Conundrums and codswallop on United Kingdom constitutional reform
Constitutional change in the United Kingdom is now inevitable. It is being driven by the pledge to devolve to Scotland powers additional to the 2012 Scotland ACt, which will come into being in 2015 and...
View ArticleNominations now open for Scots Trad Music Awards as sponsors stay wedded to...
Gaelic media service MG ALBA has announced that it is continuing its support as lead sponsors of the Scots Trad Music Awards which yesterday, 6th October, launched it search for the top traditional and...
View ArticleMcGrigor urges farmers and crofters to check accuracy of Provisional Payment...
Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands MSP, is today urging all farmers and crofters in his region immediately to check the accuracy of letters they have received in the last fortnight – setting out...
View ArticleRussell says Council has ‘dog in the manger’ attitude to Castle Toward
Pledging his full support to the residents of South Cowal in their fight to secure the property, Argyll & Bute MSP, Michael Russell, has described Argyll & Bute Council’s attitude towards the...
View ArticleCompromised Greens ask questions of Scottish Government on future of wave...
The Scottish Greens are a muted force these days, having thrown their lot in willy nilly with the SNP and the separatist movement – at the cost of their integrity in deciding to say nothing to warn...
View ArticleSave Castle Toward campaigners get extension to buyout deadline – and launch...
The macchiavellian charade at Argyll and Bute Council’s Policy and Resources Committee on Thursday 18th December effectively blocked a community buy out of the Council owned and neglected...
View ArticleRussell secures government intervention in council sale of Castle Toward
Local MSP Michael Russell saw Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Communities this morning, 28th January, to discuss the experience of South Cowal Community Deveopment Company [SCCDC]...
View ArticleConvenor of South Cowal Community Council puts last ditch case to all...
With the deadline of today for the Castle Toward community buy out negotiations – unless it is extended, the community company is making strenuous efforts to persuade the council leader to extend the...
View ArticleCastle Toward: Special meeting of Council to happen
[Updated version 18.50] 12 elected members of Argyll and Bute Council have supported Dunoon Councillor Michael Breslin’s request for a special meeting of the council to discuss the Council’s position...
View ArticleMore games as Council pushes special meeting to the brink of the deadline
They never learn. Yesterday saw more boys’ games at Kilmory with council bouncer and Executive Director for Customer Services, Douglas Hendry, arranging the special meeting on the South Cowal Community...
View ArticleNew information dictates new start for the ADP addiction services contract
In June 2014, Argyll and Bute Council’s procurement team issued an Invitation To Tender [ITT] to provide Argyll and Bute-wide community addiction recovery services.The deadline for the submission of...
View ArticleEntries invited for Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards 2015
Food and drink businesses from across the Highlands and Islands and Cairngorms National Park area are today being called upon to promote their produce by entering for the Highlands and Islands Food and...
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Grammy Award Winner seeks Argyll musical talent
An inspiring new project in Argyll will see professional musicians coming together to produce and launch an album, Made in Argyll.This exciting and inaugural collaboration led by Scottish musician, Joe...
View ArticleOban’s economic future now in Oban’s hands: deadline Wednesday 15th April
This coming Wednesday, 15th April, Oban Lorn and the Isles Area Committee meets at 10.30am in the Corran Halls in Oban.Item 10 on its Agenda is: OBAN CHORD – OBAN NORTH PIER MARITIME QUARTER – UPDATE...
View ArticleMONDAY 20th April: deadline for registration to vote in 2015 General Election
This election is the tightest in decades. The ramifications of the outcome are complex and will determine: whether the result Green lights the start of the certain break up of the union of the United...
View ArticleCMAL announces voting open to name third hybrid ferry
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has announced the shortlist of names for Scotland’s third hybrid ferry - expected to launch in December 2015.The seagoing RoRo vehicle and passenger...
View ArticleRussell welcomes additional weekend office support for farmers and crofters...
Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll and Bute, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that more support will be available for farmers and crofters filling in the Single Application Form (SAF)...
View ArticleCOAST looking for a Communications and Administration Officer to focus on the...
COAST – the successful and always energetic Community Of Arran Seabed Trust – is now recruiting a Communications and Administration Officer.The job will be focused on helping the Trust to realise the...
View ArticleGreece crisis: the timetable and the moves
[Updated below 22.00] The European Central Bank [ECB] has just taken a decision to maintain its Emergency Liquidity Assistance [ELA] to Greek Banks – a move which looks like putting it controversially...
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Help Ardrishaig’s Yot Spot fitting-out to cross the Crowdfund threshold at...
Ardrishaig has long had development plans for the lovely Pier Square – on the seaward side of the entrance to the Crinan Canal – and now it’s all happening.They’re in the buildings and the Yot Spot is...
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