Caithness and Sutherland - news

Cutting edge technology at Caithness Creels

10 April 2012

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is investing with Wick based business Caithness Creels as it introduces new machinery to increase the speed of its production process.

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Caithness firm beats Hollywood to ocean depths

26 March 2012

Oscar-winning film director James Cameron is rightly celebrating his successful voyage to the bottom of the sea this week... but a Caithness engineering firm got there first.

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Lost beaches of Caithness to be commemorated in sculpture trail

14 March 2012

Sutherland-based artist Gavin Lockhart has been commissioned to undertake the next stage of public art at John O’Groats, with a series of works celebrating the dramatic and changing coastline of Caithness.

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Partnership progress welcomed

12 March 2012

The economy of Caithness and North Sutherland is well-placed to benefit from new opportunities, as it decreases its dependence on work at Dounreay.

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Ewing visits major John O'Groats tourism development

12 March 2012

Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing today visited the site of the first luxury apartment to be built in a major project to redevelop the John O'Groats House Hotel and strengthen the local tourism industry.

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At a glance

Population: 38,113

Area:  7,717 sq km

Key sectors:  Energy, financial and business services, food and drink, tourism

Main centres:  Thurso, Wick, Golspie

CouncilThe Highland Council

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