Accommodation licensing is a blow for business
• Small operators say letting rules are ‘double whammy’ after Covid Following an outcry last week by tourism body SkyeConnect, Highland Council has not ruled out varying the fees it…
• Small operators say letting rules are ‘double whammy’ after Covid Following an outcry last week by tourism body SkyeConnect, Highland Council has not ruled out varying the fees it…
Local surgeries across Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross remained tight-lipped this week over the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine for those aged 80 and over. The Free Press contacted surgeries…
A leading voice in Highland and Islands business has said that many B and B operators will be drawing a “huge sigh of relief” after the Scottish Government announced a…
Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has said she hopes to do the “Highlands proud” after being appointed as the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance this week.…
The recruitment crisis facing the health service in the Highlands was laid bare this week after it emerged that long-suffering kidney dialysis patients in Skye and Lochalsh will face a…
A Skye woman said she was “overwhelmed” after more than £500 was donated towards the road safety campaign she started after being involved in a car accident. Sharon Anslow from…
A prominent road safety campaigner from Skye recounted her own harrowing car crash experience to a leading roads official this week as part of a campaign to stop visiting motorists…
Transport Scotland are to undertake road safety improvements at the Sconser ferry junction on Skye, according to local MSP Kate Forbes. In a letter to the member for Skye, Lochaber…
Calls for a lower speed limit on the A87 at the Sconser ferry junction have been backed by the local constituency MSP. In response to growing local concerns over road…
Tech giants are being urged to provide an additional safety feature to stop foreign motorists from driving on the wrong side of the road. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate…