SCC QUARTERLY ECONOMIC INDICATOR: Q3 2024 REPORT & PRESS RELEASE
15th October 2024
TAX FEARS GROW IN SCOTTISH ECONOMY Fears over increased taxes and uncertainty over the impact of the Autumn Budget are hitting Scotland’s businesses. The Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s survey flagged taxation concerns among 55% of businesses – up from 35% last year. Anxiety, particularly around Labour’s Autumn Budget, saw both the tourism and retail sectors […]
New entry category for Taste North Challenge
14th October 2024
A new entry category has been added into the mix for this year’s Taste North Challenge. As part of the annual Taste North festival held in Wick on 3rd November, the regional culinary competition celebrates the use of ingredients produced in Caithness and Sutherland. This year, the challenge has four entry categories: 15 and under, […]
Caithness Chamber of Commerce Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence at Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
11th October 2024
On Thursday, 12th September 2024, the highly anticipated Caithness Chamber of Commerce 50th Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony took-place at the Norseman Hotel, Wick. This prestigious event has become a cornerstone of the local business calendar, annually attracting the region’s most prominent business figures. In honour of this milestone, the evening’s theme was 1974 – […]
DASA launches new approach to accelerate innovative solutions for UK defence
2nd October 2024
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is excited to announce the launch of a new Early Market Engagement (EME) pilot initiative, on behalf of The MOD Innovation Directorate on the theme of Uncrewed Systems. This pilot aims to collaboratively challenge MOD problem areas and identify potential solutions that could rapidly deliver capability for defence and […]
New Members – October
1st October 2024
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome our new Business Members Caithness Pest Control, MacDonald Landscaping, Wick Development Trust, Fresh Favourites, and Wick Laundry. We look forward to working with them all! To discuss membership, please reach out to our Business Development manager, Fiona Levack. You can contact Fiona by email: fiona@caithnesschamber.com. You can read about […]
Thurso Architects Celebrate Fifth Anniversary
26th September 2024
Architects HRI Munro are celebrating their first 5 years trading in Caithness. HRI opened an office in Thurso, based in the Naver business centre, in August 2019. The Inverness based firm have projects across the County and on Orkney. The Thurso office, run by Associate Alan Gray assisted by Technologist Ruth Gunn, has been key […]
Tony Singh returns for appetising demos at Taste North
26th September 2024
Tony Singh MBE, one of the UK’s best loved celebrity chefs is returning to Taste North, a festival celebrating quality food, drink and craft produce in the North Highlands. The annual festival which has been shortlisted in this year’s Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards and attracted over 1700 visitors last year, returns to Wick High […]
Contracts awarded as Orkney-Caithness Link project gathers pace
20th September 2024
SSEN Transmission is delighted to announce that contracts have been signed with the Siemens Energy and BAM Joint Venture, Nexans and RJ McLeod for key elements of the construction of the Orkney-Caithness 220kV link, connecting Orkney to the Scottish mainland for the first time Construction is set to get underway this month. Significant progress has […]
Defying drones: DASA funded anti-drone sensor is purchased by the Royal Navy
3rd September 2024
DASA is delighted to bring you their latest Case Study – the story of an innovation designed to combat a serious modern threat – that of the Unmanned Air System (UAS) or drone. Cheap, off-the-shelf drones present a serious challenge to defence and security due to their easy accessibility and very limited radar signature. As […]
Join Climate Springboard: Empower Your Business to Achieve Net Zero with Free Online Workshops
20th August 2024
Climate Springboard is a free online programme that helps a business measure its carbon emissions in-house, create a Net Zero action plan, and deliver this using simple, low-cost action plans. The next cohort starts on 8th August, with many more dates throughout the year. 130 businesses have joined the programme, and 100% of recent attendees […]
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