HIE Shetland

HIE Shetland
Toll Clock Shopping Centre
26 North Road
Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0DE
Tel: 01595 693177
Fax: 01595 693208
E-mail: shetland@hient.co.uk

SC126367 - incorporated under the Companies Acts and having their registered office at
Cowan House, Inverness retail and business park, Inverness IV2 7GF

Chairwoman: Karen Eunson
Area director: Ann Black
Population: 22,440
Area: 1,429 sq.km
Main industries: Oil, fish catching and
processing, aquaculture, tourism,
knitwear, agriculture.

Shetland is a group of over 100 islands lying on the 60th parallel some 200 miles north of Aberdeen. Despite the constraints of the harsh geographic environment, extreme peripherality and high transport costs, the local economy - revolving around fish and oil - is remarkably robust.

However, changes are imminent and it will require a great deal of effort to ensure that new businesses, particularly in tourism and teleworking, continue to emerge and that our traditional industries remain competitive.

Progress by co-operation has been Shetland's strength in the past and it has never been more important than now. HIE Shetland is here to ensure that organisations and individuals continue to work together in the most effective way into the twenty-first century.