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Services provided by Highlands and Islands Enterprise include support for high growth businesses, workplace training and development, assistance for community and cultural projects and measures for environmental renewal. These activities are primarily delivered by local area teams. Whether you are looking for business finance, community broadband solutions or simply browsing our job vacancies, we hope you enjoy exploring our website.
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This page explains how HIE is changing during 2008. It includes useful links to other pages and external sites.
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Find out how the Highlands and Islands Enterprise network can help you grow your business, develop your skills, strengthen your community and make global connections.
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Our aim is: ‘To oversee a local economy which ...
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A summary of HIE Innse Gall business development assistance.
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Who can we help?
The scheme is open to ...
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Who we can help?
Finance for business development may ...
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Summary of programmes and assistance HIE Innse Gall delivers to help develop skills in the Outer Hebrides.
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Who we can help? This training programme operates under ...
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Details of the national Skillseekers programme.
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Details of the national Modern Apprentice training programme.
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Details of WIE's discretionary training programme for businesses and individuals.
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Workforce development, Business Improvement Tools
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Details of the national Training for Work programme.
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Summary of programmes and assistance that HIE Innse Gall offers under its community development remit
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Details of HIE Innse Gall's Croft Entrant Scheme.
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A programme designed to assist fragile communities enhance their future through the generation of sustainable social and economic opportunities.
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Details about how LEADER+ can help you!
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A summary of programmes HIE Innse Gall can offer under its Global Connections remit.
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Information about Environmental Renewal assistance programme.
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Detail of HIE Innse Gall's Property Provision Programme.
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The world of work is changing and new opportunities and challenges arise, some resulting in the need to learn new skills, not only at school, but throughout our lives.
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Who are HIE Innse Gall?
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The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is a vast and diverse area with many distinct communities. It has around 19,000 businesses, each with plans for the future.
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HIE Innse Gall board members
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Key people in the organisation.
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HIE Innse Gall press releases and approvals, job vacancies, publications
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Western Isles Enterprise (WIE) has no vacancies currently.
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Page under construction
Downloadable Acrobat pdf files of key Western Isles Enterprise and HIE Network publications ...
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HIE Innse Gall's monthy funding approvals
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Western Isles Enterprise publishes monthly lists of financial assistance ...
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Latest news from the HIE ...
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Welcome to the Western Isles Enterprise website.
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HIE Innse Gall (HIE IG) is required to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, which provides a general right of access to information held by Scottish public authorities, including that held by HIE IG, from 1 January 2005.
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HIE Innse Gall contact details.
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The geography and economics of the Western Isles
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The Western Isles, whilst only 55km of the northwest coast of Scotland and an hour’s flight from Glasgow or Edinburgh ...
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The Western Isles economy
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Learn of opportunities in the Western Isles
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Experience the culture of the Western Isles
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Information to follow ...
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The Western Isles LEF
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Updates on the redevelopment of the Arnish yard
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The Internet and global communications has a huge potential impact on the way we live and work, how we access information and how we interact.
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In order to help locate information, our publication scheme has been structured under five overall headings.
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Information relating to the HIE Innse Gall board
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HIE Innse Gall board minutes
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HIE Innse Gall's monthly funding approvals
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Events on the western isles
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The Highlands and Islands business directory contains more than nine thousand entries on businesses across all sectors ...
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Search the business directory by company name, activity, owner or Local Enterprise Company area.
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Add your business to the directory.
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Buisness Information is a service offered by HIE Innse ...
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HIE Innse Gall related links
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Links ...
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Our aim is to enable the people of Scotland's Argyll and the Islands to realise their full potential.
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Our main forms of assistance come under three headings: business support, training and community capacity building.
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands provides support to businesses
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Tailored support for new business starts.
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How we can assist the tourism industry
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Assistance for business expansion or development
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Businesses and organisations considering capital investment in renewable energy solutions or energy efficiency gains
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e-business advice and grant aid for sole traders and companies
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First key steps in obtaining an online web presence
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Business benefits of being on the Internet
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The benefits involved in using a professional web developer
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Advice on choosing the right professional for your web project.
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Advice on how to choose an ISP that is right for you.
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Tiree Community Wireless Broadband project and the Argyll and Islands Community web portal
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2000 homes on 13 islands with free computers and Internet access.
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Information from the DTI's 'Best Practice' business web portal
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Tips on marketing, search engines, e-commerce and content management
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Examples of e-commerce shopping cart systems
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Forming an online trust relationship in order to transact payments over the Internet
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New Range of e-Business Fact Sheets
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A range of downloadable fact sheets on legal issues relating to e-business, email and the Internet.
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Free advice tailored to your specific business
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Serviced land, workshops and offices
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Improve business performance through staff development
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Access to business information for businesses, individuals and community groups
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands can help the development of skills for individuals and businesses.
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Careers Scotland delivers advice on career guidance, education and learning
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Are you aged between 16-18 and in employment, or self employed? Why not work towards a qualification linked to your employment?
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Information on Modern Apprenticeships
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If you are aged between 16-25 and looking for ...
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Training for Work gives you the chance to brush ...
