Owners of the Clachaig Inn are to give the Lochaber pub a major facelift with an investment of £125,000 (pounds).
28 February 2000

A top Scottish chef gets this year's Ross-shire cookery demonstrations under way today (Wednesday 23 February), when she serves up some of her latest recipes.
23 February 2000

Top food and drink buyers from across the UK will visit Nairn today (Wednesday 23 February) to sample some of the finest produce from the Highlands and Islands.
23 February 2000

Highlands and Islands businesses are being urged to log-on to the benefits of Internet trading under a new development initiative.
22 February 2000

Chief executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise Iain Robertson said: "It is disappointing that Sea Containers have chosen to withdraw from the Campbeltown to Ballycastle route, as this service has provided an important economic boost for the economy of the Kintyre peninsula and the wider Argyll and the Islands area.
21 February 2000

A new study has revealed the trend in export sales from the Highlands and Islands has risen faster than across Scotland as a whole.
17 February 2000

A new study examining the feasibility of an air service to connect one of Scotlands most remote islands, Colonsay in Argyll with the mainland was commissioned today (Thursday February 17) by development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
17 February 2000

Revitalising waters - which once attracted Victorian visitors in their thousands to Strathpeffer are set to flow again in a £180,000 (pounds) restoration project.
16 February 2000

Inventors and businesses in Caithness and Sutherland who have developed innovative products or ideas but who are unsure how to capitalise on them are being offered a helping hand.
16 February 2000

Visitors to Applecross in Wester Ross will be able to travel back in time when a new heritage centre opens its doors later this year.
16 February 2000

A new facility to test wave power technology could be established in the Highlands and Islands. A feasibility study is to be launched, based on the area's range of suitable wave and tidal conditions, unrivalled in Europe.
10 February 2000

Construction work is underway on a group of business units on the Orkney island of Westray - one of the most economically fragile communities in the Highlands and Islands.
08 February 2000

A training facility, which is vital to preserving the skills of a world class welding workforce in the north of Scotland, is set to be kept open under a proposed deal between development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and The Highland Council.
03 February 2000

Construction work gets underway this week on a new salmon processing plant on the Hebridean island of Scalpay. The project, for Stolt Seafarm Ltd., will create up to 80 new jobs once full production has been achieved.
01 February 2000

Leading economic and policy advisers to the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament's Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee are gathering in Inverness tomorrow (Wednesday 2 February) to discuss the performance of the country's different regional economies.
01 February 2000