A new directory is being launched to help guide the Shetland workforce through the employment maze.
31 March 2000

An 18th century coaching inn on the remote Kintyre peninsula is to spend more than £136,000 (pounds) upgrading its faciltities and creating three new full-time jobs.
31 March 2000

TV personality and comedian Fred MacAulay presented ten local companies with top business awards, Investors in People at the Tourism Training conference held in the Newton Hotel, Nairn last week (22nd March 2000).
31 March 2000

Fishing communities in the Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE) area have been given a significant boost after tapping into a European initiative designed to help fishing dependent communities.
30 March 2000

A newly published survey has highlighted the important economic and social role played by the network of local shops throughout the Western Isles, employing 188 people and providing a valuable service to remote areas where access to transport and other facilities is limited.
28 March 2000

The only way is up for a Skye-based outdoor and mountaineering clothing company.
28 March 2000

Between sessions of the Highlands and Islands Convention, First Minister Donald Dewar will officially open a new high-technology business start up facility in Inverness today (Monday, 24 March).
27 March 2000

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the development agency for the northern part of Scotland has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Executive of improved training opportunities for unemployed welders from the areas oil yards.
27 March 2000

A £223,000 (pounds) investment in a new ice plant on Oban's South Pier will secure the harbour's status as a designated landing port and greatly enhance the services available to the local fishing fleet and visiting vessels.
23 March 2000

An Easter Ross golf club will be well above par this weekend as it opens the doors of a brand new clubhouse.
22 March 2000

A Lochaber landscape artist is set to brush up on her business skills after qualifying for a Lochaber Business Start Up award.
22 March 2000

A new study is to be carried out into the growing contribution of the arts industry to the economy of the Highlands and Islands.
21 March 2000

New opportunities are opening up for women across the Highlands and Islands through the announcement of continued funding for the development programme 'Women @ Work'.
21 March 2000

29 jobs have been retained at one of Argyll's largest creameries with the announcement of a £500,000 (pounds) development package.
21 March 2000

One of the north's most famous 'royal' hotels is to undergo a £1.36 million (pounds) upgrade as part of a drive to attract more visitors from America and Europe.
21 March 2000

A new survey has shown that tourism is worth almost £33 million (pounds) a year to the economy of the Western Isles, accounting for over 14 per cent of the area's GDP.
20 March 2000

It was a case of 'bottoms up' for workers from the hospitality sector in the Inverness and Nairn area, who recently attended a professional one-day wine service course run by a local hotelier.
15 March 2000

A new training initiative has been launched to further develop the skills of some of the Highlands and Islands' most experienced welders - allowing them to bid for work in the expanding on-shore gas pipeline sector.
15 March 2000

Inventors and businesses with innovative ideas in Skye and Lochalsh are being offered a helping hand to turn their ideas into reality.
14 March 2000

The latest community land buy-out in the Highlands has seen an area of woodland in Forres return to public control.
14 March 2000

The future for an Orkney based father and son team who make high quality furniture has been secured thanks to an investment in equipment that will improve efficiency and help increase their output.
14 March 2000

A young entrepreneur is set to develop a truly "hands on" control of her own business after qualifying for a Lochaber Business Start-Up award this week.
08 March 2000

Surfing the web is simply "childs play" - according to the organisers of the latest website to be officially launched in Shetland.
08 March 2000

Dingwall's Ross County FC are kicking off at Hampden Park today (Tuesday, 7 March) when they let others into the secret of their success.
07 March 2000

A new and imaginative approach is needed to the built environment of the Highland capital of Inverness, according to Dr Jim Hunter, chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), and well-known historian and author. He says the potential is there to emulate the spectacular successes of other local economies worldwide and addressing the area's architecture could be a major step on the road to future growth.
07 March 2000

The future of skills development for the business sectors of the Highlands and Islands is being mapped out to ensure people and businesses in the area realise their full potential, in the new millennium, and that local businesses maintain a strong competitive advantage.
07 March 2000

A survey pinpointing a lack of locally available management training, led to a course being organised for sixteen businesses in the Inverness and Nairn area.
02 March 2000

Top television personality and ex-accountant Fred MacAulay will head the bill at a special function being held in Nairn on Wednesday 22 March.
02 March 2000

Doubts over future fuel supplies for four remote communities in the Highlands and Islands have been lifted thanks to financial assistance from the Scottish Executive's Rural Petrol Stations Scheme.
02 March 2000