Highlands

A Scottish links golf course is using sustainability as a driver for growth as it prepares to open a new energy-efficient clubhouse.

A Caithness-based distiller will transform a historic grain mill into a whisky distillery having acquired the site supported by a £2 million funding package from HSBC UK. Situated at the west end of Dunnet Bay, the Castletown Mill is a large, traditional stone-built water-powered grain mill, w

The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee has agreed how, when and where it will enable the delivery of development across the region with the approval and adoption of the Local Development Plan Delivery Programme for IMFLDP2.

A 2000-year-old prehistoric settlement has been uncovered by archaeologists at the site of the new HMP Highland in Inverness.

Aberdeenshire-based steel and cladding company KR Group has secured a third contract with Norwegian company, Nofitech, to provide steel and cladding for the final phase of a new Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) at Applecross in the Northwest Highlands. The project is due to commence in the com

Network Rail has started a £3.5m project to refurbish the Awe viaduct.

Network Rail is about to start a £3 million project to Rannoch Road bridge off the B8079 in Killiecrankie.

The Highland Council's decision to redesign part of Inverness city centre has been overturned by a senior judge after the plans were challenged by the owners of the region's biggest shopping centre.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £185 million contract by Transport Scotland to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) south of Inverness.

The Highland Council has been awarded £341k from the 2024/25 Strategic Timber Transport Fund (STTF) to reduce the impact of timber transport on rural infrastructure.

A family-owned window and conservatory specialist is celebrating 50 years of serving the Highlands in style by posting record sales and launching a special birthday competition.

SSE has unveiled plans to progress a new pumped storage hydropower scheme at Loch Fearna in a 50:50 development joint venture with a consortium led by Gilkes Energy.

Road safety improvement works to a busy Inverness junction are programmed to start on 30 September 2024. The announcement was made by Councillor Ken Gowans, the chair of The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee.

The Torvean Mobility Hub in Inverness was officially opened yesterday by the cabinet secretary for transport Fiona Hyslop as part of a visit to see key sustainable transport projects across the city.

The Highland Council is seeking contractors to tender for a Highland Energy Efficiency Framework (domestic and non-domestic). Suppliers are being invited to attend an in-person meet the buyer event on Monday 5 Aug 10:30 - 12:30 at Highland Council, Chamber, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX.