Highlands And Islands Enterprise

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One of Scotland’s most complex and challenging civil engineering projects of recent years – the multi-million-pound reinstatement of the Cairngorm funicular railway – is entering its final stages, though final costs are believed to be around £9 million higher than initial es

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Dunnet Bay Distillers Ltd is set to expand after having secured funding up to £180,200 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the project. The Caithness distillery, owned by local husband and wife team, Claire and Martin Murray, started trading in 2014 after building a small gin

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A critical milestone has been reached in the construction project to rebuild Shetland's world-renowned bird observatory on Fair Isle with the arrival of the first of the building's modules. The project, which is led by Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (FIBOT), will create seven new green jobs,

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) have approved a funding package totalling £2.8 million towards the second phase of development at Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC). The announcement was made this morning as part of the official opening of the

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A Buckie developer's plans to transform a disused site in Moray and open a trampoline park next summer are on track after receiving £200,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The £1.26 million project by Braidreef Ltd will see a new leisure facility created at the t

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A £1.9 million project that will create 10 new jobs in Moray over the next three years has secured up to £190,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Macduff Shipyard Limited (MSL) is to double the berthing capacity of its facility in Buckie. This will enable the company to take

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Funding has been made available to help ensure a resilient supply of renewable hydrogen from Orkney to the mainland. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been awarded £454,000 to secure two hydrogen tube trailers that will contribute to improved hydrogen supply in Orkney and impro

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Eight new business units are set to be developed at Broadford Industrial Estate on the Isle of Skye. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has initiated a competitive tendering process to secure contractors for the development works.

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The Port of Nigg has unveiled its new East Quay, which, at 225m long and 50m wide, increases the leading port facility’s deep water quayside capacity to over 1,200m - placing it amongst the largest in the country.

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An 18th century steadings building in the Outer Hebrides is set to be transformed into a distillery, community hub and visitor centre. The ambitious project is being led by owners of North Uist Distillery, which acquired Nunton Steadings in Benbecula in 2020.

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