The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network map is changing, with strategic alterations to the boundaries of two local enterprise companies.
31 May 2005

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.
26 May 2005

The Sandsayre Shore developments in Sandwick will be officially opened on Saturday (28th May).
25 May 2005

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise network has welcomed news that Inverness-based wave energy business Wavegen has been bought by the European multinational Voith Siemens Hydro.
24 May 2005

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.
23 May 2005

A series of consultation meetings in Moray, designed to promote the development of a more diverse and sustainable economy in the area, has begun by gathering the views of public sector agencies, the private sector and the general public.
20 May 2005

Two young businessmen from Tiree and Spean Bridge were last night named as Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneurs of the Year at the Scottish finals. Angus MacPhail, 25, and Andrew Stevenson, 27, of the Highland-based record company Skipinnish Records stood out from the nine other Scottish finalists at the event held at the Oran Mor Auditorium in Glasgow.
18 May 2005

The 'Graduate into Fisheries Programme' which has been running since 1995, has become the 'Graduate Placement Programme' and is now open to all small to medium sized businesses in Shetland.
18 May 2005

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.
18 May 2005

Scotland's tourism industry is set to take flight at the third Tourism Innovation Day which will be held on the 17th of May 2005 at the Glasgow Science Centre.
09 May 2005

A Highland-based company that has developed a device that will allow women to check for abnormalities in breast tissue at home has had an overwhelming response to national TV and newspaper coverage about the innovation.
09 May 2005

The official opening of the Milton Community Woodland Trust's (MCWT) new log workshop and store on Saturday 30th April marked the beginning of a new era for the Trust and the community it serves.
02 May 2005