Northern entrepreneurs makes finals of 2017 AccelerateHER Awards
Nairn’s Wooha Brewing Company, led by Heather McDonald and Black Isle-based Black Isle’s Prickly Thistle, led by Clare Campbell have been shortlisted as finalists…
Ross-shire salmon farming business buys Ullapool salmon farm
Scotland’s oldest independent salmon farming business, Wester Ross Fisheries Limited, has bought a salmon farm near Ullapool, with the backing of a significant funding…
Scotland Food & Drink’s leadership forum heads to Shetland
The Scotland Food & Drink Leadership Forum is heading to Shetland today (22nd February), during which the ambitions of the sector and the new…
Yekemi Otaru: 50 tips from 50 days since starting a business
The first time I sold something for profit, I was eight years old. I knitted my first jumper and it was too small for…
£10m Isle of Arran Distillery break ground on new site
Work has started on the new £10m Isle of Arran Distillery on the south of the island at Lagg.
The building will include a Visitor…
CalMac campaign nominated for The Travel Marketing Awards
Caledonian MacBrayne’s first campaign foray aimed specifically at millennials, has been shortlisted at The Travel Marketing Awards.
Nominated in the digital marketing category, Edinburgh-based The…
£7.85million refurbishment for Sumburgh Airport
Regional Scottish airport operator, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), welcomed Scotland’s Minister for Transport and the Islands Humza Yousaf to officially open the…
Scotland’s business leaders line up for the IoD Director of the Year Awards
Scotland’s top crop of directors have been shortlisted for the Director of the Year Awards, celebrating individuals’ business achievements in 2016.
A record number of…
New £8m funding for Scottish fisheries businesses
Sea fisheries, aquaculture and processing businesses will receive more than £8 million of EU and Scottish Government funding, including £1.6 million for projects in…
New Kirkwall gin distillery and visitor centre work underway
Work is underway on Orkney Distilling Limited’s new distillery and visitor centre in Kirkwall, with the facility expected to be open by late summer…
Next Week – Shetland Business Week
The first Shetland Business Week will take place 25 February to 4 March in Lerwick.
The free event brings together businesses, social enterprises, entrepreneurs and…
Mark Gillanders: “Hustle” The most important word ever in sales?
"Your talent is not enough you’ve got to put in the work"
The title of this post is taken from a Gary Vaynerchuk video –…
Meatsnacks secures BP M&S Simply Food listing
The largest producer of jerky and biltong in Europe, Forres based Meatsnacks Group Ltd, will launch three new lines nationwide throughout BP M&S Simply…
Scottish firm wins Japanese tidal consultancy contract
A Scottish environmental services firm has been awarded a consultancy contract to support a major tidal energy project in Japan.
Orkney based Aquatera will conduct…
Next week – Highlands and Islands #hellodigital conference
More than 250 businesses and community groups will get together with local and national digital professionals in Inverness on Monday (20 February) for #hellodigital…
HIAL announces additional daily flight between Inverness and Amsterdam
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), has announced Dutch national carrier KLM will, for the summer 2017 timetable, increase its flights from Inverness to…
CalMac carries more than five million for first time in 20 years
Caledonian MacBrayne’s official carrying statistics for 2016 reveal that the west coast of Scotland ferry company passed five million passengers for the first time…
Scottish Microfinance Fund launched to help start-up and growing businesses access finance
A new £6 million microfinance fund is now available to make small loans more accessible to businesses throughout Scotland.
The Scottish Microfinance Fund (SMF) is…
Cotswold Outdoor secures retails space in Inverness
Cotswold Outdoor has taken space at 1 Longman Road, Inverness.
The outdoor recreation retailer agreed to a new 10-year lease on Unit 2, extending to…
Moray business park seeking aspiring new starts
One of Moray’s leading business centres is inviting new start creative and technology businesses to take advantage of its incubator facilities and dedicated business…
Laura Sutherland: Expert PR advice for a successful exhibition
Exhibitions can be big drivers for sales and leads and it’s essential if you’re participating, you make the most of the investment.
Often businesses tell…
Strategic shortlist success for Scott-Moncrieff
Accountancy and business advisory firm Scott-Moncrieff has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards at the UK MPF (Managing Partners’ Forum) Awards for Management Excellence…
Gareloch Support Services wins contract to maintain Aid to Navigation system
Gareloch Support Services (GSS) Ltd has won the contract to maintain Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd Aid to Navigation systems.
The contract includes the inspection, servicing,…
British Heart Foundation Scotland seek Development Board members
The British Heart Foundation is currently funding over £60 million of world class research in Scotland; with 2 centres of excellence in Edinburgh (£30…
Diane Holden: Starting a business on a budget
Guest column by Diane Holden, senior account manager at Xero.
Creating a new business is an incredibly daunting thing. Both the investment of time and…
Distillers set for growth with £45million funding package
One of Scotland’s leading single malt whisky producers, Inver House Distillers, has positioned itself for growth by securing a £45million asset-based lending (ABL) facility…
Bob Keiller: Seeing the whole story
I spend a lot of time talking about storytelling in business.
Good stories often depend on someone or some group overcoming a challenge or a…
New Conon Bridge shopping development prepares to open
Developers of a new £1.5m neighbourhood retail complex in Conon Bridge have confirmed building work is now complete.
West Coast Estates, the Aberdeen-based property and…
Interview – Digital forensics specialist leading the attack against cyber crime
Ian Stevenson, CEO of Cyan Forensics, is a computer scientist by training, and has spent the last 20 years in and around startups, first…
Success for region’s companies at prestigious awards
Two of the seven categories in this year’s Scottish Enterprise Life Science Awards were won by companies from the Highlands and Islands.
The awards, which…
World first for Moray boat builder could triple turnover
A Moray based boat builder is to become the first in the world to build and supply a new type of rigid inflatable boat…
Eight Scottish restaurants in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants
Eight Scottish restaurants have been included in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants supplement, which is published on Sunday February 5.
The list, which features…
Black Isle Brewing Co. to be stocked in Majestic Wine
Black Isle Brewing Co. has secured a national off-trade listing with Majestic Wine, the UK’s largest independent wine retailer.
The deal will see the organic…
The Caravan Club reveals increased boost to Scottish economy and tourism
The Scottish economy has seen an increase in growth courtesy of champions of the great outdoors, The Caravan Club.
Members of The Club spent £37…
Clare Scott: Three great habits to cultivate in 2017
Apparently most of us who bothered to make New Year’s resolutions will have broken them by now.
This raises a question: instead of throwing ourselves…
Interview : Recruitment professional matches tech graduates to jobs using algorithms
Joe Afif, founder & managing director of graduate recruitment jobsite Gradit, is a self confessed “millennial“ whose big idea was sparked while working in…
Scottish Business Network to go global in 2017
The Scottish Business Network (SBN), founded at the beginning of 2016 to build networks for Scottish business leaders in London and accelerate growth opportunities,…
Whisky legend tempted out of retirement for new role
World-renowned whisky distiller Jim McEwan has been appointed Production Director of Ardnahoe Distillery on Islay – 18 months after he retired.
The Islay-born whisky industry…
Scrabster Harbour Looks Forward With Confidence In 2017
Scotland’s most northerly mainland commercial port, Scrabster Harbour Trust enjoyed continued strong success in 2016 bringing in more than £2.95 million in revenues from…
Shetland engineering company plans £1.1m expansion
Shetland engineering company Ocean Kinetics Limited is set to create 21 quality full time jobs.
The downturn in the oil and gas market has offered…