Highlands & Islands Enterprise
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is
a vast and diverse area with many distinct communities. It
has thousands of businesses, each with plans for the
future. There are more than 400,000 individuals with skills
and potential of their own and more than 8,000 voluntary
and community groups.
The task of the Highlands and Islands
Enterprise (HIE) network is to unlock that potential and
help create a strong, diverse and sustainable economy where
quality of life is matched by quality of opportunity.
HIE's activities include:
Provision of business support
services;
Delivery of training and
learning programmes;
Assistance for community and
cultural projects; and
Measures for environmental
renewal.
Log onto the HIE website at
www.hie.co.uk.
There are ten local enterprise companies
in the HIE network: