The social economy - the part of the economy based on voluntary and non-profit distributing activity - in the Highlands and Islands has grown by 35 per cent since 1996 comprising over 8,000 organisations and generating an annual income of some £360 million.
28 May 2002

Turning bright ideas into jobs is the goal for a major new IT programme for the Highlands and Islands.
27 May 2002

A North group's work on an ambitious six year project has taken another step forward with confirmation of funding from Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE) and the Community Economic Development Programme (CED). Historic Assynt aims to preserve and promote four of the most important sites in north-west Sutherland, and the funding from CASE and CED worth £5,000 will enable them to appoint a project organiser for the first year.
22 May 2002

Children throughout Caithness and beyond will have a little more bounce about them than usual this summer thanks to a new business started by a woman from Keiss.
22 May 2002

An Argyll nursery is set to take more control over the weather - well in its polytunnels at least. Highland Heathers is building ventilated multi-bayed polytunnels in a bid to produce even better plants and is expanding its growing area at the same time.
22 May 2002

Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs), with less than 250 employees, make up the majority of Scottish workplaces. Within the private sector 99 per cent of organisations are SMEs and this accounts for 56.8 per cent of total Scottish employment.
22 May 2002

A new database of researchers based in the Highlands and Islands could lead to more cutting edge studies being carried out in the area - providing more employment and boosting the value of the area's contribution to the national economy.
20 May 2002

The future of European development funding for mountain areas throughout EU - including the Highlands and Islands - will be one of the key issues under discussion at a major international conference being held in Inverness's Eden Court theatre this week (Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th May).
16 May 2002

The biggest ever visitor survey in the Highlands - to find out what visitors really think of the area's tourist experience - is just getting underway. Almost 5,000 interviews are set to be carried out over the next twelve months with the results expected to give invaluable information to both tourism businesses and the industry's planners.
14 May 2002

There will be even more 4x4 fun on the farm in future, even in wet weather, with help from Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE).
14 May 2002

Argyll and the Islands Enterprise has appointed its 12th director. Catriona MacLennan from the Isle of Tiree joins the board bringing with her a wealth of experience in community development and business management.
10 May 2002

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) used both words and music to pay tribute to the development agency's first chairman at the official opening of its new Inverness headquarters on Wednesday 8 May.
08 May 2002

Efforts to bring new jobs in teleworking or data processing to Orkney have been given a boost following the completion of new offices in Kirkwall. 'Kiln Corner' is a £1.4 million office and housing development funded by Orkney Enterprise and Orkney Housing Association and consists of four offices and 22 flats.
07 May 2002

The Kintyre peninsula is back on the manufacturing map with the establishment of a major wind turbine plant.
06 May 2002

Two long-serving Orkney Enterprise board members have been appointed chairman and deputy chairman of the local enterprise company. New chairman, Brian Kynoch has been a director of Orkney Enterprise since 1999 with fellow board member and new deputy chairman, Stephen Hagan having spent four years on the board.
03 May 2002

Student numbers at Lochaber College could be set for a dramatic rise, thanks to a new partnership agreement which the Fort William-based institution has formed with Inverness College.
01 May 2002

There's a new face at the top of Lochaber Enterprise, where the company's head of business and community development has just been appointed as acting chief executive.
01 May 2002

A new competition, designed to boost the commercial exploitation of research and development activity in the Highlands and Islands has been launched today (Wednesday 1st May).
01 May 2002