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Building our future
Our vision is to make the Highlands and Islands a highly successful and competitive region where increasing numbers of people choose to live, work, study and invest.
We have four priorities we will focus on over the coming years to support Scotland's economic recovery and deliver sustainable growth across the region.
Find out more about the people at HIE. You can search our staff directory to get directly to the correct person and also find out more about our senior management and board members.
If you are interested in working for HIE, keep an eye on our job opportunities page. We also post vacancies on our Linkedin, facebook and twitter pages.
This section helps to put into context the various policies HIE operates within. It also gives you access to HIE publications which explain what we are doing and the success that follows.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise invest millions of pounds of grant-in-aid funding each year to deliver the objectives of the Scottish Government's Economic Strategy.
HIE is a public agency and must ensure public money is used in a manner that is effective, efficient and achieves value for money. Services in excess of £50,000 are subject to a process of open competitive tendering.
HIE want the Highlands and Islands to be a highly successful and competitive region in which increasing numbers of people choose to live, work, study and invest
We post information about our events, as well as those run by our partner organisations.
Latest news and updates
- 19 October 2018
Support for new social enterprise development ideas
HIE is supporting the fourth round of LaunchMe, an accelerator programme for start-up social enterprises.
Read more - 19 October 2018
Scottish Mountain Bike Conference 2018
Mountain bike legends, business leaders, senior politicians, leading academics, the CEO of British Cycling, young mountain bikers, trail building experts and more - all part of a full programme for the Scottish Mountain Bike Conference 2018.
Read more - 17 October 2018
Enterprise and Skills Board publishes Strategic Plan
Scotland’s Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board has published its Strategic Plan.
Read more
Upcoming events
- Oct 4
- Oct 24The Drouthy Cobbler, 48a High Street, Elgin
Driven Digital Marketing for Tourism: The Essential Guide
24 October 2018 - Oct 26Moorings Hotel, Banavie, Fort William
How to become more visible online: Beyond Facebook and pretty websites!
26 October 2018 - Oct 26The Moorings Hotel, Banavie, Fort William
Advanced Digital Marketing for Tourism – Lochaber
26 October 2018
Our maps
Have a look at our maps to find out more about the projects we're investing in and the communities we're working with.