Weekly Update, 25th February 2013
04th
Mar,
2013
Energy: Meygen Ltd will be running a “Tier 2 Supply Chain” event on Tuesday 19th March. The event, which will be by invitation only, is aimed at potential suppliers to the company’s first 86MW phase of plans to install tidal devices in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth. The types of services being invited […]
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Weekly Update, 18th February 2013
25th
Feb,
2013
Energy: Good news this week from Ignis Biomass Ltd, the owners and operators of the Combined Heat & Power Plant in Wick. The Company has invested an initial £2.5M in a new biomass boiler, which has now been installed and is operating. In addition to providing heat for the Wick District Heating scheme the boiler […]
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Weekly update, 11th February 2013
15th
Feb,
2013
Tourism, Food & Drink: Talent Scotland is currently advertising a Graduate Team Leader post, salary £16,000 p.a., for Natural Retreats who are recruiting for a recent graduate for a 12 month Team Leader role. The successful graduate will have the opportunity to work closely with an experienced General Manager and with senior members of the […]
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Weekly update, 4th February 2013
08th
Feb,
2013
Tourism, Food & Drink: The Institute of Design Innovation has been working with a small group of tourism businesses in Caithness & North Sutherland on a HIE-funded programme to stimulate innovation in creating high quality visitor experiences. The cluster of businesses meets regularly with facilitators from the Institute, and its progress can be seen at […]
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Weekly update, 28th January 2013
03rd
Feb,
2013
Energy: A number of representatives from the area have been in Aberdeen this week at the Offshore Wind & Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition. The offshore wind sector has particular interest for the north, with the two major Moray Firth sites located off the Caithness/ east Sutherland coastline, and east coast facilities such as Wick […]
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Weekly update, 21st January 2013
25th
Jan,
2013
Tourism, Food & Drink: Images of the Caithness area now feature in two separate Visit Scotland films promoting Scotland to prospective visitors. The “Surprise Yourself” promotional campaign is focused on the Natural Retreats development at John O’Groats, and also promotes the journey to get to the area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIupSRO6mYg The second is a Visit Scotland film […]
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Weekly update, 14th January 2013
18th
Jan,
2013
Energy: The Crown Estate has this week announced that it will consider investing up to £20M in two wave or tidal stream projects. The investment will be in the construction of the projects, with each project involving multiple generation devices arranged in an array and with a total installed capacity of 3 megawatts or greater. […]
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CNSRP Executive and Advisory Board meetings 2012
24th
Dec,
2012
Press release – Partnership focus on skills for north workforces 24th December 2012 2013 will see increasing focus on developing the skills required to keep the north’s economy moving. That was the message from the recent meetings of the Advisory Board and Executive Board of the Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership. 2012 has been […]
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Weekly update, 10th December
14th
Dec,
2012
Energy: As the first tranche of engineering students to enroll at the Engineering, Technology and Energy Centre (ETEC) in Thurso reach the end of the first session on the North Highland College apprenticeship programme, an excellent film has been produced that highlights both the students and the state-of-the-art facilities they are able to use, as […]
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Weekly update, 3rd December
07th
Dec,
2012
Energy: At last week’s Wave & Tidal Information Day in Thurso staff from Marine Scotland and Highland Council were present to talk about the ongoing work to develop a Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan. The pilot plan aims to develop a strategic decision-making framework for licensing and other consent applications in the […]
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