Highlands

A new Invest Highland prospectus designed to stimulate and promote investment opportunities and demonstrate the benefits of doing business in the Highlands is set to be launched by The Highland Council. Aimed at attracting businesses, investors, and developers to the region, the new prospectus highl

Members of The Highland Council have agreed a £50 million investment in Dingwall to develop a new Community Point of Delivery (PoD) as part of the Highland Investment Plan.  The Plan is part of the council’s commitment to deliver over £2 billion investment across Highland over

Balnaan Bridge in Badenoch and Strathspey will be closed to traffic from Monday 15 December following a structural review. Located on the C1119, Balnaan Bridge carries the road across the River Dulnain and has been found to have a number of critical structural elements in poor condition.

The Highland Council has built four new affordable one-bed flats for social rent on the site of the former MacBeth Store in Dingwall, bringing homes to an area with high demand for this size of property. The build, awarded to Highland-based Capstone Construction Ltd, was supported by £414,889

Members of Highland Council's Sutherland County Committee have approved £104,718 of Community Regeneration Funding in support of a project to modernise Skerray Village Hall in Achtoty. Following a community consultation process, the project aims to make the hall a more welcoming and accessible

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been granted planning permission in principle to progress the second and final phase of development at Inverness Campus. The consent is subject to a Section 75 agreement being finalised between HIE and The Highland Council.

Communities Housing Trust (CHT), working in partnership with the Melness Crofters Estate (MCE), has secured planning permission from The Highland Council to build eleven new homes in the Talmine area of Melness. This development marks a significant step forward in population renewal efforts across N

The Highlands and Islands are set to benefit from over £100 billion in investment, driven by renewable energy generation, transmission and distribution. 

BAM has officially opened a new shared office space in Inverness with SSEN Transmission, creating a dedicated Highland hub for its engineering and energy operations in the north of Scotland.

The local community are to be given the chance to learn more about the planning application by Black Sheep Management Services for a visitor centre, café, shop, and associated car and coach parking on land at the iconic Glen Garry viewpoint. The location of the proposed viewpoint development

A pioneering two-bed prototype home in Inverness withstood snow, frost and rain to be rapidly assembled in just one week.

A wind farm management services company has been fined £80,000 after a worker was seriously injured by an electrical flashover.

Planning consent has been granted for the Banniskirk Hub – a major clean energy project that will see the construction of a new 400kV substation and high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in the Spittal area.

SSEN Transmission has become the first company to sign up to the Highland Social Value Charter (HSVC), marking a significant milestone in delivering long-term socio-economic benefits for communities across the Highlands. Investment commitments from the company include funding for roads, new homes, j

The contract for the Portree Link Road on the Isle of Skye has been awarded to Strath Civil Engineering Ltd. The £1.9 million contract for the construction of the last section of the northern distributor road around Portree will begin in 2026, thanks to funding from the Scottish Government and