The first homes and businesses in Sutherland are now able to order high speed fibre broadband, thanks to a digital roll-out being led in the region by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The village of Embo has joined the growing number of locations, stretching from Shetland to Argyll where people can now access fibre based services through a new network being built across the region.
Creative professionals across Scotland are being urged to apply to a ground breaking course taking place in the Highlands and Islands this summer. The Pixel Lab 2015, coming to Scotland for the first time, helps participants create, develop, finance and distribute stories in today's media climate.
The Highland Licensing Board has launched a consultation on whether to introduce a supplementary policy statement on extended opening hours for special events of national and local significance. The aim of the supplementary policy statement, if introduced, would be to promote consistency of decision-making and to give advance notice to applicants of the Board's likely approach to determining applications.
Welfare Reforms - so what?? Well, as an employer, the Welfare Reforms will potentially impact your business. These impacts have the potential to be both advantageous and disadvantageous to employers, but many employers simply don't know how they will affect their business.
The Highland Council has launched a new interactive map on its website showing the location of windfarms and wind turbines in the Highlands. The user friendly Windfarm Activity Map covers all scales of wind energy development and provides detailed information such as turbine sizes and planning reference numbers to make it easy for people to get further information.
North MSP determined to do something to address the issue with Scotland's only driving assessment centre. He is asking for a centre to be opened in Inverness with a relocation of jobs.
The importance of supporting environmentally, economically and socially sustainable aquaculture development in the Highlands was under the spotlight at yesterday's Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee. Members agreed a pre-consultation draft supplementary guidance on Aquaculture which, will eventually be used to determine future planning applications.
Councils using toolkit and investing in LED lighting will pay less for electricity in 25 years time than they do now. As the cost of electricity is set to double over the next ten years, an easy-to-use toolkit has been launched to give Scotland's local authorities real-time information on how many millions they would save by phasing in energy efficient LED street lights.
The new Rector at Dornoch Academy is Miss Tina Stones, who was appointed on Thursday 5 February at the 258 pupil school. Miss Stones has been Acting Rector at Dornoch Academy since October 2014, prior to which she was Depute Head Teacher at Culloden Academy, in Inverness since 2005, when she moved to The Highland Council area.
A study has shown that the 2014 Royal National Mòd generated £3,547,661 to the business community in Inverness - over a £1million more than the event target. The report, delivered by ‘The Market Specialists' shows the nine day festival, which took place from 10-18 October 2014 in Inverness, entertained over 9000 unique visitors, 78% of which came from outside the host city.
Between Thursday 29th January and Sunday 1st February 2015, a premises was entered on Acadamy Place, Brora and damaged was caused to a vintage vehicle. Between 2000 hours on Saturday 31st January and 1100 hours on Sunday 1st February the tyres of two vehicles parked in a private driveway on Victoria Road, Brora were damaged.
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Labour) MSP, Rhoda Grant is encouraging SSE customers across the Highlands and Islands who lost power for a consecutive 48 hour period or more, between the 9th and 12th January 2015, due to the exceptional weather conditions to make a claim for a compensation payment. Commenting Mrs.
Between Saturday 24th and Friday 30th January 2015, a number of power tools were reported stolen from the Croick Estate, near Ardgay, Sutherland. The items are described as: two Husqvarna power saws, orange in colour, a Makita power drill complete with turquoise case, batteries and charger and Sealy grease gun with accessories.
An award-winning Highland hotel based in the centre of a UNESCO geopark is undertaking an expansion and upgrading project due for completion this spring. The Kylesku Hotel Ltd is located on the shores of Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu in North West Sutherland.
Companies are being invited to attend Dounreay's annual Suppliers Day on February 26. The event will take place at The Weigh Inn in Thurso from 1.00pm.
Early in February the first two in a series of workshops specifically for anyone working in the local food and drink sector will take place to highlight how social media can be best used to increase profit, support other local businesses and promote the area. The workshops follow on from the project The Highland Council ran last year across the Highlands to investigate the potential and appetite for developing an industry-led local food and drink network that could co-ordinate and drive future activities to support the local food and drink sector in the region.
The first phase of a masterplan to regenerate a key site in an historic Highland town is underway, with the demolition of a local landmark. The Royal Burgh of Dornoch in Sutherland is famous for its sandy beaches, Championship links golf course and 13th Century cathedral.
Paper and can banks are to be phased out of The Highland Council's network of Recycling Points during February and March. The decision was taken at a meeting of The Highland Council on the 18th December, at which the budget for 2015/16 and the indicative budget for the following 3 years was agreed, a package of savings totaling £42.8 million.
On 22 January 2015 twelve S1 pupils from Golspie High School will be the first in Sutherland to become Junior Wardens as part of a joint project between the school, The Highland Council and High Life Highland. The Junior Warden Scheme aims to provide an alternative and creative way to engage with young people and community groups, promote positive behaviour and encourage active involvement in the local community.
The planning event to be held in Brora - which was postponed on 12 January due to the impact of poor weather conditions - has been re-arranged. It will now take place on Monday 26 January 2015 in the Community Centre, Johnstone Place, Brora.
