Highlands

Highland communities will gain from a policy which seeks to secure meaningful environmental, social, and economic benefits through the Highland Council’s procurement activities. The newly agreed Highland Community Benefit Policy will ensure that community benefits are routinely considered duri

Stella McCartney has altered designs for a £5 million modern mansion on a remote Highland plot in an effort to save the area’s natural habitats. McCartney, and her husband, Alasdhair Willis, are planning to build a secluded hideaway at Commando Rock in Glenuig.

The Highland Council has approved over £800,000 of funding for 49 projects which will benefit local communities. The Highland Strategic Local Action Group met last month to consider and agree funding for the projects submitted to the Community Led Local Development Fund (CLLD), which makes up

A £5.9m project to create a new whisky distillery within the former derelict mill at Castletown in Caithness has secured a £250,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Dunnet Bay Distillers Limited (DBDL) is leading the project, which will create 13 jobs. The project

Finlay MacDonald has been named as chief officer - property and assets for Highland Council as part of five new appointments at the local authority. Finlay has been the council's head of property and facilities management for the last 10 years and has worked in various property management roles acro

This week marked the official opening of the ‘Ionad an Stòir’ or ‘The Storr Centre’ by Skye and Raasay Area Committee chair, Councillor John Finlayson. Councillor John Finlayson said: “I am honoured and extremely proud to officially open ‘Ionad an Stò

A Scottish links golf course is using sustainability as a driver for growth as it prepares to open a new energy-efficient clubhouse.

A Caithness-based distiller will transform a historic grain mill into a whisky distillery having acquired the site supported by a £2 million funding package from HSBC UK. Situated at the west end of Dunnet Bay, the Castletown Mill is a large, traditional stone-built water-powered grain mill, w

The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee has agreed how, when and where it will enable the delivery of development across the region with the approval and adoption of the Local Development Plan Delivery Programme for IMFLDP2.

A 2000-year-old prehistoric settlement has been uncovered by archaeologists at the site of the new HMP Highland in Inverness.

Aberdeenshire-based steel and cladding company KR Group has secured a third contract with Norwegian company, Nofitech, to provide steel and cladding for the final phase of a new Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) at Applecross in the Northwest Highlands. The project is due to commence in the com

Network Rail has started a £3.5m project to refurbish the Awe viaduct.

Network Rail is about to start a £3 million project to Rannoch Road bridge off the B8079 in Killiecrankie.

The Highland Council's decision to redesign part of Inverness city centre has been overturned by a senior judge after the plans were challenged by the owners of the region's biggest shopping centre.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £185 million contract by Transport Scotland to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) south of Inverness.