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Glendaruel Hotel Sale Will Close Next Friday

Thursday, 23rd October, 2008 | Community News, Development Trusts, Property | None

A week on Friday the sale of the Glendaruel Hotel will close. Offers should be in by Midday Friday 31st October latest.

The local community is watching these developments with great interest, if not trepidation. Since the Hotel closed last year there…

Going, going… almost gone in Colonsay

Thursday, 16th October, 2008 | Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Property | Comments Off

In a complete break with tradition, a house in the idyllic island of Colonsay is to be offered for sale by public auction. The 4-bedroomed house was built in 2003 and is in an outstandingly beautiful location, barely 200 metres…

Country Hotel Is Finally For Sale

Tuesday, 7th October, 2008 | Business, Community News, Property | None

The Glendaruel Hotel is for SaleThe Glendaruel Hotel has finally been put on the market.

The details, from Blair & Bryden, are sketchy to say the least, but those who have been following the establishment’s recent chequered history cannot but hope that new owners will improve…

Will Loch Melfort Hotel’s new owners go for Michelin Star ‘compo’

Friday, 26th September, 2008 | Community News, Property, Tourism | None

Argyll’s famous west coast Loch Melfort Hotel, with its fabulous loch views and location beside the beautiful Arduaine Gardens is now the new hands of Calum and Rachel Ross. They’ve both got a food-oriented background. Mr Ross is a former…

Portavadie Marina development

Thursday, 18th September, 2008 | Business, Community News, Property, Tourism | None

Energetic commercial and service developments at the 230 berth Portavadie Marina include building nineteen holiday apartments and a restaurant and bar at its Loch Fyne-side wharf with its spectacular views to Tarbert. The annual Bell Lawrie Yacht Series in Tarbert…

Finding Answers to the Credit Crunch

Tuesday, 16th September, 2008 | Business, Events, Local Government, News, Property | None

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In the latest of his series of conversations with industries in Argyll and Bute, Enterprise Minister Jim Mather is facilitating another day-long forum for the construction industry. The forum will be held in Kirn this Friday.…

Will Jura take the Tayvallich option and buy its hotel?

Thursday, 11th September, 2008 | Business, Community News, Funding, Property, Tourism, Transport | None

With its partner at the other end of the new passenger ferry to Jura committed to going for a community buy-out of the village shop, post office and cafe business. the question now is whether Jura wll follow the same…

Clarification on National Trust for Scotland property disposals - and breaking news on CEO resignation

Thursday, 11th September, 2008 | News, Property | None

In the current dispute between the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and its staff over pay rates, there has been unrest over the Trust’s disposal of four properties in its portfolio with another sale said to be in train.

For Argyll…

See the opening parade of the 2008 Argyllshire Gathering

Friday, 29th August, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Highland Games, Local Government, Piping, Property, Tourism | None

For those who couldn’t be there, For Argyll had a team at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban today (well, yesterday now), so have a look at the splendid opening parade through the town on the way to Mossfield Park. Click on…

Bonham Carter’s Argyll haven at Loch Sween for sale

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 | Community News, Property | None

Castle Sween Cottage, formerly the holiday home in Argyll of the Bonham Carter family has been put up for sale by its current owner, Ailsa Raeburn. On the shores of Loch Sween, west of Lochgilphead in mId Argyll, the small…