LOCHABER Cinema Group (LCG) has received £7,500 to help to convert two former retail units in Fort William town centre into a cinema seating 160 people.
The cash, from the Scottish Land Fund, will support stage one of the project which will see architects draw up plans for the site, then a public consultations will be carried out.
Group chairwoman Marie MacPherson said the funding was a ‘massive step towards a Lochaber cinema’.