![Just 12 Shetland businesses participated in the survey. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/161121_Harbour_tug_Knab_HM-240x140.jpg)
Island challenges
![Just 12 Shetland businesses participated in the survey. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/161121_Harbour_tug_Knab_HM-240x140.jpg)
![Sharon Deyell - probably best known for her swapshop, held in the Aith hall. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/150215_Sharon_Deyall-240x140.jpg)
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![Loganair has now cancelled all its flights in and out of Sumburgh. Photo: Ronnie Robertson](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171020_fogbound-240x140.jpg)
![NorthLink's passenger ferry Hrossey arriving in Lerwick. Photo: Austin taylor](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/170202_Hrossey_arriving_in_Lerwick-240x140.jpg)
![SNP councillor Robbie McGregor.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/robbie_mcgregor-240x140.jpg)
![Two of NorthLink's three passenger ferries. Photo Will Rodger](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hjaltland_and_Hrossey._Photo_Will_Rodger-240x140.jpg)
![One Taste Award star for Shetland Sea Salt.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171013_Shetland_Sea_Salt-240x140.jpg)
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![Eight of the twelve job losses among pilots are understood to be sought in Shetland. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/150423_Scatsta_airport-240x140.jpg)
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![RNLI senior engineer Wayne Shilson on board Lerwick lifeboat on Wednesday. Photos: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170927_Wayne_Shilson_RNLI-240x140.jpg)
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![Dennis Leask: 'families fleeing in fear of their lives' - Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170407_Dennis_Leask-240x140.jpg)
![Flybe chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener: 'Shetland was top priority'. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170901_Christe_Ourmieres-Widener_Flybe-240x140.jpg)
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![Celebrating the opening of Dales Voe decommissioning hub are (left to right): LPA chief executive Sandra Laurenson, harbourmaster Calum Grains, head of energy and low carbon at HIE, Audrey MacIver; chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, Deirdre Michie; acting head of decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority, Gunther Newcombe and LPA chairman Ronnie Gair. Photos: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170829_Dales_Voe_opening2-240x140.jpg)
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![SLMG chairman Ronnie Eunson addressing the resilience review meeting at the marts on Thursday. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170810_SLMG_meeting-240x140.jpg)
![The Buchan Alpha oil installation was towed into Dales Voe on Saturday as owners Repsol Sinopec handed over the 12,000 tonne vessel to Veolia for decommissioning. It could take up to three weeks before the Buchan Alpha is being moved alongside the new quay. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170812_Buchan_Alpha_in_Dales_Voe_copy-240x140.jpg)
![Thursday's meeting will be held at the marts at Staneyhill. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170405_Lerwick_mart-240x140.jpg)
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![Shetland sheep is one of the breeds that could be marketed as islands meat. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170803_Shetland_sheep-240x140.jpg)
![Disability Shetland team leader Stephanie Bain: 'community support has helped our bid'. Photo: Shetland News](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170505_Stephanie_Bain-240x140.jpg)
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![NorthLink passenger ferry Hjaltland arriving in Lerwick. Photo: Austin Taylor](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/160327_Hjaltland_arriving_in_LK2-240x140.jpg)
![The team that successfully herded the pilot whale out of Vidlin Voe (left to right): James Johnson, Pete and Jan Bevington of Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary, Hugh Harrop of Shetland Wildlife, Paul Hunter, Sam Nicolson, Ian White and Ryan Leith - Photo: Tim Stenton/Shetland Wildlife](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170719_pilot_whale_team-240x140.jpg)
![The pilot whale was close to the beach on Tuesday night from where two sea kayakers tried to herd it into deeper waters. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_pilot_whale_in_Vidlin_Voe-240x140.jpg)
![The white sided dolphin was found at the outer side of the breakwater of the Bressay marina.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170718_White_sided_dolphin-240x140.jpg)
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![Officially being opened on Wednesday, Mairs Quay has already seen some busy times - Photo: John Coutts/Lerwick Port Authority](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170529_Mairs_Quay-240x140.jpg)
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![The heavy load carrier Forte arrived off Gulberwick a few days ago. Photos: Courtesy of Billy Fox](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170613_Mariner_modules-240x140.jpg)
![Pelagic trawler Charisma will be heading to Iceland soon. Photo: Ivan Reid](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170615_Charisma-240x140.jpg)
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![Alistair Carmichael was reelected MP for Orkney and Shetland with a majority of 4,563 votes. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_Alistair_Carmichael-240x140.jpg)
![A screenshot of the Promote Shetland petition on Thursday morning.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170608_PromoteShetlandPetition-240x140.png)
![Promote Shetland was created eight years ago to raise the profile of the isles](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ps-240x140.jpg)
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![Whalsay's new water treatment plant. Photo: Scottish Water](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170601_whalsay_old_and_new_WTW-240x140.jpg)
![Tirrick involved in her last job at the port of Sella Ness on Thursday. All photos: courtesy of John Bateson](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170518_Tirrick_3-240x140.jpg)
![The Eurocopter AS350 refuelling at Sumburgh Airport on Wednesday. Photo: Ronnie Robertson](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170510_Eurocopter_AS350-240x140.jpg)
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