Highlands

More construction apprenticeships will be available for young people in the Highlands thanks to a ground breaking scheme, launched in Inverness today. The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme (SAS) is a partnership between the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Highland Council and local const

The Constructing Your Future bricklaying workshop Young people from around the Highlands had a taste of a career in construction at an event called Constructing Your Future held at the Black Isle showground on May 7.

Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to refurbish the critical care and theatre suites at the biggest hospital in the Highlands. The original building at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness was constructed in 1980.

The Highland Council is to introduce a new charging scheme for its pre-application planning advice service for local developments.

The Highland Council is to proceed with its proposal to establish a £45 million school campus in Tain after the Scottish Government decided not to call in the development. Separate proposals to close four schools on Skye and replace them with a new building on one of the sites is still to be decide

Highland Council has now given the go-ahead to plans by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for a nuclear archive at Wick in Scotland. Planning permission for the Reiach and Hall Architects-designed facility was granted this week by the North Planning Committee meeting at Dingwall, following

Reiach and Hall Architects have unveiled designs for the proposed £20 million nuclear archive in Wick as the development is recommended for approval by councillors. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) building will house records from all the civil nuclear sites in the UK and will also store

The Highland Council has agreed detailed costs set out for the West Link and associated sports facilities and to continue to progress the scheme. It is anticipated that almost £4 in economic benefit would be achieved for every £1 spent on building the West Link road alone.

Plans for a new £44 million school campus in Tain in Easter Ross were given the green light yesterday from Highland Council. Children aged from three to 18 would receive nursery and school education in new buildings proposed for the site of the current Tain Royal Academy.

The airfield at Wick John O’Groats Airport is set for a major upgrade this year, boosting safety and enabling the airport to handle future growth.

The Design, Build, Finance and Maintain (DBFM) contract for Wick Campus has moved forward after the project reached financial close last week.

NHS Highland’s board has given its approval to proposals to build a new community hospital and resource centre in Aviemore. The issue will now go to cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing Alex Neil for a final decision. If the preferred option is approved then planning for the new facilities a

Mohamed Al-Fayed Wealthy entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Fayed has appealed to the UK Supreme Court in his battle to stop a huge incinerator being built near his home in the Highlands.