Western Isles

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has appointed Martin Joyce as chief executive officer.

The UK Government is to fund £3.5 million towards the creation of a Housing Investment Fund that seeks to bridge gaps in existing sources of investment in the Western Isles housing stock. The deal forms part of a new partnership with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to tackle geographical inequality

Planning consent has been granted for a major clean energy project that will connect the Western Isles to the GB Transmission network for the first time.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has confirmed the successful completion of the final phase at its Leverburgh site on the Isle of Harris by Alex Murray Construction. The second stage added six additional homes, resulting in a total of twelve residences at Lèana an t-Sruith.

A project supported by £7.2 million of public and private investment is set to transform road access to strategic industrial and port sites on the Isle of Lewis.

SSEN Transmission has signed the first major agreements as part of its pledge to support the delivery of 1,000 new homes across the north of Scotland. The pledge was included in the Perth-headquartered business’s Housing Strategy, published last year as part of a £20 billion investment t

Balfour Beatty and SSEN Transmission are to host a second consultation event to gather local feedback on temporary workforce accommodation plans in Stornoway. Following a consultation event in September, local residents and stakeholders are being invited to view and comment on proposals for the vill

SSEN Transmission has started ground investigation works along the A5859 as part of the proposed extension to the Stornoway Grid Supply Project (GSP).

Scottish Ministers have given the green light for the large-scale Uisenis Wind Farm on the Isle of Lewis, marking a major step forward for renewable energy development in the Outer Hebrides.

JML Contracts is playing a key role in the conservation of a medieval Scottish castle. Barra’s Kisimul Castle - the ancestral home of the Macneil clan for centuries – is regarded as a jewel in the crown of the Hebrides.  

Hebridean Housing Partnership has completed and handed over the first phase of five houses at Leverburgh.

The state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Centre at UHI North, West and Hebrides’ Stornoway campus officially opened yesterday following a £2.3m investment.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has established a major development oversight board in response to the significant number of major renewable energy projects and related activities anticipated to commence in the Outer Hebrides from late 2026. Developments such as this will have logistical and related impac

The space ambitions of the Outer Hebrides have taken a step forward with the initial phase of construction of the Spaceport 1 sub-orbital launch site set to start.

Hebridean Housing Partnership has handed over 33 new homes at An Allt Dubh to tenants. The properties in Blackwater, Newmarket, on the outskirts of Stornoway, are the first phase of a 74-house development being built by Calmax Construction Limited which contended with a very wet and challenging summ