Highland Council crisis over BREXIT?
Highland Councillors to meet about impact of BREXIT on North economy.
It's worth up to £100million to the Highlands every year, but last week the UK voted to give-up it's EU membership.
That's despite every local authority area across Scotland chosing to remain.
Now Highland Council is preparing to meet on Wednesday to discuss a response to last week's BREXIT referendum result.
Officials are putting together a document to examine the impact of last week's decision by voters.
Leader of the Council, Councillor Margaret Davidson told MFR News: "The result of the referendum on Thursday will have considerable consequences for us all over the coming months and years.
"We will be working as a Council to explore what this decision might mean for the Highlands and how we can best respond to that.
"I would like to give reassurance to the many European people of different nationalities who live and work in the Highlands, that they are welcome and their contribution to the Highlands is very much valued.
"These are very uncertain times and we will be setting up a group of Members and Officers to gather information, to look at impact analysis and scenario planning and to develop contingency plans.
"We will need to take soundings about what will be likely to happen in particular to current European funding commitments in the short and medium term future.
"In the meantime, we must remain positive.
"Council business and services will continue as usual and we will endeavour to provide as much stability as we can during the uncertain times ahead."