European Seafood Exposition 2012 - Partnering Event

Michelle Wemyss of the Enterprise Europe Network has asked me to provide a link to the promotional video for The European Seafood Exposition and I'm very pleased to do so.  It's worth a watch just to count the piscatorial puns.


  For more information about the Event, which is being held in Brussels on the 24th-26th April , click here

Possible Sutherland Youth Summit

From the Sutherland Partnership:

"In 2011 a study commissioned by CVS North into the creation of a youth exchange programme highlighted the lack of opportunities available to young people in the area. It emerged from the consultation exercise that a desire existed amongst the young people to play a lead role in the creation of opportunities and activities for themselves.

As such the Sutherland Partnership in collaboration with CVS North and VGES is proposing a Sutherland wide Youth Summit to give young people the change to discuss what opportunities they would like to develop in Sutherland.

We are in the process of consulting with young people and have presented our ideas to the Sutherland Youth Forum. The Highland Youth Voice Rep’s suggested we develop a questionnaire in order to gather opinions and they have offered to help disseminate it. This and future consultation with young people will inform and shape the Sutherland Youth Summit."

For more information and the questionnaire, visit the Sutherland Partnership website: Link

PSYBT - The Top 100

The PSYBT has published a list of its top 100 clients, which features several significant businesses from the Highlands...

From PSYBT:

"This independently verified research, supported by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, identifies the 100 best performing businesses funded by PSYBT since the charity's launch in 1989.

Every year PSYBT helps in excess of 600 young people to start up and continue in business. In the last 23 years we have supported over 12,000 young people, and feature 100 of the businesses in this report. With a combined turnover of some £157m, their collective achievements have had considerable impact on Scotland's economy, in terms of both job and wealth creation.

This report celebrates all of the young people PSYBT has supported and highlights that with motivation, ambition and determination comes great success."

For more information visit the PSYBT site (Link) and to download a copy of the illustrated report (560kB)  follow this Link

Welcome, Marianne

I'm very pleased to announce that Marianne Ross has officially joined the Business Gateway team as a  Recruitment Adviser, based in this Bonar Bridge office, supporting employers in Sutherland, Caithness and Ross-shire throughout the recruitment process.

Marianne will, over the next few months, be contacting members of the business community, training providers and employment agencies to promote this new service and other employment initiatives - including the Highland Council's Employment Grant.

Business owners who are planning to recruit, or who are simply investigating the available options, can contact Marianne by email