The first naval vessel to undergo work at Buckie Shipyard since the completion of a £1.5million upgrading project at the historic east Moray yards arrived in the port in time for today's (Friday, September 26) official opening ceremony.
26 September 2003

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has commissioned a study into community transport provision in the region.
24 September 2003

Several firms in the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) area have been successful at this year's Winners@Web competition, organised by Scottish Enterprise and HIE.
24 September 2003

A Kintyre woman with a passion for Highland ponies is turning her hobby into a business with help from Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE).
22 September 2003

Brainstorming and 'out of the box' thinking are on the agenda at an event to generate new business ideas in the Skerries this weekend (Saturday 20 September).
17 September 2003

Monster hunters and others heading for the shores of Loch Ness will find access safer and more easy thanks to a new footbridge at a popular woodland beauty spot.
17 September 2003

Musicians in the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to £500 through a new initiative launched today by HI~Arts.
16 September 2003

Today sees the launch of HI-WIDE Ltd, a not-for-profit company that will bring broadband to the most rural and remote parts of the Highlands and Islands.
16 September 2003

A Skye stonemason is one of only three people in the UK to be accepted on a prestigious training scheme to learn the specialist skills required to repair some of the country's most historic buildings.
16 September 2003

Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE) is helping a saucy new business get off the ground in Sutherland.
16 September 2003

Argyll the Islands Enterprise (AIE) is hosting a two-day conference on the Island of Mull exploring the opinions of island communities on their current transport infrastructure and their aspirations for the future.
16 September 2003

HI~Arts beat off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win the 'public sector' category of the Broadband Britain Challenge Awards on Friday, following on from its success in the Scottish heats in July.
16 September 2003

Moray Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise's broadband roadshow kicks off in Elgin next Tuesday (16 September), where businesses right across the Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey area are being invited to see for themselves the latest in broadband technology.
12 September 2003

A pipemaker, a craftswoman and a candlemaker have all got their new businesses off to a good start with help from the local enterprise company.
11 September 2003

Two Shetland companies have been announced as finalists in this year's prestigious Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Awards.
11 September 2003

The Highlands and Islands final of the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (STEP) 2003 was hosted by Careers Scotland at the Marriott Hotel, Inverness today (Tuesday 9 September).
10 September 2003

Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE) is committing more than £45,000 to help stage the 100th Royal National Mod in Oban.
08 September 2003

A recently completed survey of businesses in and adjacent to the Cairngorms National Park found that 68 per cent expected their businesses to grow in the coming year, boosted by the new national park designation
05 September 2003

Testing begins today on a prototype tidal energy turbine, the EXIM* Tidal turbine, that has the potential to establish Shetland at the forefront of renewable energy.
05 September 2003

Individual people and community groups across the Highlands and Islands are being invited to participate in a short-lifespan online forum to help the HIE Network review how it might make best use of the world-wide web in support of its Strengthening Communities agenda. The forum will go live between 8 and 20 September.
04 September 2003

A proposal to build Shetland's first-ever commercial distillery has taken another step forward today with the announcement that Shetland Enterprise has approved funding for the project.
04 September 2003

Senior pupils from four Ross-shire schools are swapping their classrooms for a rubbish dump this week as part of an environmental challenge organised by Careers Scotland.
03 September 2003

Scapa Flow was once a major base for wartime convoys on the Arctic route to Russia - could it now in peacetime regain its former level of activity?
02 September 2003

Businesses large and small are being encouraged to sign up for Shetland Enterprise's latest round of training courses designed for both business and personal development.
02 September 2003