Bath-based theatre company New Old Friends has made a welcome return to the Highlands this week with a splendidly silly Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery.
An award-winning Highland seafood and game supplier, which counted Michelin-starred restaurants among its customers around the UK, has collapsed, with the loss of nine jobs.
The north’s new space sector could deliver the same kind of boost to communities as fish farming, according to an economic development chief.
Spaceflight company Orbex has opened its headquarters and rocket design plant in Moray, with the promise of up to 150 new jobs for the area.
Spaceflight company Orbex has opened its headquarters and rocket design plant in Moray, with the promise of up to 150 new jobs for the area.
Fishing chiefs are urging Shetland Islands Council to recognise the importance of the Sullom Voe harbour area to inshore fishermen as the local authority responds to a significant fall in tanker activities.
Cruise ships, fishing boats and ferries helped boost activity levels at Shetland’s main harbour last year, according to figures released by Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) yesterday.
Employment tribunals are “back in a big way”, one of the Highlands’ leading employment lawyers told a gathering of businesspeople yesterday.
Rockets to be launched at the UK’s first spaceport, in the northern Highlands, will be built in Moray.
Almost 60 trainee engineers are being recruited by Openreach in the north and north-east in a major drive to improve fibre broadband connections.The jobs are part of a UK-wide initiative, announced today, which will see the company take on more than 3,000 apprentices across the country.
North businesses must prepare for relegation from the “premier league to the fourth division” of international trade after a hard Brexit, a senior enterprise agency chief has said.
Apprentices from Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross are the stars of an initiative being launched today to encourage others to follow in their career footsteps.
Skills honed in the North Sea oil and gas industry could be key to the north being chosen for an offshore wind “cluster” to deliver a stream of multi-million-pound projects.
Highlands and islands entrepreneurs are being offered an opportunity to learn how they can gain a competitive edge over their competitors at a masterclass with a leading expert in Inverness next month.
Businesses across Scotland will be able to access more than £100 million to help them expand, the Scottish Government has announced.
Opportunities for firms to claim a share of projects worth £40million at a Highland port will be unveiled next week.
The boss of food giant Baxters has said the company’s heart will “always remain in Moray” despite its move to Edinburgh in the last year.
Moray-based independent care home business Parklands Group has received £5 million backing from investment company BGF, which it said will support its £10.5m development plans in the Highlands.
Tomatoes, chorizo sausage and jar lids are among items Baxters Food Group is planning to stockpile as the prospect of a no-deal Brexit threatens to disrupt its supplies.
The head of GFG Alliance, which owns Fort William smelter, has said completion of its acquisition of Europe’s largest aluminium plant, in France, will enable the company to “expand powerfully in key industries such as the automotive sector.”
Aberdeen-based offshore services firm PD&MS has revealed it intends to increase its headcount by around 25% over the next year to support a series of recent contract wins.
Moray-based digital telecoms company Fibre 1 is expanding its UK-wide business network, with moves into offices in London and Forres.
Hospitality group Macdonald Hotels and Resorts has said one of its key Highland operations has seen a “sharp upturn” in corporate bookings following a significant investment in its meetings and conference facilities.
Researchers believe a pioneering Highland project to gather information about cancers among dogs in Scotland could improve prevention and care and help efforts to combat human forms of the disease.
Continued investment is needed to boost the number of young people and families choosing to live and work in the Highlands and Islands, the head of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in the area has said.
The post-Brexit future of thousands of people from the EU working in Scotland will be the focus of a meeting between north business leaders and the Scottish Government’s Europe Minister Ben Macpherson next week.
Building with Lego blocks will be used to help explain the complexities of dealing with blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies at an event for businesses in the Highlands today.
A Highland family is planning to offer diners a true “field-to-fork” experience after adding a bar and restaurant to their farming and butcher businesses.
A well-known Highland hotel is being taken over by 46 of its employees as the man who opened it more than 40 years ago plans to bow out of the business.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is investigating allegations of cronyism after a whistleblower claimed the lender appointed a man to a top role on the basis that he is the friend of a senior staff member.
Almost £5 million of European funding has been reeled in for Scotland’s fishing and aquaculture industry.
A student who launched a social enterprise offering theatre classes for primary school children in Shetland has taken the top award at this year’s University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Business Competition.
