Anyone thinking about a career in the music business will have the chance to find out how to get started at a series of Highlands and Islands workshops tied in with the upcoming Proclaimers tour.
30 June 2003

A new awards scheme for writers in the Highlands and Islands will be launched tomorrow (1 July 2003) in response to a study that reveals a lack of a support structure for the industry.
30 June 2003

The Inverness-based innovation alliance, Fusion, has been awarded a three-year funding package worth almost £270,000 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
30 June 2003

Tensions are running high for finalists in a major information communications competition as months of brainstorming, creativity and planning culminates in a nail-biting 'HotHouse' showdown next week (Monday 30 June - Saturday 5 July).
27 June 2003

A Student Placement Scheme run by the Gaelic Development Agency, Comunn na Gàidhlig (CNAG), has reported a 65% increase in the number of students taking part this year.
27 June 2003

A Forres-based forestry consultant has been appointed to the board of directors at Moray Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise, part of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise network.
27 June 2003

Community groups in the Merkinch area of Inverness now have access to the services of a full-time project officer to help them take forward projects that have social or economic benefits for the local community.
26 June 2003

A Caithness-based dental technician has plenty to smile about after being awarded a grant to start his own business.
24 June 2003

A Dingwall sawmill is set to double its output following a £1.6million investment in a new production line.
24 June 2003

Staff and management at Buckie Shipyard are celebrating after the firm received the Investors in People award, the national recognition for organisations that aim to develop staff skills in line with business planning.
24 June 2003

A designer label clothes outlet in Dingwall will have a logo of a different kind on display from today, as the owner has been presented with an Investors in People plaque.
24 June 2003

Ian Campbell from Oban receives his Modern Apprenticeship in Vehicle Maintenance and Repairs for Heavy Vehicles at a small ceremony at his work premises today (Monday 23rd June).
23 June 2003

Fishing boat skipper Iain Harcus has discovered the cool way to deliver his catch in perfect condition.
23 June 2003

A project offering employers practical help on all aspects of recruitment is being extended. Funding has been secured to allow Recruit Sutherland to continue until December 2004.
23 June 2003

A team from Lochgilphead High School has scooped this year's Construction Challenge award following the two-day event in Oban last week (Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th June).
23 June 2003

Up to 1,300 businesses and community groups across the Highlands and Islands are in line to share £500,000 worth of grants to help them upgrade to broadband telecommunications.
17 June 2003

Residents on Orkney's farthest flung island have a brighter future for the community sewn up with the expansion of their wool spinning operation and the development of visitor facilities.
17 June 2003

Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE) has revealed that negotiations with The Essentiagroup - a communications company exploring the possibility of opening up a contact centre in Brora - are at an advanced stage.
17 June 2003

Western Isles Enterprise (WIE) has revealed its year-end results, following the release of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Network's annual results last week.
17 June 2003

School pupils from Bute and Dunoon will receive a unique insight into space travel on Friday [13 June] - from someone who has actually been there!
16 June 2003

Sandy Cumming, chief executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
16 June 2003

The Scottish Trades Union Congress is to set up a new lifelong learning unit, in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
16 June 2003

Orcadian globetrotter Jenna Tait has twin passions in life - sunshine and certificates.
16 June 2003

Community learning in Easter Ross has received a boost with the opening of a top class teaching facility in Alness Point Business Park.
12 June 2003

Results from the biggest ever visitor survey in the Highlands and Moray will be unveiled in detail at a series of presentations across the area over the coming weeks.
12 June 2003

The provision of Gaelic services and related activities in the Inverness and Nairn area helps to generate more than £1.8m for the local economy and supports over a hundred full time jobs.
12 June 2003

An innovative performance-improving process, used by many blue-chip companies and professional athletes around the world, is now being made available to businesses in the Highlands.
11 June 2003

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the agency responsible for economic and community development in the region, has announced its year-end results for 2002 - 2003 ahead of the publication of its annual report, due in October
10 June 2003

Record numbers of new business start-ups was a key outcome during what was a busy year for Ross and Cromarty Enterprise (RACE).
10 June 2003

David Finch, chief executive of Shetland Enterprise, has announced he intends to step down at the end of August.
10 June 2003

Orkney Enterprise has published its year-end results, following the release of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network's results this morning.
10 June 2003

Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE) has published its year-end results, following the release of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Network's results this morning.
10 June 2003

A Nairn-based on-line retailer is planning a major expansion programme that could create up to 27 new jobs, after a grant application for £54,470 was approved by Inverness and Nairn Enterprise (INE).
09 June 2003

The plight of fisheries dependent communities and what can be done to help is the focus of a seminar being hosted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) later this week (Thursday 12th June).
09 June 2003

A new website giving arts lovers in the Highlands and Islands the latest news and views on their local arts scene will go live on Thursday 5 June.
05 June 2003

Two projects, which should significantly boost economic development in Portree, have been given the go-ahead. Home Farm and the adjacent Portree Industrial Estate have been earmarked for two separate developments to meet the demand for housing, amenity and industrial land from the area's growing population
04 June 2003

Businesses across the Highlands and Islands are being offered extra help this summer to carry out short-term projects which could produce lasting benefits.
03 June 2003

No one ever had a tree house like this as a child - larger than your average wooden house with all the latest hi-tech equipment! However, at Ackergill Tower near Wick they have just that.
03 June 2003

Ross and Cromarty craftsman John Maclean is hoping his hand-crafted steel furniture will be a hit with local residents.
02 June 2003

A major new research centre, focusing on the specialist field of sustainable development, is to be established in Forres, creating around 20 new high quality jobs in its first year.
02 June 2003