Silver celebrations are in order at the offices of Careers Scotland (CS) and Shetland Enterprise (SE) this week where they will be toasting their health at work success.
29 June 2006

The conclusions of two reports on enhancing rail services in the north of Scotland are being presented to key rail policy makers in Edinburgh today (Tuesday 27 June).
27 June 2006

Meeting someone face-to-face is still preferable to using hi-tech telecom systems according to a recent survey commissioned by Shetland Enterprise to investigate the level of its customers' satisfaction.
27 June 2006

A pilot project to deliver training for managers of volunteers is currently underway in Kirkwall, Orkney, organised by Voluntary Action Orkney.
27 June 2006

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.
27 June 2006

Work is nearing completion for a new purpose built nursery in Inverness which offers a new concept to childcare in the Highlands. Les Enfants Nursery is being developed in Woodside of Culloden, Inverness and is all set for inspection and certification. It will be the first nursery in the Highlands to be fitted with a NurseryCam. The video system allows parents see their children via the internet at any time, giving them the opportunity to be more involved in their children's daily activities. 
23 June 2006

A team of six has pushed back the modern-day frontiers of knowledge, technology and exploration, by completing a 600km inclusive traverse of the vast empty Arctic desert of Greenland’s ice-cap. One of the expedition team members, Karen Darke, is paralysed from the chest down. Careers Scotland - Inverness and East Highland locality - tapped-into this expedition's challenges as a vehicle for school pupils to develop essential life and work-related skills. Expedition photo albums are now available here.
23 June 2006

Pupils at six Highland secondary schools are preparing for a week of 'hothousing' from next Monday (June 26), when they go to Fairburn Activity Centre to fine-tune their business plans for the final of the ICT Youth Challenge.
19 June 2006

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.
19 June 2006

A company specialising in the manufacture, design and supply of energy-efficient heating is to launch a new system at their head office next week.
15 June 2006

A haven of temptation for chocoholics has opened in the Sutherland village of Durness, where a local resident has launched a luxury chocolate manufacturing business called Cocoa Mountain.
15 June 2006

School pupils from Inverness-shire and Ross-shire will receive a unique insight into space travel next week - from someone who has actually been there!
13 June 2006

A Shetland body-shop owner has shown his commitment to business development through significant investment in work-based training.
12 June 2006

Teachers from schools in the Highlands attended a one day forestry education seminar on Friday 2nd June at Abriachan Forest.
07 June 2006

Major improvements are currently underway at a large hotel in Ullapool which will in turn create several new full-time jobs.
07 June 2006

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.
06 June 2006

Mother of five Gillian Wilson from Avoch, Ross-shire, and 21-year-old Gemma Bateman, from Shinness, near Lairg, Sutherland, scooped the top prizes in a contest run by Inverness College UHI with £2,000 of prize funding provided by Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
05 June 2006