Make your life easier with a MyHIE account. It’ll save you time, help you find and organise content based on your needs and interests.
The Board acknowledged that everyone involved in the Cairngorm project has been working flat out, before and since the acquisition, and welcomed the appointment of Ross Harris as interim chief executive for the first three months.
Clearly there are many issues to address, some more urgent than others. The main priority is getting the resort ready to welcome snow sport enthusiasts, and establishing communication channels to keep people informed.
Revised ticket prices were agreed to reflect the funicular outage. They are as follows:
|
Ticket Type |
Adult |
Junior |
Senior |
Student |
Extra child |
Family 2+2 |
Family 1+2 |
|
Normal 2018 / 2019 1 Day Ticket |
£37.00 |
£22.65 |
£27.30 |
£29.35 |
£18.10 |
£107.35 |
£74.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proposed 2018 / 2019 1 Day Ticket (25% discount) |
£27.75 |
£17.00 |
£20.45 |
£22.00 |
£13.60 |
£80.50 |
£55.50 |
|
Proposed 2018 / 2019 Afternoon Ticket (20% discount on 1 day) |
£22.20 |
£13.60 |
£16.30 |
£17.60 |
£10.80 |
£64.40 |
£44.40 |
Local ski schools will be invited to provide ski school services on the mountain. They will be offered a range of benefits along with this, including discounted passes, office space and car parking.
Free season passes are to be made available for children up to age 12 attending primary school in the Badenoch and Strathspey catchment area.
The snow factory is working well and it is hoped the resort will be ready for skiing in a matter of days.
The report into the funicular has been further delayed by the storms last weekend. We are now unable to say any more about this until January.
The report of the comprehensive review of uplift infrastructure has now been published here.
Additional information about Cairngorm is available here.
The Isle of Skye Candle Company is refurbishing the Aros Centre in Portree as part of its expansion
Search for for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region.
Two bids are expected from the Highlands and Islands: one from Orkney and another from Opportunity Cromarty Firth.
HIE has awarded a contract to provide business support services for Highland food and drink companies.
A former church in Easter Ross has been redeveloped into a facility for the community and visitors.
Gordon Timber is installing automated equipment after securing £95k from HIE.
A night-time closure planned for bridge inspection
Glencoe ski centre has been granted funds to help towards the construction of a new base station
Plans to further develop the transformation of a Moray mountain resort into a year-round attraction has secured more than £73,000 of net zero funding.
Workers demobilising the site for the planned winter shutdown and will return next Spring.
A new wind tower factory at Nigg is expected to create hundreds of skilled manufacturing jobs.