Peacekeeping troops in Bosnia are flocking to the fully air-conditioned Screen Machine to catch the latest big movie releases, and to escape summer temperatures of over 30 degrees Celsius.
28 July 2000

Life will never be the same again on the inner-hebridean island of Muck following today's (Thursday 27th August) official inauguration of a unique new power generating scheme.

Three up-and-coming Highland bands are supporting the group being hailed as the "next Oasis" at a series of gigs in the Highlands and Islands next weekend.

Four members of the Ross-shire community have recently taken their places on the board of directors at Ross and Cromarty Enterprise (RACE).

Pipers, mountaineers, scouts and senior citizens are among those to benefit from recent Community Action Grants awarded by Lochaber Limited, part of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network.

The chief executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Iain A Robertson CBE, is moving on to take up a new position as group director, corporate development, with Edinburgh-based Morrison plc.
20 July 2000

The circus came to town last week for around 70 Caithness youngsters when they attended a series of specially-arranged circus skills workshops at Thurso Youth Club.

Budding artists from the Quarff and Gulberwick Mothers and Toddlers Group have recently enjoyed some painting with their mums and Eleanor Robertson from the Shetland Childcare Partnership.

Visits to key business and community projects in the Western Isles are on the agenda for board members and senior management of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) as they carry out a working visit to the area today and tomorrow (Monday 17th / Tuesday 18th July).
17 July 2000

Increased demand for the unique work of a Lochaber wood turner has resulted in the craftsman having to move to bigger premises and has created new employment in an 'Initiative at the Edge' area.
17 July 2000

The Screen Machine, the UK's first mobile cinema, left Inverness today (Saturday 15th July) for a tour of duty of Bosnia where it will entertain 4,000 British and SFOR (stabilising force) troops over four weeks.

The seeds of a business idea, planted last year by Orkney stone mason Albert Scott, look set to yield a healthy return after his attendance at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show last month.

A drive by Ross-shire taxi operators to improve levels of service has led to them picking up an award for their commitment to customer care.

A Stornoway filling station is to be the first in the Western Isles, and one of the first in the Highlands and Islands, to offer Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to motorists. LPG costs about half the price of unleaded petrol and can help cut the cost of motoring.

A landmark has been reached, in more ways than one, in the construction of the Cairngorm funicular railway - with the commissioning of a giant aerial cable- crane to be used for ferrying materials up and down the mountainside.

Responding to Enterprise Minister Henry McLeish's interim conclusions on the Enterprise Networks review, Highlands and Islands Enterprise chief executive Iain Robertson said: "The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network welcomes the Minister's review, in particular the recognition that the HIE approach has, overall, stood the test of time in delivering economic and social development in our area.

A £570,000 (pounds) investment in a new waste treatment plant at Claymore Dairies in Nairn will secure vital jobs and help meet environmental targets.

A new rocking horse workshop in Scotland is to be established on the remote West Coast Island of Eigg, providing two new jobs.