Shetland

An investigation is underway into the death of a 23-year-old man at a construction site in Shetland.

Construction of the UK’s first vertical launch spaceport is scheduled to begin in late March after it received planning approval from Shetland Islands Council.

An objection from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to plans for the proposed Shetland Space Centre has been withdrawn.

A project to expand a business park on one of Shetland’s North Isles has secured investment totalling over £500,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the Scottish Government’s Marine Scotland Fund (MSF).  Community development group North Yell Development Council

A project to upgrade the Busta House Hotel in Shetland has secured up to £194,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in the past year. The development will allow the hotel to continue in its endeavour to become Shetlands only four-star hotel. Significant improvements will be made to t

Tulloch Developments is to begin the first phase of demolition work at the old Anderson High School site at the Knab in Lerwick. Work is set to begin in early May, and take around eighteen weeks to complete. This initial phase will focus on physically separating the existing buildings by removing va

A £100 million investment in the future economic prosperity of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides was agreed today, as representatives of the UK and Scottish governments joined the leaders of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands Council, and Shetland Island Council to sign the H

One of Shetland’s most distinctive and historic built heritage features – the 200-year-old Copeland Lodberry in Lerwick – is to be renovated and transformed by local engineering company Ocean Kinetics.

Shetland-based civil and marine engineering firm Tulloch Developments has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to deliver the civil engineering works for the Shetland HVDC link onshore cable installation.

Four contractors have been appointed by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) for the construction of a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland.

SSE has approved a final investment decision for the 103-turbine 443MW Viking onshore wind farm in a step which will bring forward around £580 million of investment to Shetland.

Revised proposals by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to build a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland have been approved by Ofgem.

Shetland Space Centre has lodged its formal proposal of application notice to Shetland Islands Council for a spaceport to launch small vertical rockets from Unst.

Shetland Islands Council has taken possession of the new Scalloway Fish Market.

Plans to build and operate a satellite launch site in Shetland have been given a £2 million boost from private equity firm Leonne International.