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From poor house to empty hotel

November 27, 2021 by Jackie Kemp Leave a Comment

“Most people in the sector I speak to agree – this system wasn’t broken before Brexit. Now it is. But who will answer the pleas of Highland hospitality business owners? They are desperate for the mitigation of seasonal visas. But the Scottish Government has no control over immigration, just as it had no say over Brexit itself.”

Tourism is a river that flipped its course

September 3, 2020 by Jackie Kemp 4 Comments

Road to the Highlands; photo Rob Bruce

People want to get out of the cities. Instead of denouncing them and locking the toilets, Scotland should grasp the opportunity to extend environmental education and affordable camping facilities to all who need them.

TIAA: a global American invades Scotland

December 14, 2019 by David Black 6 Comments

‘If subsidizing a rich US corporation amounted to an abuse of Scottish revenues, arguably it is even more serious that the government and local council forfeited their impartiality as planning authorities by buying into TIAA’s deal. They may even have breached EU State Aid rules..’

Inverness ‘ain’t no mess’ so it needs the Ironworks

October 17, 2019 by Dougal Perman Leave a Comment

The Idles on stage playing to a packed house at the Ironworks, Inverness. Photo courtesy Al Donnelly/Houdi

The Ironworks is an essential part of local culture and a vital asset to the Highlands. In fact in a small country we would all be poorer without it says Dougal Perman of Scottish Music Industry Association

Refugee feeds tourists: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen

July 11, 2018 by Fay Young Leave a Comment

Syrian starters of many colours laid out in bowls on a table

One diner’s casual satisfaction is another’s fight to survive. Deeply aware of being a tourist in an age of mass migration, Fay Young enjoys one of the best meals of her life cooked by a warm-hearted refugee in Imad’s Syrian Kitchen.

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