Author: Michael Russell

With moves to create new crofts in north Skye progressing to the next stage, residents in the Dunvegan area are also being urged to fill in a housing needs survey…

Perle Hotels are in the process of installing 18 new luxury cabins further up the hill at its Bracken Hide business in Portree. Speaking to the Free Press, managing director…

The billionaire owner of Inverinate Estate in Wester Ross is seeking planning consent to build a new dwelling within the estate.  But the latest development by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid…

The first 45 of 112,000 trees have been planted as part of a new native woodland being established by Mowi Scotland at Maol Ban in Skye. Over 2024-2025, 112,000 native…

Skye-born and Glasgow-based young harpist Ciorstaidh Beaton helped launch the next Celtic Connections last week. Each year the festival’s ‘New Voices’ strand commissions groundbreaking new bodies of work from three…

It was a successful night for two female-led Highlands and Islands businesses at the recent Womens’ Enterprise Scotland awards in Glasgow. Jess Hartwell, MD of Waternish-based Skyeskyns, picked up ‘Family Business…

Work on the road to Coral Beach Resurfacing the worst stretches of single-track road leading to one of Skye’s big tourist attractions has been welcomed by locals. Highland Council repaired…

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes voiced her “strong view” this week that any tourist tax raised on Skye should stay on Skye. She was the guest speaker a ‘virtual town…

After 13 years with the Federation of Small Businesses, David Richardson (pictured) last week took up the role of development and engagement manager with North Coast 500. Formerly the FSB’s…