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Building our future
We are pleased to launch our new three-year strategy
Our latest edition of FOCUS magazine is out now
Our Innovate Your Business team is taking off to help your business reach new heights!
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Latest news and updates
- 06 September 2019
Canada and Scotland launch new fund to boost creative talent
TV and film producers in Scotland are being encouraged to apply for a new fund launched today (Friday 6 September).
Read more - 05 September 2019
Stornoway media production company becomes employee owned
Eighteen staff at MacTV at Isle of Lewis-based MacTV have been given a stake in the business after it becomes Scotland’s latest employee-owned business.
Read more - 05 September 2019
Easter Ross social enterprise producing gin
A social enterprise in Dingwall, Easter Ross has started its own gin production as part of a £222,860 investment.
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Upcoming events
- Sep 10
- Sep 12
- Sep 12An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA
Selling your business programme
12 September 2019 - Sep 26An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA
Unconscious Bias and Inclusive Recruitment
26 September 2019
Our maps
Have a look at our maps to find out more about the projects we're investing in and the communities we're working with.
Our Priorities
Businesses and social enterprises in the Highlands and Islands are ambitious, both for their individual enterprise and for the growth of the region as a whole. Greater economic prosperity will be delivered through private sector led investments which create jobs and wealth.
The Government Economic Strategy (GES) identifies seven sectors as offering particular opportunities for growth due to existing comparative advantages or through potential to capitalise on Scotland's unique natural assets.
HIE plays a leading role in developing the conditions which will enable the Highlands and Islands to fulfil its potential as a globally competitive region with a thriving, low carbon economy.
Strong communities are essential to the continued success of the Highlands and Islands. Social and economic developments are complementary in achieving growth, particularly in remote, sparsely-populated areas.