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Find out more about HIE » - Highlands and Islands
Area information
- Argyll and the Islands
- Caithness and Sutherland
- Inner Moray Firth
- Innse Gall / Outer Hebrides
- Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross
- Moray
- Orkney
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Growth sectors
- Creative industries
- Energy
- Finance and business services
- Food and drink
- Life sciences
- Sustainable tourism
- Universities
Projects of regional significance
Inverness Campus
Arnish
Find out more about the Highlands and Islands » - Support for communities
Strengthening communities
- Strengthening communities
- Growing fragile communities
- Community assets
- Sustainable energy
- Support for arts and culture
- Community crofting
- Funding
Case studies
- Ness Soap
- Homeaid Caithness and Sutherland
- Moray Art Centre
- North Harris Trust
- Fyne Futures
- Skye Ferry
- CuillinFM
- Seaboard Memorial Hall
- The Eday Partnership
- Northmavine Community Development Company
- Staffin Community Trust
- Forres Area Community Trust (FACT)
- Abernethy Trust
More »Find out more about how we work with communities » - Support for businesses
Support for businesses
- Skills development
- Innovation
- Exporting
- Commercial property
- Funding
- Graduate placements
- Business Gateway
- R&D funding
Our work with businesses
It doesn't matter to HIE whether the businesses it supports are large or small. What is important is the client's level of ambition, and its potential to grow or contribute to a growing sector.
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Innse Gall / Outer Hebrides - area overview
The Outer Hebrides are a chain of islands off the west coast of Scotland, stretching from the north of Lewis, south to Barra. Each island and each community has its own distinctive character. All are bound together by the Gaelic culture and language which continue to exert a strong influence.
The area described in Gaelic by HIE as Innse Gall, is also known as Na h-Eileanan Siar, or the Western Isles. Fifteen islands are inhabited, with Lewis and Harris being the largest and most populous.
Excluding Stornoway and its environs, the area is designated economically fragile, so the need for sustainable development opportunities, which combine economic, social, cultural and environmental attributes, is paramount.
At a glance
Population: 26,180
Area: 2,999 sq km
Key sectors: Creative industries, defence, food and drink, life sciences, renewable energy, textiles, tourism
Main centre: Stornoway
Council: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Key contacts
- Archie Macdonald
- Anne Macaulay
- Margaret MacLeod
- Jane Macintosh
- Ian McCulloch
- Donnie Morrison
- Mairi Buchanan
- Gordon Macdonald
- Alasdair Maclean
- Lewis MacKenzie
- John MacDonald
- Iain Begg
Associated documents
- HIE area profile - Innse Gall [186kb]