About HIE
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HIE is a dispersed organisation, with premises located throughouth the Highlands and Islands. Local area offices across the area are the prime point of contact for businesses and communities looking for assistance and advice. |
Key links
Scottish Government Economic Strategy
The Scottish Government unveiled its new national economic strategy which will guide HIE's activities over the coming years.Operating Plan 2008-11
HIE's three-year Operating Plan is agreed annually with the Scottish Government. It sets out specific actions which the organisation will carry out to deliver the Government Economic Strategy in the Highlands and Islands.A guide to our services
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has changed. To help customers understand what these changes mean, we've prepared a new guide to our services.HIE results 2007-08
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) demonstrated an excellent performance in 2007/08. The organisation’s year-end results were reviewed by HIE board members on Tuesday 10th June.
HIE Review 2008
New online publication
A broad range of transformational projects ...Highlands and Islands Enterprise Board and Management Team
Details of the HIE board and senior management structures.HIE area offices
Our area offices deliver HIE programmes and pursue development in a way that matches local needs.HIE's operating plan 2007-2010
HIE's operating plan - available in English or Gaelic - sets out our priorities for the three years from 2007 to 2010.HIE's management statement
The management statement is drawn up by the Scottish Government in consultation with HIE and sets out the framework within which it will operate.HIE's international role
Highlands and Islands Enterprise has an international affairs team charged with ensuring the promotion and continued development of the Highlands and Islands area in a global environment.Sustainable development and our responsibilities
HIE’s strategic policy framework establishes sustainability as a key implementing principle. Sustainable development is central to the HIE's strategic vision of progress and legacy.Taigh Cheann a' Locha, Lionacleit, Benbecula - HIE's data centre
Established in April 2002, our data centre in Lionacleit, Benbecula, represents one of HIE's efforts to disperse public sector jobs to remote, fragile areas and we hope its success will underpin the debate on moving more public and private sector jobs into outlying areas of the Highlands and Islands.HIE and Communities Scotland - framework agreement
The purpose of this agreement is to set out how HIE and Communities Scotland will deliver economic, physical and community development across the Highlands and Islands through providing for clarity of roles, co-operation and joint working.Scottish Enterprise - HIE's equivalent in the southern half of Scotland
Scottish Enterprise is the economic development agency for southern and eastern Scotland.EDAS - Economic Development Association Scotland
EDAS aims to facilitate a substantial improvement in the effectiveness of economic development activity in Scotland through raising the knowledge, skills and networks of those involved in all aspects of economic development.
