Skye supermarket petitioner highlights delivery van impact
A Skye woman who collected more than 3,200 signatures in support of a new supermarket two years ago has this reiterated her call for a new store to be based…
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Skye MSP Kate Forbes expecting first child in the summer
Skye MSP Kate Forbes has today (Tuesday 8th February) announced that she and her husband Ali MacLennan are expecting their first child in the summer. The couple wed last summer…
ECONOMY FEARS: Warning that one in three Highland tourism firms could fail in 2022
One in three tourism and hospitality businesses in Scotland say they are likely to fail in 2022, according to a survey just published. Businesses from the Highlands and Islands accounted…
Highland Covid cases near “unmanageable levels”
Covid cases across the region are bordering on “unmanageable levels” Highland Council’s leader has said. Margaret Davidson has called for the Scottish Government to reassess recent changes to self-isolation regulations…
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…
Over 80s still waiting for their vaccine
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…
Small B and Bs now eligible for support as government repurposes hardship fund
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…
New finance minister Kate Forbes hopes to “do the Highlands proud”
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.…
Skye and Lochalsh patients face further wait for dialysis treatment closer to home
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…
Keep Left campaigner “overwhelmed” by support shown in fundraising drive
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…