Support
We have a range of support available to help you develop and grow

Business development & marketing

Developing products & services

Digital development

Exporting

Funding & investment

Innovation

People & skills development

Property and land

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Discover how we support your organisation

Businesses

Social enterprises

Community organisations
Prepare for Brexit

We are urging all businesses in Scotland to continue to actively prepare for changes taking place following the Brexit transition period.
Brexit support for Scotland
Property & land
What are you looking for?

New premises

Land and buildings

Incubator hubs

HIE property and development opportunities

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Find property by location

Use our map to browse all available HIE properties
Properties map

Enterprise Park Forres

Office space and conference facilities just 15 minutes from Elgin and accessible from the A96.
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Events & training
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People and skills development

Business development and marketing

Exporting

Developing products and services

Funding and investment
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We host a wide range of events, training, workshops and international visits - all designed to help you reach your business goals and objectives.
Events & training

DELIVERING A DIGITAL STRATEGY WORKSHOP

Find out how to make best use of digital channels to build your business.
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Research & reports
Our region
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Argyll and the Islands

Caithness and Sutherland

Inner Moray Firth

Inverness

Outer Hebrides

Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross

Moray

Orkney

Shetland
Regional projects

From property development to economic investments, discover how we're working with organisations to boost our region.
Regional projects

Our Growth Sectors

Discover more about our region's flourishing sectors.
Growth sectors
Base your business here
What do you want to find out about?

How we can help you

Transport, connectivity and infrastructure

Workforce and skills
Life in the Highlands and Islands

This isn't only a great place to build a business, our region is a fantastic place to live. Discover what to expect from life in the Highlands and Islands.
Why the Highlands and Islands?

Aseptium

Why the cutting-edge life sciences business chose Inverness Campus
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Work for us

We're a forward-thinking, innovative and award-winning organisation that thrives on investing in our employees.

Who are we?

We are the Scottish Government's economic and community development agency for a diverse region which covers more than half of Scotland.

Our unique integration of economic and community development is central to our success in generating sustainable economic growth in every part of the Highlands and Islands, particularly in remote areas.

Our ambition is to support employees in their work with businesses and communities to develop economic growth across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and build a successful and competitive region where more people want to live, work, study and invest.

We have administrative offices in Inverness, Benbecula and Auchtertyre as well as local area offices in Forres, Fort William, Thurso, Golspie, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Stornoway, Lochgilphead and Portree.

CURRENT VACANCIES

Current vacancies will be shown below when available.

The Scottish Government is currently recruiting the for the Chair of HIE's board.

Chair of HIE

Join our Financial Services team in Inverness

Financial Accountant

We're looking for an experienced project manager to develop and deliver our long-term strategy to maximise economic, social, financial and environmental impact from Cairngorm Mountain Estate.

Cairngorm Project Lead