Scottish Highlands Poised For Growth

"There was a time when there were only two vaguely plausible reasons to visit Inverness: a battle fought more than 2½ centuries ago and a legendary monster. Now the once sleepy Highland capital is a buzzing hub, with one of Britain’s fastest expanding conurbations, a burgeoning immigrant population and even its own successful football team.

There’s a metropolitan maturity about Inverness that comes with its recently acquired city status; a feeling that important decisions are being made behind the windows of its factories and office blocks."

However, many in Inverness have begun to miss the city's former country town quaintness.