Orkney

A £20 million fund will help Orkney and Shetland to sustain and improve inter‑island connectivity.

Drinking water pipes are delivering faster and more reliable broadband for the first time in the UK.

Residents in Orkney are being asked to help shape a council strategy that will support tackling greenhouse gas emissions from all buildings in the county.

An event is being held in Stromness this week which will kick-start the Orkney Local Development Plan review process.

Plans are on course for Papa Westray to get a new airfield terminal building and car park. Planning consent has been approved by Orkney Council’s Planning Authority subject to a number of conditions being met, and it is hoped that work will be able to start on site this summer.

Works have started at Rousay Pier to improve drainage at the car park.

Engineering consulting group COWI has been awarded a contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a joint venture involving DEME, Qair and Aspiravi, with a focus on Scottish offshore wind development.

Works are due to get underway this Spring on the installation of new community and visitor facilities in the centre of Dounby. The £1 million project, at the Market Green in Dounby - situated between the Smithfield Hotel and the community school pitch - will see the erection of a new toilet bl

Orkney Island Council’s Development and Infrastructure Committee has given its backing to the West of Orkney Windfarm’s offshore plans. The local authority is a statutory consultee for Section 36 consent and marine licence applications for the proposed £multi-billion offshore windf

Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, which is currently nearing 12 mo

Ground engineering and site investigation company Central Alliance is working with the Orkney Islands Council to carry out a ground investigation project that forms a crucial part of the council’s Orkney Community Wind Farms project.

A new scheme to support the local construction industry recruit and sustain suitably skilled employees has got off the ground in Orkney. The industry, in common with many other sectors, have been finding it difficult to recruit and this is another tool designed to help.

A series of drop-in events are due to be held in Stromness for local people to find out more about the allocated development areas in the south end of the town.

A new Orkney whisky venture has revealed construction plans for an £800,000 distillery, the first to open on the Orkney mainland in 138 years.

Architects have been appointed to design the second phase of Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC). A contract has also been awarded to building contractors to carry out external works to the campus, which comprises window upgrades and stonework repairs.