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02-Nov-16, 18:10
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Call for the Highlands and Islands Enterprise board to be retained




Due to the uncertainty over the retention of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Board and following discussions at last week's Highland Council meeting, a report went to today's (Wednesday 2 November) Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee so members could discuss the issue. In its original response to the Scottish Government on the Enterprise and Skills Review, the Council stressed the need to retain a regional economic development focus and the report presented today considered the outcomes of the first phase of the Review and how proposals for the implementation of phase 2 could impact on the Highlands, in particular proposals to create a Scottish wide Strategic Board. [Read Full Article (http://caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=7088)]