Highlands

The Highland Council’s Employability team has announced details of the first Highland-wide virtual jobs fair to highlight new job opportunities that will run from the 11 to the 15 November during Scottish Careers Week 2024. The week-long virtual event is being delivered by the Local Employabil

Highland councillors will be asked to approve the repayment of £6.308 million to the Landbank Fund from income from Council Tax on second homes, at the council meeting On October 31. The additional money will support the council in finding solutions to the Highland Housing Challenge - one of s

Royal Dornoch Golf Club has announced a 50-acre land purchase which will see the Struie Course developed in years to come.  While the Championship Course is the magnet luring golfers from around the globe to the Highlands, the sister course is ranked among Scotland's top 50 links. 

The Highland Council is undertaking a retrofit project in Caol for Swedish Timber properties which aims to enhance the energy efficiency of homes, reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy demand and costs.

The Highland Council has called a Housing Challenge Summit designed to bring together all parties from national and local government and private sector interests from across the fields of energy, housing development and commerce, to focus on the region's 'Housing Challenge'.

The Scottish Government has awarded funding of nearly £760,000 for improvement works across Skye. The financial support from the Islands Programme will enable major essential infrastructure improvements in Staffin as well as community and public access improvements on routes at key locati

The competitions and procurement arm of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is inviting expressions of interest from architects and design teams to undertake a feasibility study for the redevelopment of Timespan – a vibrant and ambitious museum and cultural institution in

Highland councillors have voted to abandon plans to redesign part of Inverness city centre.

Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of a masterplan that has helped to transform John O’Groats from ‘Carbuncle of the Year’ to a thriving visitor attraction.

Highland communities will gain from a policy which seeks to secure meaningful environmental, social, and economic benefits through the Highland Council’s procurement activities. The newly agreed Highland Community Benefit Policy will ensure that community benefits are routinely considered duri

Stella McCartney has altered designs for a £5 million modern mansion on a remote Highland plot in an effort to save the area’s natural habitats. McCartney, and her husband, Alasdhair Willis, are planning to build a secluded hideaway at Commando Rock in Glenuig.

The Highland Council has approved over £800,000 of funding for 49 projects which will benefit local communities. The Highland Strategic Local Action Group met last month to consider and agree funding for the projects submitted to the Community Led Local Development Fund (CLLD), which makes up

A £5.9m project to create a new whisky distillery within the former derelict mill at Castletown in Caithness has secured a £250,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Dunnet Bay Distillers Limited (DBDL) is leading the project, which will create 13 jobs. The project

Finlay MacDonald has been named as chief officer - property and assets for Highland Council as part of five new appointments at the local authority. Finlay has been the council's head of property and facilities management for the last 10 years and has worked in various property management roles acro

This week marked the official opening of the ‘Ionad an Stòir’ or ‘The Storr Centre’ by Skye and Raasay Area Committee chair, Councillor John Finlayson. Councillor John Finlayson said: “I am honoured and extremely proud to officially open ‘Ionad an Stò