Highlands

Highland Council has announced its biggest ever single investment in roads with an extra £20 million capital announced in its budget proposals for the year 2020/21.

Plans to build a championship golf course at Coul Links in the Highlands have been refused planning permission by the Scottish Government.

A study is underway into the feasibility of replacing Scotland’s second busiest ferry service with a fixed link bridge or tunnel. The Highland Council, HITRANS and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are joint funding the study at the Corran Narrows in Lochaber.

The first phase of a new 40 berth marina at Fort William will begin next month after Caol Regeneration Company (CRC) awarded a £1.48 million contract to George Leslie Ltd.

Development agency Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) has submitted a planning application for a satellite launch site on the north coast of Sutherland. Artist's impression of the proposed Space Hub Sutherland. Credit NORR Architects

Work has been completed to deliver a new annexe adjacent to Bun-Sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis, the Gaelic Primary School in Inverness, with pupils moving in last month.

Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise has released a new video which to highlight its plans for a spaceport in Sutherland. HIE is leading the development, with a £2.5 million grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA), which is also funding two launch companies that plan to use the fa

The construction of a £5.7 million project to create a vibrant home for creative industries in the Highlands got under way this month. Work on the £3.5m Phase 2 of Inverness Creative Academy comes as artists prepare to move into the £4.5m Perth Creative Exchange ahead of its offici

Council and business leaders have joined forces to seek an “unwavering” assurance from the Scottish Government of its continued commitment to delivering upgrades of the A96 and A9.

As chartered surveyor John Albiston prepares for retirement, the senior partner at DM Hall talks about his career and changes in his time while serving his local property market in the Highlands. The Scottish poet and dramatist James Thomson pictured the cessation of working life as:

A £9.2 million project that will bring modern affordable homes to families in Inverness has moved a step closer to completion as the first timber frames are installed. The new community in Slackbuie includes 69 environmentally friendly houses and flats, with construction work being delivered b

Malcolm Hughes has been instructed to carry out a detailed ground-penetrating radar survey of Inverness Castle to detect rabbit burrows.

Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre will open on 30 March 2020. Plans are in place for Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court to move from the castle to their new home in Longman Road.

The company behind plans for an alloy wheel manufacturing facility in Lochaber has put the development on hold until more clarity is provided regarding Brexit and the UK car industry.

Glasgow-based property construction group Simply UK has opened the doors to a new care home in Inverness this week after securing a £7.2 million development loan from marketplace lender Assetz Capital. Castle Hill House comprises 88 beds and includes luxuries such as private dining a