UHI Orkney debt dismay revealed

September 3, 2025 at 3:51 pm

A taskforce of Orkney Islands Council officials are considering all options for savings and new income opportunities at UHI Orkney. (Orkney Photographic)

Education officials are attempting to grapple with a projected multi-million pound deficit as UHI Orkney sinks into the red, The Orcadian can exclusively reveal.

A taskforce has been formed to identify stringent savings and money-making opportunities, as officials desperately attempt to balance the books amid what is feared could amount to a £2.6 million debt.

The scale of the issues impacting on UHI Orkney has been revealed in papers obtained by The Orcadian, after behind-closed-door discussions in June laid out the stark financial challenges affecting the college on East Road.

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