Orkney Enterprise news archive
HIE Orkney news archive from June 2006
| Volunteer management training underway in Orkney A pilot project to deliver training for managers of volunteers is currently underway in Kirkwall, Orkney, organised by Voluntary Action Orkney. | |
| Springboard to a career in tourism VisitScotland and Springboard Scotland have launched a new initiative to encourage young people to follow a career in tourism and provide Scotland’s tourism industry, worth an estimated £4 billion annually, with an appropriately skilled workforce. | |
| Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2006 - call for entries The prestigious Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards, sponsored by Scottish Provincial Press and the Royal Bank of Scotland, are the annual celebration and recognition of the best of the industry and, this year, the event will focus on those important values that give the Highlands and Islands their true sense of place for visitors from around the world. | |
| Highland woman completes Greenland ice-cap expedition A Highland woman is one of six members of a team who have just completed a journey on skis across the vast Arctic desert of Greenland’s ice-cap – a week ahead of schedule. | |