Outline plans for a new malt whisky distillery beside the Dornoch Firth have been lodged with Highland Council. The Midfearn Distillery Company Ltd. proposes to build its distillery on the Midfearn Estate at Easter Fearn, three miles south-east of the village of Ardgay on a site close to where whisk
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The Highland Council’s Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Area Committee has approved £100,000 of funding from the Place-Based Investment Fund for community initiatives across the Ward. As part of the Health and Prosperity Strategy agreed by the Highland Council in March 2021, a &pou
More than £500,000 of fraudulent claims for COVID-19 business relief schemes have been identified by the Highland Council. Checks implemented by the council have so far revealed 144 suspicious claims, of which 133 were found to be fraudulent and stopped at source.
The leader of the Highland Council is encouraging all businesses to apply for a new support grant which will open for applications in the New Year. So far, the council has paid out Business Restriction Grants of over £740,000 to 461 businesses impacted by the current Tier 1 restrictions
The COVID-19 small business and self-catering grant scheme, set up to help companies stay in business during the coronavirus crisis, has now paid out £26.89 million to 2341 Highland businesses. The latest figures show that grants were given to 1341 businesses, to the value of £14.8m, wit
The three chambers of commerce in the Highlands have joined forces to strongly oppose the introduction of a tourist tax in the region. The chambers have argued that the tax would be an unwelcome additional levy on the hard-pressed industry.
A tourist tax in the Highlands could raise up up to £10 million per year for the region, according to council officials.