All-HIE news 2007 archive from September 2007
| First Minister opens new tidal energy facility at EMEC The new testing facility for tidal energy at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney is being officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond today, (Friday, September 28). | |
| HIE welcomes Cabinet Secretary's announcement on Enterprise networks review William Roe, chair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) welcomed John Swinney's announcement this afternoon. | |
| Argyll company finalist for prestigious UK conservation award Argyll based Fyne Conservation Services is in the running for an Anna Plowden Research and Innovation award thanks to its solving of a longstanding problem with colour changes in glazed ceramics after restoration. | |
| Partnership approach to increase value of Shetland's £200m seafood industry A dynamic strategy to increase the value of Shetland seafood is to be launched today (Tuesday, September 25) at the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway. | |
| Renewables project makes learning fun If the idea of bingo in the classroom sounds a bit unusual try asking the pupils at St Andrews in Orkney what they think and they'll give you a rather different answer. | |
| Speed networking event for RAF leavers A speed networking event next week provides an ideal opportunity for RAF personnel who are about to leave the services to meet local employers and kick start a new career. | |
| Food versus fuel – what it might mean for the Highlands and Islands Food and drink producers in the Highlands and Islands are invited to come along to the Inverness Caledonian Thistle stadium on Tuesday 25 September to learn more about a topic that is of increasing importance for the area. | |
| Calling all Highland and Islands food and drink companies Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is looking for help in a study aimed at improving communication between all businesses and organisations in the food and drink sector in the Highlands and Islands. | |
| Pupils to learn from the world’s top space explorers Some of the world’s leading astronauts and cosmonauts will pay a flying visit to the Highlands and Islands this week to encourage pupils in the area to consider careers in science and technology. | |
| Careers convention in Orkney The biggest careers convention ever staged in Orkney will be held at the Pickaquoy Centre early next month. | |
| Food and drink awards - winners announced The winners of this year’s Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards were announced at a glittering awards dinner last night (14 September) at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness. | |
| BuildingSkills 2007 - East Camp, Balivanich An opportunity is being provided for S4 pupils to find out what careers are available in the construction industry. | |
| Highlands and Islands most enterprising student announced A student from Ross-shire was yesterday (Wednesday) announced as the most enterprising student in the Highlands and Islands, at the local Shell STEP final in Inverness. | |
| UK grid connection charges 'discriminatory', says HIE study Producers of renewable energy in Scotland's islands and north mainland almost certainly face the highest charges in Europe to connect to a national electricity grid, according to a new report. | |
| Stem cell expert delivers lunch time talk in Inverness 'What has Dolly done for biomedical science?' Internationally renowned expert Dr Alan Colman will deliver a lunchtime talk at the Centre for Health Science in Inverness on Friday 14 September. | |
| UK's top caravan park opens next year Britain's northernmost caravan park will open next April thanks to a grant from HIE Shetland. | |
| Renewables project makes learning fun for pupils With the environment the hot topic of the moment, school pupils across the Highlands and Islands are discovering more about renewable energy sources for themselves with a series of workshops being rolled out across the region. | |
| Search to find most enterprising student in Highlands and Islands The search to find the most enterprising student in the Highlands and Islands concludes this week at the Shell STEP final in Inverness. | |
| Open studio event at Distance Lab People who are interested in finding out about the research that takes place at Distance Lab are invited to attend 'Open Studio' in Forres event next week. | |
| Screen and broadcast networking session - calling all creatives HIE creative industries team, Distance Lab, Creative Skills Cornwall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Creative Loop and Skillset will all be represented at this first networking session for all media companies, individuals and interested parties in and around the Inverness and East Highland area. | |
| What has Dolly done for biomedical science? 'Meet the Scientist' - 14 September 2007. Centre for Health Science, Inverness. The Scottish Stem Cell Network invites you to meet Alan Colman and discover the latest advances in stem cell therapies. | |
| Inspirational Highland studio to attract Scottish and international artists Watercolour Music, the award-winning partnership of producer Nick Turner and his broadcaster-musician wife Mary Ann Kennedy, is to set up a top of the range recording and multi-media studio in the tiny lochside village of Ardgour, near Fort William. | |
| Jasmine measures up for corset couture Nineteen-year-old Jasmine Woodcraft is staging a 'made to measure corset day' in Dingwall on Thursday (6 September) in Branded, a Dingwall fashion store. | |
| Mobile mini-pipe dream comes true for Skye skaters Delivery of a mobile mini-pipe unit, which caters for skateboarders, roller-bladers and bmx bike enthusiasts, is a dream come true for Skye youth group, OK Skate. | |
| Calling all senior managers and company directors in Shetland HIE Shetland is looking for senior managers and company directors to join its latest development programme for top business people in the islands. | |
| Bòrd HIE a' cur fàilte air linn ùr don Ghàidhlig Tha Iomairt na Gaidhealtachd 's nan Eilean (HIE) a' cur ri chèile plana Gàidhlig mòr-inntinneach a tha an dòchas stèidheachadh Gàidhlig mar chomharradh cudromach den Ghaidhealtachd 's nan Eilean agus mar pàirt den leasachadh nan roinn anns na bliadhnaichean a tha romhainn. | |
| HIE board backs ambitious new age for Gaelic Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is aiming to put in place an ambitious Gaelic plan which it hopes will embed Gaelic as a defining feature of the Highlands and Hebrides and as a core element of the region's development over the years to come. | |
| Wildday tycoon to speak in Elgin Business people in the Moray area are being given an exciting opportunity to learn the secrets of success from a man who is regarded as one of Scotland's leading business speakers. | |
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