News archive

News published October 2015

  • World Beaters

    photo of drummers Published 8 Oct 2015

    Four young drummers from the Highlands are heading to Glasgow to compete in the Pipe Band World Solo Drumming Championships on the 17th of October.

  • Transport providers invited to find out “How to supply Highland Council”

    How To logo Published 7 Oct 2015

    The Highland Council is inviting transport providers large and small to a series of events being held throughout the Highlands to find out how they can tender to supply transport services for the local authority

  • Community Council Nominations

    Published 7 Oct 2015

    Following the recent call for candidates wishing to serve on Highland Community Councils to come forward a total of 109 Councils attracted sufficient interest to form a new Council.

  • On track for significant City Station refurbishment

    Published 7 Oct 2015

    The Highland Council, in collaboration with HITRANS, is entering into a joint commission with Abellio ScotRail to develop design ideas for improvements to Inverness Railway Station.

  • Council surveying city centre business waste storage and disposal

    Published 6 Oct 2015

    The arrangements for the storage and disposal of business waste in Inverness City Centre are to be surveyed by Council Officers of The Highland Council’s Environmental Health Service over the coming

  • Highland Council invests £2 million in site for a new hospital in Fort William

    Published 5 Oct 2015

    The Highland Council has moved quickly to purchase land surplus to Tesco’s requirements in Fort William to make provision for a new hospital for NHS Highland.

  • Fall for the Highlands this autumn

    Published 5 Oct 2015

    Autumn tourism drive encourages visitors to discover the Highlands

  • Spokes away for Great Glen Cycleway

    Published 5 Oct 2015

    The completion of the Great Glen Cycleway upgrade has been celebrated by Transport Minister Derek Mackay in Inverness today with the help of some local school children from Crown Primary School.

  • Highland supports digital roll-out

    Published 5 Oct 2015

    Highland Council Leader Margaret Davidson has welcomed the opportunity at the Convention of the Highlands and Islands held to discuss how to improve broadband and mobile phone connectivity across the Highlands.

  • Inverness commemorates Nurse Edith Cavell

    Edith Cavell Published 5 Oct 2015

    On the centenary year of her death, a dedication and memorial service for Nurse Edith Cavell is being held by The Highland Council and the Royal British Legion Scotland Inverness Branch on Monday 12 October at Cavell Gardens War Memorial, in Inverness.