Politics

Over 350 of the Highlands’ business leaders attended the event at the Drumossie Hotel.

One reason I was so motivated to provide a better deal for victims was from hearing about harrowing experiences, says our columnist.

Tony Blair’s former top advisor is set to deliver the keynote speech at the Highland Business Dinner with a positive message.

Scotland’s highest court found the local authority’s arguments were the review is #incompetent’ and ‘premature’ to be ‘unfounded’.

MSP Emma Roddick has highlighted the need to make sure existing homes are being used as houses, and that people can afford rents and mortgages.

Asked if he would go as far as Humza Yousaf in putting pen to paper, the First Minister said ‘yes, of course’.

A Highland MSP has called for collective action and shared responsibility to address Scotland’s escalating housing emergency.

MSP Rhoda Grant stated that the A9 road “north of Inverness must not be forgotten”, as she calls for more safety work to be carried out.

Audit Scotland warns ‘it's getting harder for councils to do more with less’ but local authorities could be more transparent.

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

But she says it is welcome that Kate Forbes is Deputy First Minister as it means ‘having a Highlander in a senior role in government’.

Barclays has sparked a row after it emerged it will operate full time from an Inverness community centre facility that has been used by local groups.

Every aspect of our lives has become more expensive, and car insurance seems no different. Research shows car insurance costs in the UK have doubled

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.’

‘Frankly appalling’ conditions at an Inverness school have been raised with Scotland’s education minister by a Highland MSP.

Members of the community in Nairnshire are being invited at an event which will see the Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop in attendance.

Green councillors have welcomed Highland Council’s £2 billion investment plan for public services over the next 20 years.

The departure of Humza Yousaf was all but welcomed by Inverness MSP Fergus Ewing and I doubt MP Drew Hendry needed to wipe away the tears either.

She is now surely the most influential political voice to emerge from the Highlands in a generation. But just who is Kate Forbes?