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SURVEY INTO PROVISION OF NEW BUSINESS PREMISES IN NORTH HARRIS
It was recently announced that Highlands & Islands Enterprise is supporting a Market Assessment and Feasibility Study for The North Harris Trust (NHT), into the provision of new business premises in North Harris. Following its completion of the Iomairt an Obain business development, NHT now wishes to build on this success, encouraging other businesses to create more local employment opportunities.
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The contract was awarded to SKS Scotland, who are carrying out an initial survey to determine demand for any newly-constructed premises.
Calum MacKay, Chair of The North Harris Trust said; “This is an excellent opportunity for any businesses on Harris or nearby to give their opinion about what is needed and what they want to see in Harris. The survey is also relevant for people who would be interested in starting up their own business but currently feel limited by lack of appropriate space or other factors.”
Calum continued; “We would encourage anyone who feels this might be relevant to them to complete the survey, which is available on line at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Harrispremises, and make sure their opinion is heard!”
Alternatively, hard copies are available from the NHT office: Tigh an Urrais, Tarbert, Isle of Harris, and via the NHT website https://www.north-harris.org/.
The survey will be open until the 19th July at 5pm.
This is a great initiative to support local businesses and create more job opportunities in North Harris. Having suitable level devil - not a troll game business space can make a real difference.
It's interesting that the survey explicitly invites people who want to start a business but feel held back by a lack of suitable space, not just existing firms. That suggests the study could reveal latent demand that wouldn't show up in a simple count of current businesses. I'd be curious how the assessment plans to distinguish genuine unmet need from wishful thinking, and whether flexible or shared premises might be considered alongside new builds.
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