Transport and Logistics Network
Following a report agreed by Full Council in May 2023 on the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF), Council members have received a further update (Thursday 29 June 2023) on the current Outline Business Case (OBC) stage of the Green Freep…
Housing starts are continuing to fall (pic: Terry Murden)
Housing specialists have expressed concern at the latest Scottish Government statistics showing a continuing fall in the number of homes started across all sectors.
New homes started across al…
The Invergordon site
Highland property investment and development company Ark Estates has procured an industrial site for redevelopment in Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth.
The site, strategically positioned in the Castle Avenue Industrial Estate, is…
Highland Council Leader Raymond Bremner, pictured, told The Scotsman’s Highlands and Islands Green Energy Conference in Inverness last week that securing green freeport status will transform the region.
Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner
He said…
Highland Council Leader Cllr Raymond Bremner has said that by securing freeport status the region has an unmissable opportunity to avoid a “modern day Highland clearance.”
The Leader was the keynote speakers yesterday at the Scotsman newspaper’s Highla…
Forth green freeport will be one of the beneficiaries of tax relief
Businesses will be given tax relief when buying or leasing non-residential buildings or land within Scotland’s two green freeports. …
Hutchison Ports has set a target to hit net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2035 for three of its UK ports: Port of Felixstowe, Harwich International and London Thamesport.
The ports group, which already has a 2050 global net zero emissions target, wil…
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A train at Fortrose Station in 1947. Picture: Highland Railway Society – Am Baile.
STUNNINGLY beautiful railways and the Highlands go hand-in-hand – with the likes of the West Highland and the Kyle li…