About the HIE network

Date: 14 October 2008
Author: rlongmuir
Last updated: 15/08/2002 14:28:13
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The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is a vast and diverse area with many distinct communities. It has thousands of businesses, each with plans for the future. There are more than 400,000 individuals with skills and potential of their own and more than 8,000 voluntary and community groups. The task of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network is to unlock that potential and help create a strong, diverse and sustainable economy where quality of life is matched by quality of opportunity. HIE's activities include: provision of business support services, delivery of training and learning programmes, assistance for community and cultural projects and measures for environmental renewal.

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HIE network strategy Our aim is to enable people living in the Highlands and Islands to realise their full potential on a long-term sustainable basis.The HIE operating plan This operating plan outlines how HIE proposes to deploy its resources over the next two years. This operating plan outlines progress in the HIE network's eleventh year and indicates how HIE proposes to deploy its resources over the next two years. It reflects the priorities on which the Network will focus its activity. These are, in turn, based on the principles contained in the Network’s strategy: 'A Smart Successful Scotland - the Highlands and Islands Dimension'. Customer commitment The HIE network aims to provide the best possible service to the individuals, businesses, organisations and communities with whom we work, and to demonstrate maximum transparency in all of our operations.

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