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HIE Argyll and the Islands
The most southerly of HIE's local enterprise companies, HIE Argyll and the Islands covers a variety of mainland and island communities. Visitors from around the world enjoy the area's stunning scenery, supporting the all-important tourism industry.HIE Caithness and Sutherland
Caithness and Sutherland is the largest and the least densely populated of all the local enterprise company areas.HIE Innse Gall
Community, in its truest sense, has been the real foundation of the culture of the Western Isles for many centuries. It is the area's most essential strength and it affects all that the people of the area do and achieve.HIE Inverness and East Highland
The Highland capital of Inverness and the leading Moray Firth town of Nairn lie at the heart of the HIE Inverness and East Highland area. Boundaries take in Auldearn to the east, Dalwhinnie and Fort Augustus to the south and Garve to the north and west.HIE Lochaber
HIE Lochaber covers over 2,000 square miles of the west Highlands of Scotland. It is an area of great diversity - the seclusion of the Small Isles contrasting with the busy tourist centre of Fort William.HIE Moray
Moray undoubtedly forms one of the country's most beautiful landscapes. Yet, this is no Highland wilderness, for between the snowy peaks of the Cairngorms and the sandy shores of the Moray Firth you will find a population of over 97,000.HIE Orkney
Orkney's economy has traditionally been based on farming and fishing, but the tourism and food processing industries are rapidly becoming significant employers - capitalising on the islands' unspoilt environment.HIE Shetland
Shetland is a group of over 100 islands lying on the 60th parallel some 200 miles north of Aberdeen.HIE Skye and Wester Ross
HIE Skye and Wester Ross is in business to expand the economy of the area and to assist its people to make the best of every opportunity available to them.Visit our local enterprise company web sites
These links, which open a new browser window, will take you to our local enterprise company web sites.HIE area maps
Maps of Local Enterprise Companies in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland