HIE Network news
| Highland 2007 legacy programme launched The Highland Council has launched the Highland 2007 Legacy Programme, providing an annual fund of £500,000 in grants to build upon the success of Highland 2007 – the year Scotland celebrated Highlands and Islands culture. | |
| HIE Review 2008 published online A broad range of transformational projects led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and its partners is described in a new publication, HIE Review 2008. | |
| Highland techno pupils win a trip to Boston An ingenious gadget to help clothes shoppers pick the perfect fit has clinched a trip of a lifetime to America for a team of young entrepreneurs from Nairn. | |
| Survey offers chance to win Belladrum tickets Friendly or boring, remote or safe - these are some of the conflicting descriptions of life in the Highlands and Islands provided by young people taking part in a major on-line survey. | |
| Offices move for national tourism agency National tourism agency VisitScotland’s Highlands-based offices in Strathpeffer and Inverness will relocate to Cowan House, in the Inverness Retail and Business Park, at the end of August this year. | |
| Inverness Campus project board appoints chair A new project board has been formed to plan and deliver the proposed Inverness Campus development at Beechwood, on behalf of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). | |
| Sealladh na Beinne Moire - HSBC Start-up Stars Finalist A community company formed to purchase South Uist Estate on behalf of local residents in 2006 has been named as a Scottish finalist in the nationwide search for start-up company of the year. | |
| ICT experts support region's young entrepreneurs Pupils at six Highland secondary schools are preparing for a week of 'hothousing' from next Monday (June 23), when they go to Fairburn Activity Centre to fine-tune their business plans for the final of the ICT Youth Challenge. | |
| Cullen Bay Hotel receives tourism award The Cullen Bay Hotel has received a Top Ten Employer Award last Friday (June 13) after being voted one of the top tourism employers in the Highlands and Islands. | |
| Broadband decision for Barra provision Northbay on Barra is to be provided with broadband access through an extension of the Connected Communities (ConCom) network which is already providing 930 households with the service across the Outer Hebrides. | |
| Building an entrepreneurial culture in the Highlands and Islands Fusion, the organisation which encourages entrepreneurship in the Highlands and Islands, today held a business debate following presentations by keynote speakers at Eden Court Theatre Inverness. | |
| HIE performance from HIE during year of change Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) demonstrated an excellent performance in its 07/08 end-of-year results which were reviewed by its board members this week. | |
| Virtual conference to help rural businesses go global Secondary school pupils and the business community across the Highlands and Islands are being invited to take part in an online virtual conference. | |
| HIE celebrates Biking World Cup with brand new track Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is adding to Lochaber's excitement in welcoming thousands of people to the Mountain Bike World Cup this weekend, by contributing to a new intermediate downhill track at Aonach Mor, Fort William. | |
| New study launched into regeneration of the Cabrach A detailed study that examines options for regenerating the Cabrach in Moray is to be launched this week by Richard Lochhead MSP. | |
| Inverness to host event with master marketing director Marketing guru Gerald Michaluk is to deliver a talk on the role of the marketing director in Inverness next week at the invitation of The Chartered Institute of Marketing in Scotland (CIM). | |
| HIE plans to invest over £219m for the next three years Plans to invest more than £219 million over the next three years in economic and community development have just been published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). | |
| Scotland's first tidal device connects to National Grid A pioneering tidal scheme has taken a significant step forward this week when it began generating electricity on to the National Grid. | |