Highland Council

The Highland Council is gearing up to launch a consultation in the preparation of introducing a visitor levy in region. Following an extensive consultation in 2019 - in which 6,600 residents, businesses and visitors responded – the council agreed to the principle of implementing a visitor levy

A new report has revealed that the Highlands and Islands region has significant economic potential in reducing Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a net zero economy.

Grant funding from the Highland Council for business start-ups has helped the area register a record number of new businesses in the last year. Highland Council’s Business Gateway service has supported over 2000 businesses with start-up and growth support in the last year and assisted 358 to s

The leader of The Highland Council, councillor Raymond Bremner, laid out the region's investment potential at the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF). The leader and Allan Maguire, Highland Council’s head of development & regeneration, attended this week’s ev

Springfield Properties has signed a new affordable housing contract, worth £6.1 million, with the Highland Council. The design and build phase of the contract is due to commence in the coming weeks and will be delivered over a period of approximately 18 months, with the Group receiving payment

Members of The Highland Council have received a further update on the current outline business case (OBC) stage of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport process and the role of council officers and elected members. The council, acting as the accountable body, is identifying potential devel

Highland Opportunity (Investments) Limited HO(I)L, The Highland Council’s business loan company has launched its first social media campaign to make Highland businesses and community organisations aware of its loan funds.

Outline plans for a new malt whisky distillery beside the Dornoch Firth have been lodged with Highland Council. The Midfearn Distillery Company Ltd. proposes to build its distillery on the Midfearn Estate at Easter Fearn, three miles south-east of the village of Ardgay on a site close to where whisk

The Highland Council’s Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Area Committee has approved £100,000 of funding from the Place-Based Investment Fund for community initiatives across the Ward. As part of the Health and Prosperity Strategy agreed by the Highland Council in March 2021, a &pou

More than £500,000 of fraudulent claims for COVID-19 business relief schemes have been identified by the Highland Council. Checks implemented by the council have so far revealed 144 suspicious claims, of which 133 were found to be fraudulent and stopped at source.

The leader of the Highland Council is encouraging all businesses to apply for a new support grant which will open for applications in the New Year. So far, the council has paid out Business Restriction Grants of over £740,000 to 461 businesses impacted by the current Tier 1 restrictions

The COVID-19 small business and self-catering grant scheme, set up to help companies stay in business during the coronavirus crisis, has now paid out £26.89 million to 2341 Highland businesses. The latest figures show that grants were given to 1341 businesses, to the value of £14.8m, wit

The three chambers of commerce in the Highlands have joined forces to strongly oppose the introduction of a tourist tax in the region. The chambers have argued that the tax would be an unwelcome additional levy on the hard-pressed industry.

A tourist tax in the Highlands could raise up up to £10 million per year for the region, according to council officials.