A Scottish vessel is riding high on the crest of a wave after becoming the first fishing boat in the UK to net the major business award, Investors in People (IiP).
26 April 2000

A ground breaking pilot taking place in the north of Scotland is set to revolutionise training and learning in the 21st century.
26 April 2000

Businesses in Caithness and Sutherland are being urged to log-on to the benefits of e-commerce by attending a series of awareness raising events in the area next month.
26 April 2000

A dentists, a vet practice, a salmon farm and a garage are all breaking new ground in the Shetland Isles.
25 April 2000

A new network to improve community access to information technology across the Lochaber region has been officially launched today.
19 April 2000

Motorists in the south of Harris will no longer have to travel over twenty miles to fill up their vehicles when a new petrol station is established this summer at Leverburgh.
18 April 2000

Two businesses have received top accolades at the Highlands and Islands multi-media 2000 awards, recognising the best use of new media in business.
17 April 2000

New jobs are to be created and homes built thanks to recent agreements between Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise (SALE), Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association (L&SHA) and Fearann Eilean Iarmain, the Skye business belonging to Sir Iain Noble.
13 April 2000

It's been confirmed that call-centre operator TSC (Telecom Service Centres) Ltd. are to set up a facility in Aviemore later this year creating new jobs in the Strathspey town.
12 April 2000

Commenting on the revised proposals for areas eligible for Assisted Area Status, chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise Dr Jim Hunter said: "We are bitterly disappointed that the new proposals for assisted area status in Scotland do not include the substantial Inverness and Nairn, and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey areas.
11 April 2000

A new survey has highlighted the importance of the tourism industry to the Argyll and the Islands economy, with the sector generating over £140 million (pounds) a year for the area.
10 April 2000

E-commerce and multimedia activities will take centre stage at a major conference highlighting new developments and opportunities in the industry taking place later this week in Fort William.
05 April 2000

State-of-the-art communications equipment is set to revolutionise how companies in Ross and Cromarty do business in the 21st century.
04 April 2000

Eleven food and drink producers from the north of Scotland scored a notable first when the IFE food trade exhibition got under way at the SECC in Glasgow today (Tuesday, 4 April).
04 April 2000

Lochaber is set for a major jobs boost following the announcement of a £1.6m (pounds) investment in one of the area's key fish processing plants.
03 April 2000