Business

Pickets were at Dounreay this morning as the Unite and GMB unions went on strike after rejecting a new pay offer from Nuclear Restoration Services.

SSEN Transmission announced they will soon launch a first round of funding to support communities in the Highlands and the north of Scotland.

One of Britain’s best-known impressionists and comedians, Rory Bremner, will return as host of Prosper’s Highlands & Islands Awards.

Leading Highland ports are among those across Scotland to have joined forces to launch a new alliance to capitalise on offshore wind opportunities.

MSP Màiri McAllan believes the new facility at Port of Nigg has the potential to create hundreds of jobs

Construction of a new state-of-the-art subsea transmission cable factory in the Highlands commenced this morning.

Two unions at Dounreay are to strike on Wednesday after rejecting a new pay offer from management.

The Marine Management Organisation has published figures for fish landings in Scottish ports in March.

The First Minister says it is ‘literally a phenomenal investment in the future of the Highlands’.

First Minister John Swinney says the loan of Scottish and UK public money ‘demonstrates the huge confidence in this new facility.’

A storage area for wind turbine components is being proposed between two housing estates at Pennyland in Thurso.

Unite has announced strike action at Dounreay Power Station is back on after over 500 of its members rejected the latest wage offer.

The public is “shouting” for flights between Caithness, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as to Orkney, a Thurso community councillor has claimed.

National tourism body VisitScotland have unveiled their new CEO.

Anti-wind farm campaigners are celebrating after the scrapping of plans to develop a nine-turbine scheme on the north Sutherland coast.

More than 600 metres of road have now been installed along with the first bridge.

The Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF) has named business leader Alex Campbell as their new chief executive.

The well-respected distillery manager jumped at the chance of the top job and never looked back.

Quoybrae, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 76 store cattle and 1207 prime, store and feeding sheep on Monday.

Thurso was well-prepared to welcome the AIDAsol cruise ship contingent when the huge vessel berthed at Scrabster harbour on Saturday.