Highlands and Islands Enterprise - History

History

In 1991 HIE replaced the Highlands and Islands Development Board, a public body in Scotland responsible for distributing government grants for economic and cultural development of the Highlands that was formed in 1965. Retired diplomat Sir Andrew Gilchrist was its chairman from 1970 until 1976.

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