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Business skill seminars available
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Business Start-up Workshops April 2007 - March 2008
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Inland Revenue Self-assessment course dates and venues
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A practical seminar, giving business operators the opportunity to work through and develop skills in book-keeping
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A practical seminar, giving business operators the opportunity to learn how to get better results from their promotional approach
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A practical seminar, designed to give business operators a professional approach to selling
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Discretionary assistance towards training and development will be considered ...
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Scottish University for Industry's new training service for businesses.
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands can help strengthen your community
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European funded community initiative
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Community groups , businesses , public and private sector ...
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Before CEDP funding can be committed to your project, ...
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The CEDP Partnership* is currently comprised of representatives from ...
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European initiative Leader + in Argyll and the Islands
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Contact ...
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This is a partnership programme involving communities in specific ...
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands can provide support and advice to community groups
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands can assist with funding for community groups
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How HIE Argyll and the Islands can support local events and festivals
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How AIE can assist Community Groups to purchase or develop land
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Information on renewable energy technologies and their relevance in Argyll
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Hydro-Electric power is still the dominant technology for renewable ...
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Renewable Energy industry and installations in Argyll
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What is Biomass? In Renewable Energy terms Biomass refers ...
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The Wood Fuel Group and the Wood Fuel Development programme
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Community Swimming Pools
The first woodchip boiler, 200kW, was ...
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As part of our support to the Woodfuel sector ...
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Argyll has some of the first commercial wind farms to be constructed in Scotland.
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Harnessing Argyll's wave energy to produce Renewable power
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The waters around the Argyll coastline offer abundant opportunities ...
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Information on Geothermal energy sources and Ground Source Heat Pumps
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Solar panels trap the energy of the sun by ...
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Links to community websites
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The world of work is changing and new opportunities and challenges arise, some resulting in the need to learn new skills, not only at school, but throughout our lives.
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As part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise - one ...
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HIE Argyll and the Island's mission statement and areas of responsibility
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HIE Argyll and the Islands continually reviews its business priorities and outlines them in these publicly available plans.
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AIE business plan objectives for strengthening communities
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To realise their full potential, the people of Argyll and the Islands must be enabled to acquire new skills and ...
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AIE business plan objectives for growing businesses
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AIE business plan objectives for making global connections
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The targets we aim to achieve
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HIE Network annual report 2005-06
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Background and information on Argyll and the Islands Local Economic Forum
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Minutes and agendas of LEF meetings and next scheduled date
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Archived LEF minutes and agenda for 2006-07
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Archived LEF minutes and agendas for 2005-06
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Archived LEF minutes and agendas for 2004-05
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Archived LEF minutes and agendas for 2003-04
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Archived LEF minutes and agenda for 2002-03
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Archived LEF minutes and agendas for 2001-02
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List of Argyll and the Island's LEF members
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Argyll and the Islands Local Economic Forum action plan
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What the procedure is if you have complaint to make
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HIE Argyll and the Island's position within the HIE network and core values
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The people behind HIE Argyll and the Islands
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HIE Argyll and the Islands staff list and contact numbers
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Argyll and the Islands location maps
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Details of projects assisted financially by HIE Argyll and the Islands
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Approval information on funding provided during the financial year 2004-05.
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Projects assisted for year ending March 2004
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Projects assisted by area for year ending March 2004
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Projects assisted for year ending March 2003
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Projects assisted by area for year ending March 2003
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Projects assisted for year ending March 2002
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Projects assisted by area for year ending March 2002
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HIE Argyll and the Islands is required to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, which provides a general right of access to information held by Scottish public authorities, including that held by AIE, from 1 January 2005.
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Use this form to contact AIE
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Argyll and the Islands is a large, geographically diverse area situated in the south-west of the Scottish Highlands. Although predominantly rural the mainland communities are for the most part within a two hour drive of central Scotland and the majority of the area's 27 inhabited islands are easily accessible by ferry.
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HIE Argyll and the Islands offers a world of opportunity - for businesses, both inward investors and indigenous ventures; as a great place to live and work, and for leisure activities.
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The area covered by Argyll and the Islands Enterprise enjoys proximity to Central Scotland.
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Tiree and Coll are two adjacent islands at the ...
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Mull and Iona are islands located off the west ...
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Islay, Jura and Colonsay are located off the west ...
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Mid-Argyll is the area immediately north of Kintyre extending ...
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The peninsula of Kintyre is the most southerly mainland ...
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The area of North Argyll encompasses the north ...
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The island of Arran lies in the Firth of Clyde between the Ayrshire mainland and Kintyre. The population of the ...
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How hie HIE Argyll and the Islands is working to attract more people to live and work in the area by making global connections
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Links ...
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Argyll has a diverse economic base and while it contains many aspects which are reflected in industries prevalent throughout Scotland it also has its own unique mixture of industry sectors.
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Argyll's rural farming and crofting community
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Impact of Aquaculture, Fishing and Mariculture in Argyll waters.
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Argyll's forests - Harvesting, management and related industries
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The economic impact of the Tourism industry in Argyll and the Islands area
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Producers and manufacturers of food and drink products
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Current AIE and HIE Network job vacancies
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