Venture North

🌟 DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR THE TASTE NORTH CHALLENGE 🌟 ⏰ New deadline: Wednesday 30th Oct We have been delighted to see so much interest and shares of the Taste North Challenge! To allow more entry forms to be submitted the deadline has been extended. Please complete and return the entry form by this Wednesday! 🔗 Access the entry form from https://lnkd.in/e_5CXBvs Remember - we have 4 categories this year, with the addition of commercial operator for anyone who bakes in the industry! 🏆 15 and under 🏆 16-24 🏆 Open 🏆 NEW for 2024: Commercial Operator Kindly sponsored by Developing the Young Workforce North Highland and Mackays Hotel, Wick

⏰ The countdown is on for Scottish Careers Week 2024!    This year, we’ve teamed up with some of our area’s fantastic career champions in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry! Including...    🌟 Tongue Hotel / Highland Coast Hotels  🌟 Strathnaver Museum   🌟 NatureScot / The Flow Country Partnership 🌟 North Coast Trail   🌟 Waterlines Lybster   🌟 Brora Heritage  🌟 Loaf Bakery    We’re so excited to share such a diverse range of people’s stories of how they started out in the industry, and how they got to where they are now! Highlighting that there really is #NoWrongPath to your success story!    🗓️ Scottish Careers Week 2024 11- 15 November    Fancy getting your business involved in Scottish Careers Week 2024? Find the toolkit here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eN9_2A8W    #ScotCareersWeek24 #ShapeTheFuture Developing the Young Workforce North Highland Skills Development Scotland

⏰ The deadline for entering the Taste North Challenge is THIS MONDAY ❗ There’s still time to get your application form in!   Take part in the Taste North Challenge by creating an innovative new baking product using at least one Caithness & Sutherland "hero" ingredient.    For this year's challenge we have a new entry category! 🏆 15 and under  🏆 16-24  🏆 Open  🏆 NEW for 2024: Commercial Operator    🔗 Find the online application form here:  https://lnkd.in/e_5CXBvs   Entry forms must be sent in by Monday 28th October and entries must be brought along to Taste North by 11am on the 3rd November, ready for our judges to tuck in!    Get tagging your family, friends, colleagues and businesses - we know that there is an enormous baking talent in the area!    🙏 We are grateful for the support of Developing the Young Workforce North Highland and Mackays Hotel, Wick for their sponsorship of the Taste North Challenge! 

📢 Survey: Financial Impact of the Visitor Levy on Accommodation Providers 📢 The new Visitor Levy in Scotland could impact your business. Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers needs your feedback to understand how this new charge could impact small accommodation businesses. Your input will help us: •⁠ ⁠Assess the financial impact on your business •⁠ ⁠Influence local authority decisions •⁠ ⁠Ensure your voice is heard in upcoming consultations 🔍 Share how the levy might affect your business by completing this survey before Monday, November 4th, midnight. 📝 Take the survey here: https://lnkd.in/ePU26XXD Your input is crucial for shaping the future!

⏸️ Scoto’s Press Pause Projects ⏸️     ✨ Press Pause projects are transforming tourism across the North Highlands! Run by SCOTO Network and proudly supported by North Highland Initiative , these workshops help local areas adopt a community-first, visitor-second approach to tourism. They empower locals to reflect on shared challenges and collaborate to create tailored solutions. Together, we can make tourism a force for good!     Read more about this exciting initiative here: 🔗https://ow.ly/4OIf50TN0Lr    📧 Those looking to find out more about the North Highlands Press Pause community-led tourism projects, should contact info@north-highlands.co.uk. 

🗣️ Talking Tourism: Inclusive Tourism ♿    📍 Microsoft Teams  📅 Tuesday 12 Nov  ⌚ 11AM – 12PM    For this webinar we will be joined by Isla Fullerton-Smith from Dornoch Beach Wheelchairs and Fiona Campbell Trevor from Eddrachilles Hotel who will give us an insight into their own experiences of integrating accessibility into their businesses for customers with additional needs.     🔗 Sign up and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/emQp_yn7    🥾 There’s also still time to sign up to our Talking Tourism with the Highland Council Access Rangers on Thursday 7th Nov! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eda6pUva 

SCOTO Press Pause Tourism Workshop – TONGUE, SKERRAY AND MELNESS 📍 Kyle Centre, Tongue 📅 Tues 5 Nov 2024 ⏰ 1am – 2pm 👤 ALL welcome – please RSVP to Nadine at hello@duenorthstudio.co.uk This workshop on Community Led Tourism in and around Tongue, Melness and Skerray invites businesses and community members to come together to consider tourism, how it can be improved locally and what could be done more to benefit local communities. SCOTO Network North Highland Initiative Fauna & Flora

🍽️ Upcoming Food & Drink Webinars     The Knowledge Bank has several webinars coming up soon, sharing valuable market information for those operating in the industry.     Foodservices & Scottish Provenance webinar  👉 Learn about the launch of The Knowledge Bank Provenance & Foodservices new research  📅 17 Oct 2pm   🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/ecKi2aTK    Scottish Retailer Landscape Webinar  👉 Be updated on Scotland’s Grocery Landscape Update with a Focus on Co-op + Scotmid, Morrisons and M&S.   📅 13 Nov 2pm  🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/e7JYG-ab Scotland Food & Drink

🌟 Your opportunity to strengthen the collective voice of the UK's Tourism and Hospitality Industry! For the first time, the four tourism alliances covering the whole of the UK have collaborated on a joint survey that will capture a UK-wide picture of the economic and policy environment that tourism and hospitality businesses are operating in. ✍️ The survey is aimed at businesses across all parts of the tourism and hospitality ecosystem and will take around 10 minutes to complete. ⏰ Survey closes Midnight Friday 1st November! 🔗 Find the survey here: https://lnkd.in/efiaqPFE

🧑🍳 Learn and grow with HIT Scotland – 2025 Scholarship Applications now open! HIT Scotland empowers development through its scholarship programme which is open to anyone working in or studying towards a career in the Scottish hospitality industry. ⏰ Applications close 17th November! 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eaGT2B_d