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The Highland Weigh
28th March 2025

The Highland Weigh

As it celebrates its second birthday, we caught up with zero-waste store, The Highland Weigh, probably one of the most sustainability minded businesses in town. The Highland Weigh, a social enterprise, is the concept of Amanda MacArthur, a former nurse who was trying to make changes in her home but finding it challenging. Her concern […]

Vintage Buy Me
28th March 2025

Vintage Buy Me

“Live Your Best Life Now” – that is the advice from Helen Boor, owner of Vintage Buy Me located on the Brae in Nairn. Helen is passionate about all things vintage and when we met her to find out more about her business, her passion was obvious and infectious. “You always get complimented in vintage […]

Bruach and Carolton Houses
28th March 2025

Bruach and Carolton Houses

Carolton Care and Bruach House are two family run care homes located on Seabank Road in our beautiful town. Carol and Jonathan Clark, the mother and son team spoke to us this month for our regular feature. Carol said: “Our small, family-run care homes embody the warm, welcoming spirit of the Scottish Highlands. We pride […]

Boath House
28th March 2025

Boath House

Boath House was built by the great Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson for the Dunbar family in the late 1820s, throughout it’s almost 200-year history its purpose has evolved from family house to renowned hotel, restaurant and events venue. The current team are very happy to be welcoming a diverse mix of residents and diners, from […]

Nairn Book & Arts Festival
28th March 2025

Nairn Book & Arts Festival

This month we are featuring Nairn treasure, The Nairn Book & Arts Festival which has been running continuously – even through COVID when it went online for a year – for 21 years! The Festival is such a great part of the Nairn calendar so we thought we would shine a spotlight on it this […]

The Sun Dancer
28th March 2025

The Sun Dancer

June’s member of the month is the Sun Dancer Restaurant on Nairn Seafront. The Sun Dancer, opened in 2016, is a well-known beach front restaurant in Nairn. It has a beautiful dining room with panoramic views of the Moray Firth and a cosy, dog friendly café, located downstairs from the main restaurant.Famed for its seafood […]

Swansons
28th March 2025

Swansons

Member of the Month for May is a much-loved, long-standing Nairn business that recently received a fresh new look.  This seems fitting, given that fresh produce is what Swanson’s, Nairn’s local greengrocer on Leopold Street, focus on.  Having recently had fresh signage, with new tills and flooring expected shortly, they’re also excited to share that […]

Moray Coast Veterinary Group
28th March 2025

Moray Coast Veterinary Group

This month we feature the Nairn branch of a significant local employer, the Moray Coast Veterinary Group, which in all employs 62 people in the area. We spoke to Debbie Reid, who is joint Practice manager with Rachel Finlayson. She said: “We have 25 years’ experience with MCVG between us having both been veterinary nurses […]

Loch Ness Furniture
28th March 2025

Loch Ness Furniture

If you’ve ever wondered about the background of the hugely successful Loch Ness Furniture, based at Househill Courtyard, this is your chance to find out. We spoke to Stuart Skinner about his great business which supplies so many lovely things to people all over the Highlands… The business was started in 2014 but really jumped […]

Murray Travel
28th March 2025

Murray Travel

Happy New Year – are you already thinking of your holidays for 2024? Then look no further than Murray Travel who are January’s Member of the Month! We spoke with Sarah Murray, manager of the new(ish) branch of Murray Travel at the top end of the High Street. Sarah is a co-founder of the business […]

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