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“Russia ticks all the boxes for Harris Tweed” Harris Tweed Hebrides, based at Shawbost on the Isle of Lewis, has been included in a high-powered campaign to attract Russia’s big spenders to top-end British consumer products. The award-winning company, which accounted for 95 per cent of Harris Tweed production last year, will participate in next week’s ground-breaking [...]

“National Plan for Gaelic” Bòrd na Gàidhlig will be inviting Gaelic bodies, local authorities and communities to a conference ‘From Plans to Action’ in Inverness on the 20th May 2010. The day is for anyone with an interest in developing Gaelic and will consist of information sessions on various subjects and information on the different projects. The end [...]

NHS Western Isles has received an above inflation budget pot of £58.1 million to fund services in the forthcoming year. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced the figure which is an increase of 2.55 %, saying that the Health Board would have the resources needed to progress its plans and ensure patients continue to be at the [...]

“Shorter sea crossings” Western Isles  MP Angus MacNeil has written to the Minister for Transport Stewart Stevenson MSP, asking that consideration be given to classing the Lochboisdale – Mallaig route as a single route which crucially could be operated by another company. Lochboisdale to Mallaig would seem to fit the growing pattern of shorter ferry routes, making [...]

“TalkTalk in Stornoway” Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is extending a pilot programme which is successfully developing the leadership skills of contact centre staff across the region. Key employers like BT, with centres in Thurso, Alness and Fort William, Capgemini in Inverness and Nairn, TalkTalk in Stornoway, Intelenet UK in FortWilliam, HeroTSC in Aviemore, and Vertex in [...]