Highlands And Islands Enterprise

23 businesses have started the latest edition of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's (HIE) Pathfinder Accelerator programme. The programme provides fast-track training and mentoring for entrepreneurs looking to build a company or launch a new product.

Seven young people have been appointed in a range of posts in the Outer Hebrides by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The posts, which have all been filled in recent months, are based in Benbecula and Stornoway and have an important part in helping businesses and communities to develop and gro

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved more than £1.9 million in investments across Argyll and the Islands in the first half of the 2022 financial year. Between 1 April and 30 September, Arran Aromatics was awarded up to £80,226 for the development of a new filling line. Mor

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has invested over £700,000 into businesses across the Inner Moray Firth region during the first six months of the 2022 fiscal year. Timber specialist firm Russwood Limited was awarded up to £149,965 in green jobs funding towards the cost of automati

A local firm has been awarded a £2.7 million contract to develop eight new business units at Broadford Industrial Estate on the Isle of Skye.

The potential of Argyll and Bute’s unique natural landscape to tackle carbon emissions could be worth millions to the local economy, according to new research.

Russwood, a timber manufacturing and processing firm, has secured a green jobs investment worth £180,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Newtonmore business is undergoing a £1.5 million project to expand and become a more modern, technological advanced and efficient

A new fund has been launched to support communities to register an early interest to be able to obtain first option to buy land or buildings being offered for sale. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which already administers the Scottish Land Fund across the country on behalf of Scottish Gover

A new Green Heat Innovation Support Programme worth up to £17.6 million is being launched for companies across Scotland covering industries from manufacturing to technology innovators and the heating supply chain. The new programme has been developed by Scottish Enterprise in conjunction with

Dunnet Bay Distillers Ltd is set to expand after having secured funding up to £180,200 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the project. The Caithness distillery, owned by local husband and wife team, Claire and Martin Murray, started trading in 2014 after building a small gin

A critical milestone has been reached in a £7.4m project to rebuild Shetland's world-renowned bird observatory on Fair Isle with the arrival of the first of the building's modules. The project, which is led by Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (FIBOT), will create seven new green jobs, hel

A survey carried out in June and July this year, indicated that most businesses in the Highlands and Islands were operating at either the same or above their pre-pandemic levels. However, it also showed a significant decline in exporting activity and in the level of confidence in Scotland’s ec

Locating a green freeport in the Highlands and Islands is likely to have greater impact for Scotland and the UK than any other location, according to Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) chief executive Stuart Black. Mr Black has highlighted the strengths of the region’s two bids; Opportunit

A new facility in Inverness is on track to start generating new commercial opportunities from early 2023, including creating high value career opportunities. The £9 million Life Sciences Innovation Centre, being developed on Inverness Campus by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and UHI, i

Young business leaders in the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to apply to a year-long programme aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. IMPACT30 is led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and delivered by business skills training consultancy, Skillfluence.