Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) announced this week it has decided to discontinue the practice of holding part of its board meetings in public.
29 June 2007

Fort William's Underwater Centre is attracting customers from around the world to its commercial diver and ROV training courses, thanks to business advice supported by HIE Lochaber.
28 June 2007

A spectacular Highland Food Map was launched today (Tuesday) at Glachbeg Croft Education Centre on the Black Isle by the Highlands and Islands Local Food Network (HILFN), which producers hope will encourage people to choose fresh, locally produced food and support local farmers and crofters.

26 June 2007

Highlands and Islands Enterprise has appointed Martin Johnson as acting area director of local enterprise company HIE Moray.
25 June 2007

Three pupils from The Nicolson Institute on the Western Isles beat off stiff competition from schools across the Highlands and Islands to emerge as winners of the Big Green Challenge, Scotland's first debating competition for schools tackling renewable energy.
20 June 2007

Accommodation providers and retailers were among some of the businesses taking part in a networking event focusing on mountain biking and cycling in Laggan yesterday (Tuesday 19 June).

20 June 2007

International corporate speaker Lynda King Taylor will be in Inverness on Thursday (June 21) to deliver a 'masterclass' on achieving excellent customer service in the tourism and hospitality industries.
19 June 2007

A north businesswoman has cottoned on to a new internet business opportunity following the birth of her first grandchild.
18 June 2007

When Elaine Malcolm was growing up she was fascinated by the sign language a friend used to communicate with her deaf brother. Little did she know then that one day that interest in signing would lead her to a new and fulfilling career.
18 June 2007

A spectacular fleet of traditional sailing boats is set to bring the north of Scotland's seafaring past vividly to life.
15 June 2007

Scotland has been selected as a guest of honour at the fifth World Investment Conference to be held in La Baule, France on June 28 - 29, 2007. The focus of this year's conference is 'Green technologies and services'.
14 June 2007

The countdown has begun for the final of the Big Green Challenge when 12 youngsters from four schools will tackle head-on one of Scotland's most pressing issues - renewable energy.
12 June 2007

Lochaber teenager Grant Boyd is looking forward to next year when he completes his four-year Modern Apprenticeship (MA) and becomes a qualified plumber/heating engineer.
12 June 2007

A yacht that once sailed in the BT Global Voyage is the first of its kind in the Outer Hebrides to offer guests an opportunity to crew the vessel. 
12 June 2007

Innse Gall (Outer Hebrides) and Skye and Wester Ross joint mini-conference - Nunton Steadings, Benbecula. Thursday 21 June - 7pm, Friday 22 June 9am-4pm.  Tourism, business, innovation - and our beautiful natural environment. Register now.
12 June 2007

Strengthening communities is an increasingly pivotal part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's (HIE) strategy. This is the message HIE chair, William Roe, will give when he opens the Development Trusts Association Scotland's annual conference today [11 June 2007] in Dumfries.

11 June 2007

Last night, (Thursday 7 June) at a reception at Castle Wynd, Inverness, it was announced that Robbie Graham from South Queensferry won the Highland Exposure photography competition and he was presented with the grand prize of £250.
08 June 2007

Half a million pounds is to be spent on creating business paths for Scotland's up and coming bands, enabling emerging talent to tell the same tale of success as artists such as KT Tunstall, Runrig and Franz Ferdinand.

08 June 2007

A challenge fund of £500,000 aimed at assisting businesses to drive forward the economy of Unst in Shetland, has drawn a buoyant response.
08 June 2007

Argyll company Integrin Advanced Biosystems Ltd  announced this week that it has acquired the entire share capital of Penicuik-based Biobest Laboratories Ltd. The combined group forms a significant new force on the Scottish life science sector, with turnover in excess of £3m and a combined staff of over 50.
07 June 2007

Young people in Inverness have been building bridges to possible future careers this week as part of the Highland Promise - An Gealladh Mòr, the element of Highland 2007 that places Highland schoolchildren at the heart of the celebrations.
07 June 2007

Undergraduates from Inverness, East Highland and Moray are being offered the chance to work with a variety of local businesses during the summer.
06 June 2007

How to register as a volunteer and what opportunities are available were some of the questions answered at a volunteer recruitment fair last week (Friday June 1) in Inverness.
06 June 2007

The case for laying long distance subsea cables from renewable energy projects on Scotland's islands to areas of large population in the south is far from being clear cut under current regulation, according to a key consultants' report.
06 June 2007