Highlands

Highland Council has decided not to proceed with a new affordable housing project adjacent to the Merkinch Nature Reserve amid concerns from the community. The local authority had proposed to build 35 homes in the recreational field behind the Merkinch Nature Reserve and Carnarc Crescent in Invernes

People across the Highlands are being encouraged to support a community crowdfunding appeal which aims to raise money to build new homes and a medical clinic on the Isle of Skye.

A contractor which claimed the Scottish Government acted unlawfully in giving taxpayers' money to a competitor in the purchase of a Highland industrial yard has had a £25 million damages action dismissed.

John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister and cabinet secretary for education and skills, visited Merkinch Primary School to coincide with the completion of a state-of-the-art Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) structure. (from left) Jillian Kean, headteacher of Merkinch Primary School; Frank Reid, managing

Highland Housing Alliance has handed over keys to tenants at a new development marking the completion of another successful mixed-tenure development in Inverness.

A sustainable energy projects developer has announced plans for the first ocean powered data centre in the world in Caithness.

Highland firms are being invited to bid for work worth tens of millions of pounds from one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.

Further details of the planned transformation for Inverness Castle have been unveiled. Set to begin after the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service moves out of the building next year, the Inverness Castle project is a vital part of the regeneration of Inverness city centre and will be a gateway for

As part of the project to refurbish Nairn Courthouse, the steeple has been reinstated on top of the historic building following a facelift.

A construction company which is being sued for £3.8 million by a hotelier following a contractual dispute has successfully challenged a court ruling preventing it from having the case resolved by adjudication.

Stonework repairs on the most decorative entrance to Inverness Victorian Market have commenced today. Works on the Academy Street entrance to the market are being funded by a grant of £30,256 from the Inverness Townscape Heritage Project (ITHP) and £12,967 from the Inverness Common Good

The Highland Council is to introduce new measures to restrict the amount of construction and demolition waste bought to its network of household waste recycling centres.

An Inverness hotel and site of a future micro brewery has undertaken a six figure restaurant refurbishment as part of a multi million pound rolling package of fresh investment. Plans for the Inverness Brewery. Image credit: Heartland Media and PR

AECOM has launched what is believed to be the world’s first natural capital laboratory on a 100-acre site near Loch Ness. 

Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed to deliver two new education projects for the Highland Council worth a combined £2 million.  The main contractor will deliver an 800 square metre expansion to Inverness Gaelic Primary School (Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis), based to t