Outer Hebrides Archive

  • Outer Hebrides rural network event takes place in Berneray

    Outer Hebrides rural network event takes place in Berneray

    Berneray Community Centre on the Isle of Berneray was today the location for the Outer Hebrides Rural Network Event. The event, which was organised by the Scottish National Rural Network, attracted groups, organisations and individuals from across the Western Isles. “Rural Development Programme” The event was organised to give people the opportunity to hear about some of the [...]

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  • Western Isles babies race against time

    Western Isles babies race against time

    The Royal Navy’s Duty Search And Rescue Crew At HMS Gannet raced a  specialist medical team to premature twin boys in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis the elite Glasgow team worked with Stornoway Hospital’s own neo-natal unit to ensure that the twins, born at 34 weeks, were stable, before they were loaded onto the Sea King [...]

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  • Western Isles to benefit from windfarm

    Western Isles to benefit from windfarm

    Muaitheabhal Community Windfarm Trust (MCWT) and Western Isles Development Trust (WIDT) recently met with representatives of Beinn Mhor Power (BMP), the company which owns the recently consented windfarm on the Eisgein Estate in Lochs, Isle of Lewis. “1.5% of the revenues” The discussion between the parties centred on the construction and commissioning of the windfarm and how [...]

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  • Western Isles pupil is a first-class prize winner

    Western Isles pupil is a first-class prize winner

    “1st Class Hero” Jamie Tyler from Uig Primary School on the Isle of Lewis is a first-class prize winner in a letter writing competition run by Royal Mail with schools in Scotland. Primary School children were asked to write to their 1st Class Hero and entries from across Scotland show that admiration for relatives is as strong as for sporting heroes [...]

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  • Contract awarded for Stornoway Media centre

    Contract awarded for Stornoway Media centre

    “Stornoway Media Village” Following a competitive tendering process, Stornoway-based building contractor John Murray and Co. has been awarded the contract for the development of the new Creative Industries and Media Centre on Seaforth Road, Stornoway. The redevelopment will create office and workspace for businesses and individuals working within the creative industries, particularly supporting growth and collaboration among small media-related [...]

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  • Make a date with Tourism in the Outer Hebrides

    Make a date with Tourism in the Outer Hebrides

    “Outer Hebrides Area Tourism” Tomorrow marks an important date in the diary for Tourism in the Outer Hebrides with launch of the new Outer Hebrides Area Tourism Partnership Visitor Plan paving the way forward for tourism up to 2015. The AGM for the Outer Hebrides Tourism Industry Association (OHTIA) will also take place on Tuesday 16th March [...]

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  • Western Isles council sign up to WWF’s earth hour

    Western Isles council sign up to WWF’s earth hour

    “Ionad Spòrs Leòdhais” For the second year, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar will be participating in the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2010. At 8.30pm on Saturday 27th March the Comhairle will switch off the lights at the War Memorial on the outskirts of Stornoway, the clock of the Town Hall and the floodlights outside the main [...]

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  • Harris locals invited to SNH reception

    Harris locals invited to SNH reception

    Local people in and around Harris are being invited along to an evening reception by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) in the Harris Hotel at 7.00 on Thursday 25 March 2010. Andrew Thin, SNH chairman, will host the event, along with local area manager David Maclennan, and local advisor Iain Mackinnon. “Scottish Natural Heritage” Andrew Thin said: “The evening [...]

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  • Uig backs vision for world leading St Kilda centre

    Uig backs vision for world leading St Kilda centre

    “£4 million and £6 million” The organisation formed in the Uig area of Lewis to take forward the St Kilda Centre concept has welcomed the final report from Jura Consultants which sets out recommendations and next steps for the project. Potential costs for creating the centre are put at between £4 million and £6 million depending on [...]

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  • Harris Tweed Hebrides hits Russian market

    Harris Tweed Hebrides hits Russian market

    “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 [...]

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  • How to get your Gaelic plans into action

    How to get your Gaelic plans into action

    “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 [...]

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  • Lochboisdale-Mallaig single route and different operator

    Lochboisdale-Mallaig single route and different operator

    “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 [...]

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  • Highlands and Island’s contact centres lead the way

    Highlands and Island’s contact centres lead the way

    “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 [...]

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  • RET and rises in business rates

    RET and rises in business rates

    “RET pilot was a political bribe” Commenting following todays FMQs local Liberal Democrat PPC Jean Davis said:- Tavish’s point is that everyone should be treated fairly. The SNP Government shouldn’t play off one group against another like this. Few people will think it is fair for people in Argyll & Bute to have to pay many times inflation in order to [...]

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  • Western Isles Trading Standards alert for B&Bs

    Western Isles Trading Standards alert for B&Bs

    The Comhairle’s Trading Standards Officers are alerting consumers regarding a scam which mainly targets Bed and Breakfast and Self Catering operators. An operator receives an enquiry for an unusually long booking which may be for several days or weeks. A cheque or bankers draft then arrives for a much larger sum than that actually quoted for. “This [...]

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  • Western Isles MP seeks RET extension

    Western Isles MP seeks RET extension

    “While the success of the project is being assessed” Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP Angus MacNeil has written to both the Cabinet Seretary for Finance John Swinney MSP, and to the Transport Minister in the Scottish Government Stewart Stevenson MSP, asking if the Scottish Government would indicate, at the very least, an extension of the [...]

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  • Scottish Salmon exports leap 24%

    Scottish Salmon exports leap 24%

    “Scottish salmon now reaches 55 countries” Over 13 million fresh Scottish salmon were exported in 2009 – an increase of 24% when compared with the previous year, according to Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO). Exports of fresh salmon leapt to 65,480 tonnes from 52,671 tonnes the previous year. Scottish salmon now reaches 55 countries worldwide. Europe remains the [...]

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  • Western Isles MSP condems abandonment of historical fishing rights

    Western Isles MSP condems abandonment of historical fishing rights

    “Adapt to climate change” Western Isles SNP MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today condemned the preparations currently underway by the UK Government, supported by the Conservatives, to abandon the principle whereby fishing rights are allocated to countries on the basis of historical precedent. In a UK government briefing sent to all Members of the European Parliament it is claimed that [...]

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  • Leader Innse Gall increases intervention rate of grants

    Leader Innse Gall increases intervention rate of grants

    “Awarded the sum of £2.93 million” The LEADER Innse Gall community grants programme has announced that the intervention rate of grants has now increased to 50% of the total eligible projected costs. The LEADER Innse Gall 2007-13 programme began on the 2nd March 2009, meaning that they have been in operation for over a year. The Local Action [...]

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  • Rural Network event in the Outer Hebrides

    Rural Network event in the Outer Hebrides

    “Scottish Rural Gathering” The new Scottish National Rural Network comes to the Outer Hebrides on Tuesday 16th March, with a ‘rural gathering’ in the Berneray Community Centre, aimed at making new connections between people who live and work in the Outer Hebrides and other rural areas in Scotland. The free event is part of a rolling programme [...]

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