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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
- 14 August 2019
Pathfinder taster session date set, as local firm extols benefits
A free programme to help businesses accelerate their growth has opened for new applications, with a taster session arranged for 28 August.
Read more - 01 August 2019
£3m for Scrabster harbour project
The second phase in a major upgrade of Scrabster Harbour in Caithness has secured up to £3m investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Read more - 01 August 2019
HIE sells Centre for Health Science
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has sold the Centre for Health Science building in Inverness to the University of the Highlands and Islands in a deal worth £9.83m.
Read more
Upcoming events
- Aug 28An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA
Pathfinder Accelerator Taster Session
28 August 2019 - Sep 4
- Sep 4
- Sep 4
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.