Highlands

The first grants from a multi-million pound fund for town centre improvement projects in Aberdeenshire and the Highlands have been approved.

Progress in the redevelopment of Inverness Castle has been marked with the announcement of a contract awarded to the architect for the project.

Morrison Construction has begun work on a new housing development for the Highland Council and Highland Housing Alliance in the heart of Inverness.

Major projects potentially worth up to £400 million have been announced today as part of a decommissioning services framework for Scotland’s oldest nuclear reactor at Dounreay. Construction of a size reduction facility, shaft and silo decommissioning and demolition of historic active lab

Work to create new council homes and a thriving community area in the grounds of the former Inverness Royal Academy and later Midmills College Campus site in the city has been completed. Keys were today officially handed over to the Highland Council with tenants preparing to move into their new home

A former Robertson Homes employee has been welcomed back and given the top job in the North region. Tim Metcalfe spent twelve years at the firm before a brief sojourn elsewhere.

The final stage of Highland Council’s West Link transport project is to commence following the award of the £10.1 million construction contract. Dingwall-based RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd has been awarded the contract to build the additional swing bridge and roundabout, with the associat

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has unveiled new freshwater projects that will see £10 million invested into its operational infrastructure. A new facility in the Applecross estate in Wester Ross is due to be completed in 2020 to create a centre of excellence in freshwater production.

West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) has appointed Oban-based Neil McGougan Ltd as the new contractor for its £4 million major works programme. The works will include the replacement of 150 kitchens, 400 bathrooms, 90 windows and doors and 150 heating upgrades.

Plans to transform the visitor experiences at Cardhu and Clynelish distilleries have been formally submitted as part of a major Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky investment programme. The detailed planning applications have been completed for both distilleries following community consultation events and

The National Trust for Scotland has launched a public consultation on what new developments, if any, would be acceptable near Culloden Moor, the site of the 1746 battle. It follows a row over new houses being given planning permission on land within the battlefield's conservation area.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed architects to design the spaceport that is being developed to launch small satellites from the Highlands. The development agency is leading the £17.5 million Space Hub Sutherland project, which include a £2.5m grant from the UK Space A

Link Group’s development in Dunbeg has benefited from £8 million of funding delivered by Allia Impact Finance through a Scottish Charitable Bond. The loan will be used to partially fund Dunbeg Phase 3, which will deliver 300 properties with 261 for social rent and 39 for Shared Equity.

The Highland Council has awarded the contract for a new nursery extension at Ullapool Primary School to Morgan Sindall.  The work will see the dilapidated former nursery classroom unit replaced by an extension to the school comprising two nursery rooms (one each for English and Gaelic Medium pu

Works are progressing at two developments by Highland Housing Alliance that will deliver more than 80 homes. Onsite building works are under way at Glenfield in Ullapool, which will see 49 homes becoming available in winter 2019, while demolition work nears completion at a 37-home project in Inverne