Highlands

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is inviting tenders to design and build a new bridge linking the north end of Inverness Campus with the Inverness retail and business park. The bridge will cross the main Inverness-Perth railway line and enable access for pedestrians, cyclists and buses to and

Plans lodged by Capital Developments in December last year Highland councillors have approved proposals for the redevelopment of a vacant corner block in Inverness into a modern retail and residential building.

Former graduate research trainee Marcia Rae at one of the SUD sites around Inverness A delegation from Iceland is set to visit Inverness this week to view work being carried out on Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) in the city.

Network Rail has awarded Bam Nuttall a contract for upgrade works to the Highland mainline – to help reduce journey times for customers. The £10 million deal is part of an overall £57m Scottish Government-funded investment in the line linking Inverness and the Central Belt.

The Pattack hydro project on the Ardverikie Estate near Loch Laggan Aberdeen Standard Investments infrastructure debt team has provided over £43 million of private debt to finance six operational hydro-electric schemes in Scotland.

The granting of planning permission last month for new homes near Culloden has set a damaging precedent for one of Scotland’s most important historic sites, according to a prominent military historian. In his talk at the National Trust for Scotland property on 12 April, ahe

Balfour Beatty has been awarded two contracts worth around £47 million for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 132kV Transmission Reinforcement project. Both contracts have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), through the

Plans have been unveiled today for a multi-million pound hotel, food and retail village on the A9. William Frame, managing director of Tomatin Trading Company, has submitted a planning application to revitalise the currently disused site at the Tomatin junction, within easy reach of both Aviemore an

Representatives of Marine Harvest and Robertson at the topping out ceremony An official topping out ceremony has been held at a pioneering new fish feed plant on the Isle of Skye.

Collapsed Inverness housebuilder Roy Homes owed more than £1 million to creditors when it ceased trading in January 2017, it has emerged. The self-build home business and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd ceased trading last year with the loss of 17 jobs.

Plans to build 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area are to be brought back before the local authority after it emerged councillors apparently voted through the development “by mistake”. Amended plans by Kirkwood Homes for the design and l

Amended plans for the design and layout of 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area have been given planning approval by Highland councillors. A Scottish Government-appointed planning reporter granted permission for the properties in 2014, however, follo

The Highland Council has agreed a capital programme of £482 million over the next five years. The local authority serves the largest geographical area in Scotland (over 30%) and has just under £2bn of assets on its balance sheet comprising, amongst other things, 203 operational schools, over 6,700

Work has begun on Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness due to be completed late 2019. As well as providing modern court and tribunals facilities, a range of justice and support organisations will be based in the centre providing integrated facilities for victims, witnesse

Portree Gaelic Primary School is being delivered by Robertson Group The Highland Council is seeking to review new build techniques and introduce greater scrutiny of spending as the local authority struggles to meet the demands for capital investment in the region’s schools.