Business

A hotel chain is looking for children to come up with new bedtime and wake-up stories.

PLANS for a new £2.3 million Wester Ross visitor centre at a major natural visitor attraction have been revealed.

A new fund for community groups in Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon is being launched.

A bus company is offering a late Christmas gift to passengers as part of its drive get commuters to ditch their cars when going back to work.

A GROUNDBREAKING digital technology campus in Inverness is celebrating its first batch of graduates.

A CHARITY helping to tackle loneliness and isolation is to benefit from a fundraising carolthon in the the Highlands' main shopping centre.

A FRESH battle has been sparked over previously rejected proposals to extend a hotel in the middle of Dingwall.

An Easter Ross firm is hopeful about an upturn in the oil and gas sector.

A FORMER Dingwall Academy pupil has been appointed to a post close to her old stomping ground.

A service between Inverness and East Midlands Airport will end next month – just four months after it was officially launched.

FESTIVE revellers denied a Christmas party at work are being offered a cut-price alternative.

A businessman's contribution to Highland construction and charity work has been recognised.

A long-established Easter Ross firm has its eyes on bigger projects.

Ian Blackford will be returned to Westminster as MP

The Ross-shire Journal and 17 other newspapers have a new owner following a buy-out this week.

THE water of life will help inject fresh life into rural Highland communities – thanks to a link up between a Ross distillery, merchant and charity.

PLANS for a tourist tax in the Highlands could take a big step forward next week when councillors vote on whether to further explore the idea.

PLANS are afoot to cut the size of a north supermarket in half.

The heart of Invergordon will be the focus of a street fair on Saturday.

A £650,000 new Co-op store in Invergordon is set to open next year.