Gro For You campus opening, Tain
Gro For You opened its £1.8 million Community Innovation Campus in Tain on 24 September. What stays with me is how Sarah MacKenzie explained where it came from.
October 21, 2026
Highland Business Insight
Drew Hendry’s analysis of the economic, policy and development questions shaping the Highlands. Written for people who want a substantive view, not a summary.
The next chapter for Growth for Good
Drew Hendry welcomes Dr Alasdair Allan and Michelle Thomson to Growth for Good and explains how their combined experience will help organisations across Scotland.
September 17, 2026
What determines a freeport’s legacy
A freeport’s legacy in the Highlands is never decided by the day it opens, or by the executive appointed to run it. It’s decided by
September 4, 2026
The Best Decisions Are the Ones You Can See
Fifteen years before he wrote it down, Roger Mullin sat his ten-year-old daughter Mhairi on his knee, asked his wife Barbara for paper and a
July 31, 2026
The Cheque Kurtis Did Not Ask For
Kurtis McMillan was building a fence for a woman called Louise when she asked him in for a coffee. He sat down, and she told
July 16, 2026
Cobbs and the quiet art of building something that lasts
I spent an afternoon on the shores of Loch Ness with Willie Cameron and Fraser Campbell, the two men behind Cobbs, and I came away
June 4, 2026
The next chapter for Growth for Good
September 17, 2026
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Drew Hendry welcomes Dr Alasdair Allan and Michelle Thomson to Growth for Good and explains how their combined experience will help organisations across Scotland.
What Nigg taught me about the long game
April 13, 2026
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In 2007 I sat across a table from the American engineering giant that owned Nigg yard, in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, and told
Inverness is growing fast. Its front door needs to catch up.
April 8, 2026
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Something significant is happening in Inverness right now, and I do not think we are talking about it loudly enough. I am Drew Hendry, a
Six leaders, one room, and no one mentioned the Highlands
April 3, 2026
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I was in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon for Scotland’s Business Hustings, the first joint hustings of the Holyrood election campaign. I’m Drew Hendry, a strategic adviser
Air Departure Tax and the Routes the Highlands Cannot Afford to Lose
March 25, 2026
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There are times in economic policy when details matter more than headlines. The Scottish Government’s Air Departure Tax consultation ends tonight. This is one of
The Green Freeport and the Sceptics. They Were Right to Challenge.
March 20, 2026
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When the UK Government announced Freeports in 2020, the reaction in Scotland was mixed at best. Not because the idea of targeted investment incentives is