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21 October 2025
Trio of Orkney business experts to steer innovation funding across Scotland’s islands
Three Orkney industry experts have been selected to shape new opportunities for young entrepreneurs, businesses and third-sector organisations to develop and grow their ideas across Scotland’s…
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19 August 2025
£1.3m package of support for Islands innovation
Heriot-Watt University is offering young entrepreneurs, businesses and third-sector organisations across Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides a new opportunity to develop and grow their innovative…
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24 March 2025
UK Government funding secured to further support Orkney projects
Orkney Islands Council has been allocated a further year of funding through the UK Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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24 March 2025
UK Government funding secured to further support Orkney projects
Orkney Islands Council has been allocated a further year of funding through the UK Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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10 February 2023
Orkney and Shetland studies win Net Zero Living funding
Orkney and Shetland have been chosen as two of 31 innovation locations in the UK, to conduct three-month feasibility studies examining how to overcome some of the key non-technical barriers that are…
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20 January 2023
Islands Growth deal signed for Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides will release total investment of £393 million
An agreement to invest £100 million in the future economic prosperity of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides was signed today (20th January) in Orkney by UK and Scottish Government Ministers and…
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8 November 2021
Islands Approve First three Growth Deal Business Cases
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland Islands Councils have taken a significant step forward in joint working on the Islands Growth Deal, which aims to draw down £100m in UK and Scottish…
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5 November 2021
“Groundbreaking” new partnership approach to research
The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has launched a novel partnership with Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles Councils and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), focussed on…
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24 September 2021
Walk through Islands Deal proposals for World Heritage Site
Orkney people are being invited to walk through ‘Islands Deal’ proposals for future management of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS) to help ensure developments strengthen the…
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13 September 2021
'Orkney Gateway' World Heritage Site consultation reminder - and new online survey
Local people are being reminded to take a closer look at proposals for the future management of the world-renowned Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS) - and give their feedback via an…
