Business

'A testament to our region's workforce'

A BRORA restaurateur has applied for planning consent to extend into an adjoining property.

A new offshore wind leasing round is set to clear the way for dramatic growth in renewable energy around the coastline of Scotland.

Thursday and Friday mart prices from Thainstone for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire consignors.

The chairman of the North Highland Initiative has expressed concern that the traditional 'Highland Welcome' could be tarnished.

The operators of windfarms in Sutherland have been paid a whopping £63,475,000 in total during the last 10 years for turning their turbines off.

'It's important that they all remain safe'

A DISTILLERY’S plans for a satellite warehouse site could create almost two dozen jobs and signal a £10 million investment, an economist believes.

BUSINESSES across the Highlands and Islands are being urged to put their questions to a Scottish Government minister in an hour-long online Q&A.

Highland Council has finally decided its stance on long-running plans for a 13-turbine windfarm at Strathy Forest.

Virtual panel discussions with industry leaders have been set up by Golspie entrepreneur John Murray of the Highland Food and Drink Club.

The final date by which an employer can furlough an employee for the first time will be next Wednesday

A PROBE of groups with an interest in deer and venison has found millions of pounds are on the line as a result of the coronavirus health crisis.

Staff across departments in the Inverness branch of Debenhams have been made redundant while it is still closed due to coronavirus.

Employees of Subsea 7 in Caithness are waiting to find out if they are to be affected by 3000 job losses being made by the company worldwide.

Leading figures in tourism and hospitality across the north Highlands are stepping up their campaign for urgent action from Nicola Sturgeon.

A total of £56,286,250 million has now been paid out to 5135 Highland businesses under the Covid-19 small business and self-catering grant scheme.

PROFITS from a new rainbow biscuit range being sold in a major supermarket chain will go to provide care packages for NHS workers.

THE very survival of the National Trust for Scotland is at risk after the Covid-19 pandemic devastated its financial reserves.

Sutherland MP Jamie Stone has written to both the First Minister and the PM in a bid to stop the operator of a north caravan park from opening up.