SCOTTISH First Minister John Swinney pledged today to “dedicate every fibre” to economic growth.

The SNP leader made the commitment ahead of attending a ground-breaking ceremony at Ardersier Port.

The site, close to Inverness, had once been home to a fabrication yard, thriving in the prosperous years of North Sea oil and gas production, but became Britain’s largest brownfield site in 2001 when the tide turned on the industry.