Highland Council

Members of the Badenoch and Strathspey Committee at the Highland Council have awarded £60,242 of Community Regeneration Funding to the Newtonmore Village Hall project. The funding will support ongoing major upgrades of the hall with the installation of a modern, energy-efficient heat pump syst

Plans to construct a full-scale replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Gairloch Museum in Wester Ross have been backed by Highland Council, following a grant funding award of £45,000. This week, councillors on the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh committee approved the Community Regenerati

Long-term investor Mitsui Group has acquired The Port of Nigg and fabrication and access companies from Global Energy Group for an undisclosed price.

A multi-billion pound 2GW windfarm off the western shore of Orkney has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish Government. The decision by Scottish Ministers, following a recommendation by the government’s Marine Directorate Licensing Operations Team (MD-LOT), makes the West of Orkney Wi

Highland councillors have reaffirmed their commitment to working with a company owned by Scotland's richest man to establish a new care facility for the North Coast.

The Highland Council will deliver a transformative programme of energy efficiency upgrades across council housing supported by a £9.2 million Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding proposal secured by Union Technical.

Members of the Highland Council's Education Committee have agreed the recommendation to proceed with the statutory public consultation for the co-location of the new St Clement’s School alongside a new Dingwall Primary School on a shared site with enhanced community facilities. A public meetin

The endangered 19th-century Castletown Mill in Caithness has marked a significant milestone in its transformation, becoming wind and watertight for the first time in decades.

Jupiter Play & Leisure Ltd has won a £500,000 contract to carry out refurbishment works for Highland Council at the popular Whin Park in Inverness.

The Highland Council has confirmed the Section 75 Agreement for new homes in Conon Bridge, allowing Tulloch Homes, part of the Springfield Group, to move forward with their approved plans to deliver 160 private and affordable homes in the area. As per the agreement, the housebuilder will provide a &

A quantity surveyor with the Highland Council who passed away in 2018 has been memorialised in a new social housing scheme in Golspie.

A new retail space delivered by Modular West has opened at the world-famous Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye.

The Highland Council’s Employability Service has developed a project with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to provide a pathway for young people who are interested in working in the construction industry. The Council’s Chair of the Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Cou

Highland councillors are to consider proposals to invest up to £60 million in roads and infrastructure. The proposals include an additional £40m investment plan for roads and transport infrastructure. This, on top of the previous three years of increased levels of funding, would bring th

The Highland Council has announced that Clark Contracts has been awarded the contract for improvements to Bught Park in Inverness, as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. With this announcement the project will move on to the next stage of development which includes a refurbished gra