There are many firms offering services to get your business to Orkney.  There are removals firms offering relocation and storage, if required, of all your equipment and furniture.  Shipping and haulage firms with specialist knowledge about Orkney will transport and deliver goods from mainland Britain to the islands and can arrange shipment from other countries. Haulage around Orkney including between islands can easily be arranged through the hauliers.

Details of many of the firms which can get your business to Orkney can be found at the online business directory.

To get people here you can travel to Orkney:

• By air – Flybe flights are operated by Loganair from Glasgow (80 minutes), Edinburgh (80 minutes), Inverness (45 minutes), Aberdeen (50 minutes) and Shetland (35 minutes); most have good links to other national airports.
• By sea – There are three main vehicle ferry routes to and from Orkney. Northlink Ferries sail between Lerwick in Shetland, Hatston Pier, Kirkwall and Aberdeen.  A shorter option is the Northlink Scrabster to Stromness (90 minutes) route.  A quicker option again is the Pentland Ferries catamaran from Gill’s Bay, near John o’ Groats to St Margaret’s Hope in South Ronaldsay (1 hour).