£1.3m investment approved by HIE in the Outer Hebrides 2023/24
As a result of HIE support, businesses in the area will see total turnover rise by £14.5m and international sales by £1.9m.
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A-nis tha e comasach dhan a h-uile 113 dachaigh air Griomasaigh, Uibhist a Tuath, bann-leathainn earbsach, ultrafast1, agus cuideachd gu tuath air Beàrnaraigh Mòr, ann an Leòdhas – is urrainn dha 220 dachaigh ceangal.
Tha cothrom aig an dà choimhearsnachd 100 sa cheud air lìonraidhean làn-fiber anns an t-àm ri teachd. Chaidh a thogail le luchd-innleadairean bho Openreach tron phròiseict Bann-leathainn Digital Scotland Superfast, air a stiùireadh anns an sgìre le Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean (HIE).
Tha e comasach dha seirbheisean a ghiùlan aig 1Gbps – timcheall air 18.5 uair nas luaithe na cuibheasachd san RA an dràsta de 54 Mbps2.
Gu ruige seo, tha na coimhearsnachdan air a bhith ceangailte ris an t-saoghal a-muigh le ceangal gun uèir thairis air lìonra rèidio neo-eisimeilich, le astar luchdachadh-a-nuas mu 2Mbps.
Tha Joe Fitspatrick, Ministear Slàinte na h-Alba airson a’ Phobaill, Spòrs is Sunnd, a tadhal air Griomasaigh an diugh gus faicinn a’ bhuaidh a tha an teicneolas àrd-astar a’ toirt air beatha dhaoine ionadail, far a bheil 65 sa cheud de dhachaighean air clàradh airson na seirbheis.
Thuirt e: “Tha tòrr dhaoine a tha a’ fuireach an seo an sàs ann an gnìomhachasan traidiseanta, agus tha an t-eilean ainmeil airson biadh na mara. Ann an saoghal far a bheil teicneòlas na phrìomh dhraibhear, bidh deagh cheangal a’ toirt cothroman ùra airson daoine a tha ag iarraidh a thighinn air ais a dh’fhuireach anns na h-Eileanan.
Thuirt Donnie Moireasdain, àrd-mhanaidsear leasachaidh didseatach HIE, a tha a’ fuireach ann an Leòdhas: “Tha e math a’ faicinn coimhearsnachdan beaga dùthchail mar Griomasaigh agus Beàrnaraigh Mòr a’ faighinn buannachd bhon bhann-leathainn as fheàrr a-steach do na dachaighean agus na gnìomhachasan aca.
Tha Robin Spratt a’ fuireach ann an Griomasaigh. Bidh e fhèin agus a bhean Michelle a’ ruith an gnìomhachas Hebridean Candles agus a’ reic na coinnealan ann am bùthan air feadh an t-eilean. Tha iad cuideachd a’ reic bhon bhùth-obrach aca air cùl an dachaigh. Tha an ceangal bann-leathainn luath ùr aca air piseach a thoirt air obair agus beatha dachaigh.
Thuirt Robin: Mus d’thàinig làn-fiber, bha siostam bann-leathainn saideal againn le glè bheag de dhata. A-nis, nuair a bhios daoine a’ tadhal air a’ bhuth-obrach agus ag iarraidh ceannach, is urrainn dhuinn pàigheadh-dealain a chleachdadh. Tha e math airson gnìomhachas ach tha buaidh mhòr aige cuideachd air beatha phearsanta oir a-nis is urrainn dhuinn seirbheisean air-loidhne fhaighinn mar Tbh.”
As a result of HIE support, businesses in the area will see total turnover rise by £14.5m and international sales by £1.9m.
Wednesday 6 March event will help local businesses identify and make the most of new opportunities from the growing cruise ship tourism market.
Outer Hebrides smokehouse set to cut carbon and increase production
A £2.3 million project to transform UHI North, West and Hebrides’ Stornoway Campus will get underway this week.
Hebridean Homecoming events held from the Butt to Barra
HIE employee awarded marine energy award
Graduates recruited in the Outer Hebrides through HIE-funded programme
Figures published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) show that the agency approved £4,256,922 investment in the Outer Hebrides in 2022.
Social enterprises are a critical part of the rural economy contributing £197m in the Highlands and Islands – up £32m since 2019.