Highlands and Islands Enterprise

05/11/2026

Whether you're developing a new product, exploring a fresh market opportunity or improving how your business operates, innovation can help turn ideas into action.

Our new Innovation Programme provides expert support and guidance to help businesses develop and implement innovative ideas that drive growth and competitiveness.

Find out more about the programme: https://ow.ly/nCgt50ZSEGt

04/11/2026

📢 Looking for a development opportunity in Inverness?

Plot 13B at Inverness Campus offers around 2 acres of land for sports and leisure development, including potential for padel.

With excellent access to the A9 and A96, the site sits within the established Inverness Campus.

📅 Offers are invited by 12 noon on Monday 16 November 2026.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/UlUs51006Im

03/11/2026

Great opportunity for anyone with an idea they’d love to explore 👇

Ready to RISE is a free eight-week programme helping women and non-binary people build their confidence, develop their ideas and explore starting a social enterprise.

The final information session takes place at Wasps Studio, Inverness, on Tuesday 17 November, 10am–12pm.

If you’re curious about social enterprise and want to find out where your idea could take you, go along and learn more.

Book your place: https://events.humanitix.com/ready-to-rise-let-s-get-started-at-wasps-inverness

Have you ever looked at something happening in your local community and thought, "Someone should do something about that"?

Ready to RISE is a free programme that helps women and non binary people turn those niggling ideas, passions or things they'd love to change into a business that makes a genuine difference.

Maybe you have noticed a gap in your community, something people need, or a problem you think could be solved in a different way. You don't need to have it all figured out, or even know where to start, we can help every step of the way.

Over eight weeks, we'll help you explore your idea, build your confidence, develop your skills and understand how you could turn it into a social enterprise – a business that makes money while making a positive difference.

03/11/2026

Our life sciences sector continues to attract innovative companies from around the world. Through the Northern Innovation Hub, we’re helping these businesses share their stories and connect with the region’s growing ecosystem.

Today’s highlight is Atman Health, a US‑based digital health startup developing a platform they are preparing to deploy within the NHS. Their team shares what they’re doing in Inverness and how they aim to support improved care pathways.

Atman Health are based at our Life Sciences Innovation Centre at Inverness Campus, find out more: https://ow.ly/MBrL50ZlXMm

02/11/2026

Could AI help take some of the time-consuming tasks out of your working day?

For Outer Hebrides-based Atlantic58, AI is doing just that. The environmental, ecological and social consultancy is using AI to support quality management and automate manual tasks within its GIS and mapping work.

🎥 Hear how Atlantic58 is using AI to work more efficiently, with support from HIE.

Want to explore what AI could mean for your own organisation? Join us at an upcoming AI Scotland Roadshow.

Confirmed dates so far:
📍 5 November - Shetland
📍 10 November - Oban
📍 17 November - Fort William
📍 2 December - Thurso
More locations and dates to be announced soon!

You’ll gain practical insights into using AI responsibly and confidently, wherever you are on your AI journey.

Scroll down the page to find out more and sign up: https://ow.ly/5rOm5101Zu8

Atlantic58 Ltd

01/11/2026

Are you interested in meeting others who work in the life sciences or technology sectors?

Come along to our monthly networking lunches to find out what’s happening in the world of digital health, medical technology, animal health, aquaculture and research.

You can also jump on the soapbox and give a two-minute update on what you’re up to.

📅 11 November 2026
⏲️ 12.30-2pm
📍 UHI House, Inverness
Book: https://ow.ly/GLlX50ZYYll

30/10/2026

And they’re off! 🚀

Yesterday marked the start of our 2026/27 AI Adoption Programme, bringing businesses together from across the region, from Orkney to Tobermory.

Active Outdoor Pursuits, Ocean Kinetics, Seastocks, Wick Development Trust, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Hebridean Wh**ky Trail, James MacQueen Building Contractors, Ness Engineering, Orkney Media Group and The Tobermory Fish Company will spend the next few months building their AI knowledge and confidence, exploring practical opportunities as a cohort through webinars with specialists and mentoring to develop their own AI roadmaps.

Interested in AI but not sure where to start? Our upcoming AI Scotland Roadshows are another chance to explore what AI could mean for your organisation, with businesses from last year’s AI Adoption Programme cohort joining us to share their AI journeys.

📍 5 November – Shetland
📍 10 November – Oban
📍 17 November – Fort William
📍 2 December – Thurso
More locations and dates will be announced soon.

Good luck to this year’s cohort, and we hope to see you on the road!

Scroll down the page here to find out more and sign up: https://ow.ly/W7wf5102lCH

29/10/2026

What could AI do for your business?

For C-Monsta, AI started as a tool used around the edges of the business. Now, with support from HIE, it’s being used across everything from product development and market research to manufacturing, shipping and marketing.

🎥 Hear how C-Monsta is putting AI into practice.

Want to explore what AI could mean for your own organisation? Join us at an upcoming AI Scotland Roadshow.

Confirmed dates so far:
📍 5 November - Shetland
📍 10 November - Oban
📍 17 November - Fort William
📍 2 December - Thurso
More locations and dates to be announced soon!

You’ll gain practical insights into using AI responsibly and confidently, wherever you are on your AI journey.

Scroll down the page here to find out more and sign up: https://ow.ly/Arjy5100qBN

c-monsta

28/10/2026

Today we spotlight Highland Health Ventures, who partner with the NHS to commercialise new digital and non‑digital healthcare solutions. This video explores their collaboration agreement with NHS Highland and how they help bring innovation into everyday clinical practice.

Find out more about life sciences in our region: https://ow.ly/nUAu50Zl9VC

27/10/2026

How do you turn an idea into a product sold around the world?

🎥 Hear founder Keith Wilcox share how a paddleboard safety device developed in Moray grew into an international business, with sales across the USA, Canada and Europe.

With support from our Export Advisory Service, Keith and the team explored new markets, built international connections and developed their overseas sales.

Learn more about the Export Advisory Service: https://ow.ly/HmPo50ZXvss

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