Business

ACCESS to affordable housing and efforts to switch to a low carbon future will help unleash rural Scotland’s economic potential, a report has claimed.

A CALL to action to unleash rural Scotland's economic potential has been issued by development network SCDI.

A FRESH call to tackle bus unreliability in Ross-shire has been made after locals reported missing out on salary and appointments as a result.

An award-winning entrepreneur inspired to hep abused women calls for level playing field on train fares.

MORE flights linking Inverness and Mallorca will take off in October next year to help meet demand.

ANOTHER monster is set to set up home at Loch Ness next year – after plans were unveiled for a gruelling ultra-marathon challenge.

The challenges of securing a workforce after Brexit will be discussed at an event this week.

A new quay and laydown area to service the offshore gas and renewables industries has been approved by Highland councillors.

A WEST coast salmon farming business has been shortlisted for four honours in this year’s Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards.

BIGGER investment is needed in Highland towns and the UK and Scottish governments should step up, the Federation of Small Businesses has argued.

A SOCIAL enterprise in Dingwall has started its own gin production as part of a £222,860 investment.

A Muir of Ord cake specialist started from home is set to expand to a £1 million turnover with its latest expansion.

WORK on a Wester Ross play park has received a £4000 boost.

THE eco credentials of a Ross business have received a boost after it created an innovative display for its pop-up mill using recycled materials.

AN Easter Ross community trust is delighted after its plans for a key camping area took a big step forward.

MORE than 100 phone boxes could be stripped out of Highland communities – some in remote areas with spotty mobile phone coverage - under plans by BT.

A “SWEET” gesture by a Highland bakery chain is helping to boost a vital physical therapy facility in Ross-shire.

A LARGE fish farm is being planted in the middle of one of Ross-shire’s most scenic lochs after getting the go-ahead from Highland Council.

ULLAPOOL’S Seaforth Inn has won its appeal against a Highland Council ruling that banned it from whitewashing a stone boundary wall.

THE vote for Dingwall traders to head to the polls and decide whether they want to have a business improvement district (BID) will be this autumn.