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Monthly Archives: March 2011

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Tourism summit – or foothills?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by newsroom

Dr Mike Cantlay, Chair of VisitScotland today – rightly – paid tribute to Argyll and Bute Council Continue reading →

Posted in Broadband, Business, Local Government, News, Regeneration, Sporting Activities, Tourism, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, Argyll Isles, brand, identity, infrastructure, marketing, roads, Tourism, visitscotland | 6 Comments

A83: a council with no respect for truth

Posted on March 31, 2011 by newsroom

For Argyll has been persistent in drawing attention Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Kintyre, Local Government, Tourism, Tourism activities | Tagged A83, Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, Head of Economic Development, infrastructure, Kennacraig Campbeltown, roads, Robert Pollock, Tourism, Transport Minister | 7 Comments

Stronger Together, Tourism Summit, Corran Halls

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Techroom

We’re at the Argyll and Isles Tourism Summit today at the Corran Halls to discuss progress in this critical area for the region. Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News | Tagged Argyll, Corran Halls, Oban, Scotland Food and Drink, strategy, summit, Tourism | Leave a comment

Councillor expresses serious concerns about Argyll’s roads

Posted on March 31, 2011 by newsroom

Councillor Donald Macdonald has expressed his continuing concern Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Local Government, Politics, Regeneration | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, Business, condition, Councillor Donald MacDonald, Economic development, Organisational Development Policy and Performance Group, roads, Scottish Government, Tourism | 12 Comments

Argyll College to hold Information Week on financial support for skills learning

Posted on March 31, 2011 by newsroom

Argyll College, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is holding Continue reading →

Posted in Community News | Tagged Argyll, Argyll College, education, financial support, Individual Learning Account, Information Week, skills development, UHI | Leave a comment

Kintyre Express: The Team

Posted on March 31, 2011 by newsroom

Mairi Johnston, Dougie Martin and Colin Craig

There is nothing – nothing – as compelling as a really good team; nothing so magnetic as watching Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Cycling, Golf, Kintyre, News, Sporting Activities, Tourism, Tourism activities, Walking | Tagged Argyll, colin craig, Dougie Martin, eter Stogdale, Haydn Chambers, Kintyre Express, Mairi Johnston, Neil Brown, Peter Stogdale, team, West Coast Motors, William Craig, Wilson Smith | 2 Comments

Seal haul-out: Government Consultation

Posted on March 30, 2011 by newsroom

Seal haulouts Copyright Mark Carter

As part of their life cycle, seals need to exit the water in order to rest, give birth, and moult. Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Marine Environment, News, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, common seal, consultation, grey seal, Marine Concern, Marine Scotland, Marine Scotland Act 2010, Mark Carter, salmon farming, seal haul outs | Leave a comment

Argyll link to young protester arrested in Fortnum and Mason occupation

Posted on March 30, 2011 by newsroom

25 year old Adam Ramsay was held for almost a day Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Mid Argyll, Politics | Tagged Adam Ramsay, Argyll, Banff House, civil disobedience, Fortnum Mason, London protest, Lunga Estate, Lunga Estate.Adam Ramsay, peaceful protest, Perthshire, spending cuts | 3 Comments

MV Finlaggan loops the loop on sea trials off Gdansk

Posted on March 30, 2011 by newsroom

CalMac’s new ferry for Islay, MV Finlaggan, is today Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Islay, Tourism | Tagged Argyll, Business, CalMac, ferries, Gdansk, Hugh Macfarlane, Islay ferry.MV Finlaggan, sea trials | 3 Comments

Reader identifies strange planning permissions and launches petition

Posted on March 30, 2011 by newsroom

A For Argyll reader has sent us the following article on two separate and curious decisions Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Cowal, Housing, Local Government | Tagged Area of panoramic quality, Argyll, ENV 10, Kames peninsula, kilmore, petition, planning decisions | 4 Comments

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