According to Highlands and Islands Enterprise, 74% of Scotland’s economic growth will come from the Highlands and Islands over the next 25 years.

Four of the eight Highlands and Islands constituency seats changed hands at this election - a higher rate of change than almost anywhere else in Scotland.

Following the Scottish Government's cabinet and ministerial appointments, I was interested to note that Energy no longer featured distinctly in the Cabinet portfolio title for the first time since 2021.

If you are navigating a space shaped by policy and politics, the what is rarely a mystery. The problem stares you in the face every single day. What is usually missing is the how - the strategy.