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LISTEN: Strictly for a Cause podcast with Beauly Pharmacy Technician and Inverness Costa Coffee at Barista

15 March 2025
LISTEN: Strictly for a Cause podcast with Beauly Pharmacy Technician and Inverness Costa Coffee at Barista

LISTEN: Strictly for a Cause podcast with Beauly Pharmacy Technician and Inverness Costa Coffee at Barista

15 March 2025

Hear why Tanya White and Elle Campbell are taking part in this year’s Strictly Inverness to raise funds for Highland Hospice and Inverness Ice Centre.


Fairways arson attack sees Aurora Hair Salon offer helping hand to Hair Chic staff after cruel blaze gutted premises

15 March 2025
Fairways arson attack sees Aurora Hair Salon offer helping hand to Hair Chic staff after cruel blaze gutted premises

Fairways arson attack sees Aurora Hair Salon offer helping hand to Hair Chic staff after cruel blaze gutted premises

15 March 2025

Carly and Amanda from Chic are renting chairs in Aurora as they spoke about being ‘absolutely devastated to lose our livelihoods’.


Inverness business leaders welcome Highland Council CEO Derek Brown’s ‘invaluable’ openness

13 March 2025
Inverness business leaders welcome Highland Council CEO Derek Brown’s ‘invaluable’ openness

Inverness business leaders welcome Highland Council CEO Derek Brown’s ‘invaluable’ openness

13 March 2025

Derek Brown told an Inverness Chamber of Commerce business breakfast ‘I think dissent is a healthy thing in an organisation’.


Highland Council plans restricting time blue badge holders can park in disabled places

10 March 2025
Highland Council plans restricting time blue badge holders can park in disabled places

Highland Council plans restricting time blue badge holders can park in disabled places

10 March 2025

Inverness BID alerts businesses over changes to the Fisherman’s Hut car park, Castle Street, Academy Street, the Longman and others.


Fairways fire site could take years to reopen, says Inverness Councillor Duncan Macpherson

10 March 2025
Fairways fire site could take years to reopen, says Inverness Councillor Duncan Macpherson

Fairways fire site could take years to reopen, says Inverness Councillor Duncan Macpherson

10 March 2025

He says two years is ‘a very conservative estimate’ and it could have been much worse if not for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.


Fairways Business Park fire could cost Inverness economy millions in repairs and lost revenues

10 March 2025
Fairways Business Park fire could cost Inverness economy millions in repairs and lost revenues

Fairways Business Park fire could cost Inverness economy millions in repairs and lost revenues

10 March 2025

Councillor Ken Gowans slams the ‘utterly disgraceful attack that has devastated not just businesses but the people behind them’.


Why Highland Council’s 7% council tax rise could be decisive for the region – but now the pressure is on

07 March 2025
Why Highland Council’s 7% council tax rise could be decisive for the region – but now the pressure is on

Why Highland Council’s 7% council tax rise could be decisive for the region – but now the pressure is on

07 March 2025

The future investment in schools, housing and roads rides on the Highland Investment Plan.


Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

06 March 2025
Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

Highland Council raises council tax by 7% as it passes £818m budget unchanged

06 March 2025

Opposition plans for education reforms, free primary school meals and lower hikes in council tax were rejected.


Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

06 March 2025
Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

Highland Council Conservatives plot budget changes to reduce council tax hike from 7% down to 3%

06 March 2025

Details of what specifically was proposed were scant while the Greens ‘hail influence’ on securing £500k investment.


Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

05 March 2025
Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

Inverness Chamber of Commerce boss Colin Marr: ‘Spoiler alert, I am not in favour of the visitor levy’

05 March 2025

But senior Highland Council official Malcolm Macleod insists the local authority’s ears are open on thorny questions like VAT.


Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

05 March 2025
Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

Highland Council’s £818m budget challenged with 13 opposition amendments ahead of crunch meeting

05 March 2025

The Liberal Democrats want to place an emphasis on attainment in schools amid flagging results for north youngsters.


NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

04 March 2025
NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

NHS Highland falls behind national child and adolescent mental health treatment times

04 March 2025

Scotland reaches target for the first time as wellbeing minister and far north MSP Maree Todd hails ‘encouraging’ figures.


Could Legionnaires be behind Raigmore contamination alert?

04 March 2025
Could Legionnaires be behind Raigmore contamination alert?

Could Legionnaires be behind Raigmore contamination alert?

04 March 2025

NHS Highland says it is routine to test for the Legionella bacteria in water contamination cases.


Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

04 March 2025
Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

Highland Council is set to invest £870,000 in bid to dig thousands out of poverty

04 March 2025

Council leader Raymond Bremner says the move sparked by ‘eye-watering’ £70m in unclaimed benefits.


Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

03 March 2025
Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

Plans to expand Highland Council-owned bus service with £6m after D&E Coaches buyout

03 March 2025

A further £8m will be invested in renewable energy projects that have been touted for years.


Unclaimed benefits of £70 million sparks creation of Highland poverty and equality commission

28 February 2025
Unclaimed benefits of £70 million sparks creation of Highland poverty and equality commission

Unclaimed benefits of £70 million sparks creation of Highland poverty and equality commission

28 February 2025

Highland Council says 3000 more people could claim pension credits and therefore get winter fuel payments.


Inverness super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

28 February 2025
Inverness super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

Inverness super school plan: LibDems want Highland Council to consider new Inverness facility

28 February 2025

The idea is to create a sixth form college accessible online to all pupils in the Highlands to ramp-up learning and attainment.


How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

27 February 2025
How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

How will 7% rise in Highland Council Tax hit your pocket? We look at the figures

27 February 2025

Top councillors recognise ‘people are under severe financial pressure’ but say taxpayers will see their money’s worth


Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

27 February 2025
Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

Highland Council set for 7% council tax hike and £21.5m for teaching, social care, public transport and renewables

27 February 2025

The £818m draft budget will be debated - and likely agreed - at a full meeting of the local authority next week.


8% less Highland school leavers reach higher education than national average

26 February 2025
8% less Highland school leavers reach higher education than national average

8% less Highland school leavers reach higher education than national average

26 February 2025

Highland Council education bosses’ narrative claims ‘journey of improvement’ underway.


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