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Making Inverness and Cromarty Firth a freeport could create 20,000 jobs – report

As many as 20,000 jobs could be created in the Highlands and revolutionise the local economy if Inverness and the Cromarty Firth is granted freeport status. Independent economic experts said freeport status would spark an employment boom in the area....

26 May 2022 at 01:01

Inverness company fined after surveyor dies in explosion at work

A company has been fined after a surveyor died from injuries caused by an electrical explosion. Christopher Wayne Earley, a director at CWE Asbestos Consultants Ltd, was inspecting an electric panel while carrying out an asbestos survey when the ...

18 Jan 2023 at 20:05

Scotland

Japanese firm to invest £200m in Highlands cable plant

A Japanese corporation is to invest £200 million in an undersea cable factory in the Highlands, the Scottish Government has announced. Energy Secretary Neil Gray said the Sumitomo Electric Industries plant will create 150 jobs. The deal was ...

18 May 2023 at 15:40

Scotland

£24.5m Government investment vowed for Highland cable factory

The Scottish Government will provide £24.5 million to secure the investment of a Japanese firm in a Highland cable factory, the Wellbeing Economy Secretary has announced. In her first speech since taking over the brief, Mairi McAllan ...

23 Feb 2024 at 12:37

Scotland

Up to £10m of funding approved for development of Scottish port

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced the approval of up to £10 million to support the development of the Port of Nigg. The economic and community development agency hopes the funding for the port’s Inner East Quay ...

17 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Green freeport reaches ‘exciting milestone’ with Memorandum of Understanding

The Scottish and UK governments have marked an “exciting milestone” for a project that could “deliver thousands of high-quality jobs and attract billions in investment”. Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander and Deputy First ...

26 Sept 2025 at 10:19

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