Highlands and Islands Enterprise Archive

  • Local Businesses interested in reaching Nordic countries invited to meet trade experts

    Local Businesses interested in reaching Nordic countries invited to meet trade experts

    “Potentially lucrative trading links” Highlands and Islands businesses with interests as diverse as forestry, manufacturing, marine science, fine foods and textiles are taking advantage of an opportunity to meet with trade specialists from the Nordic region. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is hosting the fact finding opportunity in an effort to develop further potentially lucrative trading links [...]

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  • Seeking a major reform of Crown Estate in Scotland

    Seeking a major reform of Crown Estate in Scotland

    “Marine energy development” The Highland Council’s Leader Councillor Michael Foxley underlined the Council’s commitment to major reform of the Crown Estate in Scotland when he gave evidence to the UK Government’s Treasury Sub-Committee, which is reviewing the role of Crown Estate in Scotland In reinforcing the Council’s written submission, Councillor Foxley told the sub-committee at Westminster that a vital concern of the [...]

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  • Gaelic: A Winner at Scottish Ski Centres?

    Gaelic: A Winner at Scottish Ski Centres?

    A research project is set to get underway to assess the impact and benefits of bilingual signage at Scotland’s ski centres. The Gaelic and English signs, at the Lecht, Glenshee, Nevis Range and Glencoe ski centres, were installed 12 months ago under a scheme operated by Comunn na Gàidhlig (CnaG), on behalf of Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Now, [...]

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  • Training of new Harris Tweed weavers set to get underway

    Training of new Harris Tweed weavers set to get underway

    With the three main Harris Tweed producers predicting a strong order book for 2010, the Harris Tweed industry has progressed plans to recruit a small number of new weavers into the industry. As a result of funding from the European Social Fund, Skills Development Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Western Isles Council, a training course [...]

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  • First Isle of Lewis whisky makes history

    First Isle of Lewis whisky makes history

    The first cask of whisky distilled on the Isle of Lewis in 170 years left the island yesterday (Thursday February 25) having being collected at a ceremony held at the distillery in Uig. A group of whisky enthusiasts were given a chance to taste the new dram at Abhainn Dearg – meaning ‘red river’ in Gaelic. Among [...]

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  • Ness Youth Group on Rapal

    Ness Youth Group on Rapal

    The North Lewis Gaelic Initiative has formed a new youth group in Ness, which hopes to work on various upcoming new projects through the medium of Gaelic. The group consists of Lionel School pupils from Primary 7, S1 and S2. The group was formed to create and provide Gaelic activities outwith the school. Over the last four [...]

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  • Funding for Hebridean scitech festival

    Funding for Hebridean scitech festival

    The first Science Festival in the Outer Hebrides, taking place between 18 and 20 March 2010, has received £5,000 funding from the Scottish Government’s Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser. This grant was awarded through Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to ESTEEM (Engineering, Science, Technology, Employability, Enterprise, Mathematics), a local organisation based in Stornoway who are [...]

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  • Isle of Lewis whisky draws international interest

    Isle of Lewis whisky draws international interest

    The Isle of Lewis’ first whisky distillery in 170 years is aiming to double its production and to increase the quantity of island grown barley that it uses over the coming year. Abhainn Dearg, or Red River Distillery, which will bottle its first single malt next year, is working with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to [...]

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  • £80,000 for Gaelic development

    £80,000 for Gaelic development

    Thousands of pounds of new investment is now available to community groups and companies for Gaelic-related developments. This has been announced today (Monday 8th February) by Comunn na Gàidhlig (CnaG). The cash, £80,000 in total, is being made available via three schemes which will operate between now and the end of September, and which are being run [...]

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  • Arnish identified as” key renewable manufacturing site”

    Arnish identified as” key renewable manufacturing site”

    Western Isles  MP, Angus MacNeil, and MSP, Alasdair Allan, have today welcomed the publication of a report by Highlands and Islands Enterprise which lists the Arnish Fabrications Yard in Lewis as one of five priority locations in the Highlands and Islands identified for their potential to be significant manufacturing sites serving Scotland’s increasing offshore wind [...]

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  • Western Isles MP and MSP call for Arnish to benefit from offshore wind power

    Western Isles MP and MSP call for Arnish to benefit from offshore wind power

    Western Isles  MP, Angus MacNeil , and MSP, Alasdair Allan, have today called on Highlands and Islands Enterprise to make Stornoway and the Arnish Fabrications Yard a strategic location for offshore wind turbine maintenance and manufacture throughout Scotland. The places designated by Scottish Enterprise and HIE as key locations for offshore wind suppliers should see [...]

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  • New Head of Strengthening Communities for HIE in Innse Gall

    New Head of Strengthening Communities for HIE in Innse Gall

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed a new head for its strengthening communities team based in Innse Gall. Hebrides news Today has learned that Jane Macintosh, who joined the organisation this month, has considerable experience of working with community projects and initiatives in the islands. Following a BA in Rural Development at Lews Castle College, Jane [...]

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  • HIE invest in Hebrides communities

    HIE invest in Hebrides communities

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is rolling out a programme to support the future of over 40 communities in its most fragile rural areas. Building on its long history of support in remote areas, HIE is to invest in encouraging selected communities which want to develop and implement plans for local growth. Working in partnership with local [...]

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  • Highlands and Islands ready for offshore wind bonanza

    Highlands and Islands ready for offshore wind bonanza

    The UK is emerging as the world leader in the development of wind energy, blasting multi-million pound contract opportunities onto the horizon. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is already home to the world’s first deepwater offshore wind demonstrator project and the regional development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is working intensively to bring developers and suppliers together [...]

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