For Argyll

The growing success of the new fast passenger ferry from Craighouse on Jura to Tayvallich on Argyll’s Kintyre mainland at Loch Sween may just have another benefit to offer. The village shop at Tayvallich has been for sale with no takers for a year. The owner is unable to carry on through another winter and villagers are working to bring it into community ownership, with 78% of households quoted as contributing to funds. The launch of the new ferry service from the village with the additional visitors brought in has already seen a modest economic upturn in the fortunes of the shop - also a coffee shop and Post Office. This must make the business case for community ownership look more buoyant.