Weekly Update, 4th October 2010
15th
Oct,
2010
Visiting the county this week were the Chairman, Chief Executive, Regional Director and several Board Members of Highlands & Islands Enterprise. I attended a breakfast meeting held jointly by HIE and Caithness Chamber of Commerce at which HIE Chairman Willy Roe reiterated the organisation’s ambitions for the area over the next few years. The well-attended […]
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Weekly Update, 27th September 2010
04th
Oct,
2010
I met colleagues from Highland Council, HIE, Scottish Government, North Highland Initiative and The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment to continue the work begun in August at a workshop on marine energy in the Castle of Mey. The event was attended by the Duke of Rothesay. Marine developers told us they would value an […]
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Weekly Update, 13th September 2010
17th
Sep,
2010
The CNSRP Advisory Board met this week in Thurso. Members heard a presentation from Neal Rafferty, Senior Policy Adviser in Scottish Government’s Renewables team. Neal is the co-chair of the Pentland Firth Delivery Group, which brings together Scottish Government, Crown Estate, HIE, Highland & Orkney Islands Councils, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Development International, National Grid, […]
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Weekly Update, 30th August 2010
06th
Sep,
2010
I met with Jennifer Irvine from Business Gateway to update my figures on job creation in the area. Business Gateway provides a range of advisory and support services to local businesses, and it was good to hear that last year in its first 12 months of operation BG helped 24 new businesses in the north […]
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Weekly Update, 23rd August 2010
27th
Aug,
2010
I took part in a workshop to help develop a bid going in to UK Government for pilot project to roll out superfast broadband. The UK Government is currently seeking pilot proposals from across the UK. This is something we identified early in our Action Plan as a priority, and I’m pleased to say that […]
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Weekly update, 21st June 2010
28th
Jun,
2010
Took part in a marine renewables event in Edinburgh this week. It was focused on financial issues affecting the development of wave and tidal technologies and their associated infrastructure. One of the key case studies was Scrabster harbour, and Scrabster Chief Executive Rod Johnstone spoke very passionately about the need for port and other onshore […]
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Weekly Update, 14th June 2010
21st
Jun,
2010
Several members of the CNSRP Advisory Board visited Orkney on Monday/ Tuesday this week. It was a useful and constructiive visit. Meetings were held at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness, and with Orkney Harbours and Orkney Islands Council. Visits to test sites for both wave and tidal devices were organised, as was […]
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Weekly Update, 7th June
14th
Jun,
2010
Following last week’s meeting of the Partnership’s Executive Board I have been organising a workshop for the main partners, to be held in the last week of June. I have been discussing arrangements for this with NDA, HIE and Highland Council colleagues. We have also discussed other issues such as the socio-economic elements of the […]
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Weekly Update, 31st May
04th
Jun,
2010
The Partnership Advisory Board’s quarterly meeting took place this week. This is the body that brings together representatives from HIE, The Highland Council, the NDA, DSRL, Thurso & Wick Trades Council, Caithness Chamber of Commerce, the Dounreay Stakeholders’ Group, the Association of Caithness Community Councils, the Federation of North Coast Community Councils, North Highland College, […]
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Weekly Update, 17th May 2010
24th
May,
2010
The Partnership’s Senior Officers’ Group met this week, making comments on the draft Regeneration Programme and Resource Plan that I will submit to our Executive Board when it meets in two weeks’ time. The Senior Officers’ Group also discussed and agreed a proposed piece of work with a marine energy developers, aimed at mapping our […]
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