Aspire Orkney

Aspire Orkney is the delivery arm of the county's Economic Recovery Steering Group which is a partnership between OIC, HIE and the private sector.

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Have you looked at the Engage Orkney website yet ? It's really worth spending a few minutes checking it out and registering so that you can begin shaping the future. https://t.co/V8toBpuI1W take a minute to register and then have your say on the issues that matter in Orkney

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A new website which has been developed by the Aspire Orkney partnership has been launched with the aim of making consultation a more fulfilling experience for the consultees and more effective for those doing the consulting. https://t.co/V8toBpuI1W

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The largest island in the world is Greenland at 2.166 million km². This means the Orkney mainland would fit inside Greenland well over four thousand times 🤔

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The term "desert island" refers to an island with no inhabitants - not that the island has sandy beaches and palm trees. It refers to the fact that it's deserted. So strictly speaking it would be correct to refer to Eynhallow, Copinsay and the Brough of Birsay as desert islands

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660 years ago today a large part of the German island of Strand was destroyed by a huge storm. The island was part of Nordfriesland and was swept away by an intense cyclone which became known as the "Saint Marcellus's flood" because it fell on the feast day of St Marcellus.

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Aspire Orkney has been working in the background on various projects which we'll be highlighting in the coming weeks. Find out more by listening to our Chairman Glen and Manager Luke speaking on Radio Orkney (the interview starts 9 minutes in) https://t.co/4oDwYN6YlY