WHAT'S happening on May 3? When asked this question, most people will either give you a very puzzled look or come up with the wrong answer, such as 'It's the day the ospreys return to Strathspey'.

THE latest announcements about the training academy in Nigg, as well as £100 million investment in Irvine and Montrose by major drugs company GlaxoSmithKline, were the result of long and detailed work by the Scottish Government, leading a great team of people at Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise.