steady downward trend while population levels are rising. That was the message today (Thursday 26 May) from William Roe, chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
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| EMEC Tidal The world's first marine energy test centre has been given a further boost with the announcement by the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Jim Wallace MSP and Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, that all the necessary funding and planning permission is in place to begin work on extending the centre to include testing facilities for tidal energy conversion devices. | |
| Natural produce set to clean up on-line Busy bees can now get on with the housework, safe in the knowledge they can do so in an environmentally-friendly manner, thanks to the products of a new Caithness business.
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